Description

Do Great Things! Durham Technical Community College is hiring a Director of Grants Development in the Institutional Advancement Department. The Director of Grants Development at the Durham Tech Foundation leads proposal development for external funds from diverse sources including federal, state, local agencies, and the private sector. This position works closely with foundation and college leadership, faculty, and staff to develop competitive grant proposals to forward the college’s mission and strategic plan. The Director leads effective grant planning and management activities to ensure strategic, data-driven, and compliant proposals.

Examples of Duties

• Responsible for the oversight of a grant portfolio that includes college and foundation grants with a current value of $9 million.
• Serves as the lead grant writer; prepares, develops, and submits grant proposals; guides the proposal development process with faculty, college personnel and other subject matter experts.
• Identifies private, state, and federal funding opportunities, assesses Durham Tech’s eligibility for participation, and maintains a calendar of due dates.
• Coordinates strategic planning meetings with division leaders, department chairs, and vice presidents to understand and identify campus and departmental needs and funding gaps; presents grant opportunities to college leadership for discussion and approval prior to development.
• Leads the pre-award compliance efforts, including developing and implementing internal compliance processes, communicating the components of the college Grants Compliance Agreement and providing grant management training to grant leads and project personnel, and monitoring Uniform Guidance standards and applicable state, local, and NC Community College System policy.
• Provides oversight for all college post award functions including deliverables monitoring, budget monitoring, evaluation, training, compliance reporting, and interim and completion reporting.
• Develops and delivers training to an internal college audience about grants development, management, and compliance.
• Tracks college data, data procedures, research, and publications.
• Communicates with grantor program officers at federal, state and local agencies, and private foundations regarding funding availability, eligibility, proposal development, and grants management.
• Works collaboratively with other colleges, government agencies, and non-profit organizations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.

Work Experience:

Supplemental Information

• Extensive knowledge of state, federal, and private foundation grant programs.
• Advanced skills in technical writing and grant proposal development, and demonstrated success in securing large scale grants.
• Advanced skills in developing and monitoring multi-year budgets.
• Ability to lead teams in developing grant-related project goals, outcomes, and activities with related evaluation measures.
• Demonstrated project management skills that include communicating project milestones and deadlines, expectations of grant team members, and delegation of tasks.
• Demonstrated data analysis and evaluation skills.
• Excellent research skills that include review of literature and creation of annotated bibliographies.
• Ability to communicate in a diplomatic, friendly, and effective manner with grant project staff, senior level administrators, the college business office, and agency program officers.
• Ability to initiate, plan, organize and bring projects to conclusion and work within deadlines without direct supervision.
• Understanding of the role of a community college for economic mobility, equitable access and outcomes, and workforce and economic development.