Director of Grants

Director of Grants

The Director of Grants at the Sandhills Community College Foundation is responsible for identifying, cultivating, and securing funding from corporate foundations, some governmental agencies, and other grant-making organizations by researching potential grant opportunities, crafting compelling proposals, managing relationships, and ensuring timely reporting to maximize financial contributions to support Sandhills Community College's programs and initiatives; essentially, they act as a key liaison between the organization and grant-making giving sources to secure grant funding.

Essential Functions :

• Proposal development
• Generates high-quality proposals, narratives, applications and supporting documents in response to solicitations consistent with all policies and procedures of Sandhills Community College (SCC), and the requirements and guidelines of the funding agencies;
• Works with appropriate personnel to research, develop, write and submit letters of inquiry and grant proposals;
• Coordinates with the Business Office to create expenditure and income budgets to accompany proposals;
• Coordinates with the Office of Planning and Research to compile and organize institutional and other relevant data to accompany proposals;
• Remains up-to-date on current issues relative to grant proposals;
• Meets regularly with faculty / staff, academic program leadership, and the Office of Planning and Research to discuss current and new funding needs and timely grant opportunities available;
• Grant writing and submission
• Generates revenues for SCC programs through timely submission of well-researched, well written and well-documented grant proposals;
• Coordinates and follows-up on the progress of submitted proposals;
• Prospect research, identification, and prospect relationship building
• Serves as a liaison to all funding agencies and organizations;
• Researches and identifies new government, corporate foundations, foundation and private funding prospects to match College priorities;
• Coordinates with Foundation staff to develop and implement stewardship strategies for funders;
• Grants data and accounting management
• Maintains primary responsibility for grant schedules and tracking grants;
• Develops and maintains a master file on pending grants and contracts;
• Develop, implement, and maintain grant recordkeeping procedure, including keeping an ongoing record of all active grants, reporting requirements, and SCC points of contact;
• Manage invoicing for business / corporate partners for philanthropic support and tracking relevant pledges;
• Coordinates with the Business Office to create needed grant compliance reports;
• Assist with post-award activities and initiate project modification requests;
• Ensure compliance with grant requirements including grant and business reporting during life of gifts / grants;
• E-file associated documentation and integrate new documents into existing files.
• Monitor financial accounts for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with regulations;

Qualifications :

Required education and experience : Batchelor's degree required, 5 to 8 years of experience as a successful grant writer; Previous grant budget development and management; A proven record of securing major grants with certifiable references; Knowledge of grant application process, scoring criteria and funding cycles; Comprehensive knowledge of research, and the ability to distinguish and identify opportunities for SCC academic and technical programs. Ability to work effectively under pressure; Excellent writing and verbal skills; Be highly organized with the ability to implement systems and follow-up processes; Proficiency in research, interpreting, and analyzing diverse data; Excellent Computer skills (Microsoft Office Word, Access, PowerPoint and Excel), and database management skills; Motivated self-starter with the ability to work collaboratively and independently with purpose and accuracy in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred education and experience : Master's degree in relevant field; Previous federal grant application, submission, approval and management of funds.

Supplemental Information :

Some travel for professional development will be expected.