Grant Manager
Employer
Job Location
Main Campus, Graham, NC
Salary/Grade
Benefits
Job Category
- Executive/Administrative/Managerial
Application Period
Closes: Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Target Start Date
Expected Work Hours
Reports to
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Minimum Qualifications
Training & Experience Guidelines
Training:
- Master’s degree or other advanced degree, preferred, ideally in Business Administration, Public Administration, Engineering, Life Sciences, or Higher Education.
- Relevant professional development within the field.
Experience:
- Five years of successful management experience is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in effective oral and written communication skills, analytical ability using multiple tools, political acumen, and a thoughtful and persuasive personal leadership style.
Knowledge Of:
- Public and private funding and grant opportunities, including how to apply for, secure, and manage resources once received.
- Emerging trends in higher education, workforce development, and business operations that can be translated into new educational programs, cutting-edge workforce development training activities, and alternative strategies at ACC.
- Cultural diversity, ethnically represented groups, inclusiveness, and impacts associated with deliberations and decision-making.
Ability To:
- Manage multiple tasks simultaneously while remaining flexible and adaptable to changing priorities. This includes an ability to address essential details among multiple activities.
- Lead internally with developing new programs and constituent services, capitalizing on opportunities.
- Coordinate work activities, review work status, keep on task, and accomplish goals and objectives.
- Identify multiple options and associated risks, think critically, and identify the optimal solution.
- Create new partnerships not yet established within Alamance County.
- Accept and offer counsel from and with peers during deliberations.
- Collaborate and interface effectively by establishing a collegial environment among competing interests.
Preferred Qualifications
N/A
Position Description
Alamance Community College seeks a highly-motivated, entrepreneurial professional to manage its Grants Office, which raised over $25 million for the three fiscal years ending in 2022. The total grant amount for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, could reach as much as $15 million. The Grants Office monitors 30-40 new and existing grants each year. This position reports directly to the President of the College.
The Grants Manager is the first contact for proposal submission requests from the College community and collaborators. The Manager leads proposal preparation, submissions, post-award requests, and financial administration. Key to the position’s success is the ability to organize teams consisting of members inside and outside the College. The teams collaboratively develop project concepts and identify funders (federal, state, and foundations) for partnering. As such, the Manager must be capable of working seamlessly with Senior Leadership and cross-functional teams to improve community outreach and constituent services while using collaborative and inclusive practices.
Example of Duties
The Grants Manager leads all aspects of the College’s grant function in order to procure additional resources to meet the College’s goals. Essential and other important duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Project Development: work independently to develop internal and external teams to create the project concept.
- Funder Identification and Cultivation: identify grant opportunities compatible with the College’s activities and goals; develop relationships with key federal, state, local, and foundation funders.
- Grant Writing: write or procure writing consultants to file grant applications; prepare project budgets.
- Grant Submission: complete and submit documents according to deadlines.
- Reporting and Grant Monitoring: file required reports to granting agencies; alert grant project managers to the necessary project and reporting deadlines; work with the College’s Business Office to implement best practices in grant management.
- Collaborative Leadership: work with the President’s Cabinet, senior leadership, faculty, and staff to coordinate work activities, facilitate the exchange of ideas and information, and pursue forward-thinking and creative solutions to problems.
OTHER IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS:
- Quickly become involved and comfortable with the President and ACC’s community. Gain a working knowledge of college student services, business, financial, academic, and continuing education operations.
- Establish effective relationships and engage with Alamance County’s industrial, manufacturing, and business community, as well as its governmental, civic, educational, and cultural organizations.
How to Apply
An ACC on-line application MUST be fully completed for consideration, which includes a required letter of interest and transcript attachment. Resume attachments are welcome but will not be accepted in lieu of complete application. Transcript MUST be scanned and attached in order to be considered for this position!
For faculty positions, all relevant full- and part-time teaching experience, including start and end dates of employment, should be included on the application. Also, all relevant full- and part-time work experience related to the teaching discipline should be included on the application, including start and end dates.
For non-faculty positions, all relevant full- and part-time work experience related to the position should be included on the application, including start and end dates.