Position:  Director of Grants Initiatives

Position Description:

The Director of Grants Initiatives is responsible for tracking and managing all grant related activity including

management of grant funds, facilitating information dissemination internally and externally in relation to grant

activities, and developing a campus-wide strategic plan for grant development efforts.

Duties and Responsibilities:      

• Manage grant accounting from award to close out for sponsored research, training and private

foundation grants in compliance with the applicable grant regulations.

• Ensure compliance with all grant reporting requirements.

• Work directly with faculty, staff, and external partners to ensure follow through on delivering

information or expertise as assigned for grant application development.

• Participate in the production of year-end audit schedules. Act as primary liaison for the OMB A-133

Single Audit with the College Controller. Prepare necessary schedules, provide financial data selected

by auditors and resolve issues as needed.

• Oversee and facilitate the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on the performance of program

activities that are funded by federal, state, and private funding agencies.

• Serve as a liaison to funding agencies and organizations.

• Coordinate follow-up on the status of submitted proposals.

• Ensure development of proposed program budgets in collaboration with the Finance Department.

• Enforce grant policies and processes, including approvals to pursue opportunities, submit proposals,

and request program or budget modifications.

• Maintain relationships with existing funding sources.

• Manage grants coordinator and grant consulting firm.

• Comply with all reporting obligations.

• Prepare grant portfolio analysis for Annual Report and other reports as required.

• Prepare new grants for the creation of general ledger accounts and set up.

• Reconcile and review expenditures, including, but not limited to, payroll.

• Prepare invoices, financial reports and compliance reports as may be required.

• Participate in orientation for Principal Investigators (PIs) who receive new grants.

• Coordinate with PIs for timely submission of progress reports.

• Work with PIs to wholly expend awards within the stated grant period and to prevent over

expenditures.

• Coordinate with PIs to ensure compliance with grant requirements.

• Prepare journal entries, including but not limited to, deferred grant process, labor redistributions,

interest accrual, expenditure allocations, indirect costs, reclassifications, cost transfers, corrections for

mis-postings.

• Reconcile transactions on grants monthly and prepare monthly reports for PIs.

• Prepare reallocation budgets for PIs as requested.

• Review budgets for new proposals and provide feedback and fiscal training to staff, PIs and other

stakeholders.

• Work collaboratively to resolve issues with the PI to satisfy the requirements of the funding agency

and the College.

• Perform other duties, as assigned.                                         

Required Qualifications:

• Master's Degree or high level technical proficiency, training and experience in lieu of degree 
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Five years’ experience as a successful grant writer or managing a grant development and management operation.

 Starting Salary: $90,000 - $105,000

Include three (3) professional references (including names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses). References will not be contacted without prior permission of the candidate. 

Employment at the College may be subject to the favorable result of a background investigation. Official transcripts will be required upon employment. Foreign transcripts which are not accompanied by an evaluation from an approved agency may not be reviewed. Applicants may contact NACES (National Association of Credential Evaluating Service) at www.naces.org to obtain a list of members providing this service. Any expenses incurred for this service must be borne by the applicant. Foreign transcript translations by applicant or educational institution are not acceptable.

Application Deadline: October 3, 2025