What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grants Specialist III position at KCTCS?
Title: Grants Specialist III
Salary Range: $4,014 per month
Contract Term Length: 12 Months
Standard Hours: Minimum of 37.5 hours per week (8:00 am to 4:30 pm)
Work Location: On-Site
FLSA Status: Exempt
College: Hopkinsville Community College
Campus Location: Hopkinsville Community College
Department: Marketing and Advancement
Total Rewards
Hopkinsville Community College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:
The primary purpose of the full time Grants Specialist III is to match external funding/support opportunities with the mission of the college and with faculty/staff who are the subject matter experts in the field. Responsible for the development of grants on campus. Collaborate with faculty, staff, and external agencies to aggressively pursue external grant funding.
Job Duties
Salary Range: $4,014 per month
Contract Term Length: 12 Months
Standard Hours: Minimum of 37.5 hours per week (8:00 am to 4:30 pm)
Work Location: On-Site
FLSA Status: Exempt
College: Hopkinsville Community College
Campus Location: Hopkinsville Community College
Department: Marketing and Advancement
Total Rewards
Hopkinsville Community College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:
- Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
- Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
- 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
- Vacation/Sick Time
- Work-Life Balance
- 9.5 Paid Holidays
- 2 Weeks of Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
- Employee Assistance Program
The primary purpose of the full time Grants Specialist III is to match external funding/support opportunities with the mission of the college and with faculty/staff who are the subject matter experts in the field. Responsible for the development of grants on campus. Collaborate with faculty, staff, and external agencies to aggressively pursue external grant funding.
Job Duties
- Research external funding possibilities for strategic priorities of Hopkinsville Community College.
- Develop and write funding applications for the college.
- Partner with faculty, staff, external agencies, and KCTCS System Office to seek additional funds to meet the needs of Hopkinsville Community College students.
- Serve as coordinator for writing, editing, and reviewing grants content. Review requests for application documents and grant guidelines.
- Assist faculty and staff with preparation of reports related to grants and contracts. Prepare support documents and grant budget, cognizant of KCTCS/HCC policy. Create templates of generic information for use in grants development. Maintain funded grant database. Work as liaison between college and funding agency. Seek opportunities to leverage private giving with grant opportunities.
- Monitor compliance with grant agreement guidelines. Review grants and contracts for compliance with laws, regulations, and program policies.
- Recommend appropriate action when evidence indicates grantee is not complying with the provisions of the grant.
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
- Bachelor’s degree and 4-6 years experience. Master’s degree preferred.
- Demonstrated excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated facilitation skills with faculty/staff and system office.
- Demonstrated attention to detail.
- Demonstrated excellent organizational skills.
Salary : $4,014
