Grants Manager: STEAM-H and Special Projects
- Employer
- Oakton College
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- May 19, 2022
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About Oakton Community College :
For over 50 years, Oakton Community College has been the setting where thousands begin or continue their college or career studies. Educating people of all ages, from all walks of life and from more than 40 nations, Oakton focuses on improving the quality of life for everyone who enters its doors.
We offer:
Continuing education
Great benefits
Paid winter break
FRIDAYS OFF during the summer
Job Description:
Basic Function and Responsibility:
The Grants Manager: STEAM-H and Special Projects will develop a strategy for STEAM-H areas of the college including lead the pre- and post-award responsibilities for Federal and State grants that support STEAM+H fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics and Healthcare)?including researching, writing and editing proposals, and monitoring post-award grant responsibilities including programmatic compliance with funding agencies, stakeholder communication, and work with accounting on fiscal compliance including budget monitoring, reporting and use of funds. Partner with faculty, staff, administrators, and other stakeholders to provide grant-related guidance, support, and information.
This position will be responsible for the supervision of the Center for Promoting STEM Coordinator and possibly to include future STEAM-H related grant funded positions as funding allows. This position may possibly supervise graduate interns or student employees.
Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop an external funding strategic plan for STEAM-H areas
through stakeholder input that is in alignment with institutional
goals and priorities. Research, analyze, identify, and vet funding
opportunities, analyze findings and present to college stakeholders
(including Deans and Vice Presidents) in order to make
recommendations regarding the pursuit of external
funding.
- Lead concept-development programmatic efforts through
collaboration with programmatic experts, administrators, faculty,
and staff to develop projects appropriate for external funding;
convene and facilitate project development meetings, research
concepts; prepare drafts for internal review, develop
budgets.
- Lead pre-award efforts for all STEAM-H proposals including
writing, editing, proofreading, assembling, and duplicating.
Partner with the applicable Principal Investigators and other
internal and external stakeholders in writing the grant to meet
both programmatic and grant specifications, develop budgets, and
execute the submission.
- Monitor grant progress and budgets (including monitoring
expenditures) to ensure programmatic and funding agency compliance
requirements including but not limited to GATA and Uniform Grant
Guidance (2 CFR ? 200). Act as liaison between State, Federal, and
private funding agencies and the College providing guidance to
project directors, administrators, and staff. Work with accounting
to ensure fiscal compliance. Facilitate problem resolution.
Maintain accurate and detailed files and records.
- Develop letters of inquiry, submission, agreement, commitment,
and other support for appropriate signatures; draft agenda items
for the Board of Trustees, and other grant-related documents as
necessary.
- Serve as contact person with external partners for
collaborative proposals including serving as lead agency, lead
writer, budget developer as the situation warrants. Ensure regular
communication between the institution and collaborating partners is
accurate, timely, and professional.
- Research and apply federal and state regulations that may
affect active grants and prospective proposals and maintain current
knowledge of such regulations. Monitor grants and budgets to ensure
compliance with programmatic and regulatory requirements of funding
agencies, and work with the Controller's office to ensure fiscal
requirements are met and maintained. Act as liaison between funding
agencies and the College providing guidance to project directors,
administrators, and staff. Facilitate problem
resolution.
- Ensure all records, documentation, and communication are
available for audits and assist the accounting office with external
audits as needed.
- Provide leadership, guidance, and supervision for the Center
for Promoting STEM Coordinator.
- Represent and/or serve on various professional organization
committees and College meetings/committees as directed.
- Perform any other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements:
Qualifications and Working Conditions:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, STEAM-H related fields,
Education or a related field, or an equivalent combination of
education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills
can be acquired as necessary.
- A Grant Professional Certification (GPC), or equivalent, is
preferred.
- Five years of professional writing experience, including proven
success in proposal development is required. Proven success in
proposal development and grant writing grants is required.
Demonstrated knowledge of National Science Foundation required.
Experience in a community college setting is preferred. Experience
with pre- and or post-award experience with the National Science
Foundation is strongly preferred.
- Must have excellent skills in concept development and research.
The ability to write, edit and proofread reports and proposals is
required.
- A level of interpersonal and communication skills to enable the
facilitation of project development teams and be able to inform and
persuade College faculty, administrators and
staff, community partners, and granting agency representatives is required. - Must have a level of analytical skills to analyze data and to
interpret and explain College practices and policies and funding
source requirements.
- Project management skills or evidence of ability to lead and
manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
- Requires the ability to meet deadlines and to effectively
handle multiple projects.
- Intermediate spreadsheet and advanced word processing skills
required in addition to website and database literacy.
- Ability to interact professionally and tactfully with people of different levels of education, cultural backgrounds, and life experiences, and to exhibit an adequate level of respect to fellow employees and the College community at large.
Work is performed in a general office environment and is sedentary in nature. Little or no exposure to adverse working conditions.
Additional Information:
Supervision Received:
Administrative supervision is received from the Director of Grants and Alternative Funding.
Supervision Exercised:
Supervision of the Center for Promoting STEM coordinator. May also include student employees or interns.
HOURS: Monday - Friday 8:15 am - 5:00 pm
SALARY: $59,443
Based on the needs of the college and with Administrator approval, some positions at the college may have remote or hybrid schedule options available. Please note, that during the 65 working day probationary period, employees are required to report to campus.
Oakton is accessible by public transportation.
Application Instructions:
or further details, visit our website at www.oakton.edu and select the Employment link to view Employment Opportunities.
Please be sure to have a current resume, cover letter, and list of, at least, three (3) professional references with contact information prepared to submit with your application. One (1) of the references must be your most recent, direct supervisor.
Oakton Community College is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution, committed to employing competent, qualified individuals. Oakton Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, socioeconomic status, sex or gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation in admission to and participation in its educational programs, college activities and services, or in its employment practices.
Oakton Community College requires all employees to adhere to a Vaccination /Testing Mandate.
Posted positions may be removed from the Oakton website without notice when it is determined that no additional applicants are required.
URL: www.oakton.edu
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