Pre-Award Grants & Financial Support Coordinator | |||||
Company: Front Range Community College Location: Longmont, Fort Collins, or Westminster, CO Employment Type: Full Time Date Posted: 08/06/2024 Expire Date: 10/06/2024 Salary: 50-75 Job Categories: Development and Fund Raising |
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Job Description | |||||
Pre-Award Grants & Financial Support Coordinator Who We Are With three campuses along Colorado’s Front Range, FRCC is the state’s largest community college. We enroll close to 28,000 students annually from our diverse service area, which offers a variety of cultural and recreational activities. Each year approximately 5,000 FRCC students transfer to four-year universities and FRCC offers more than 36 career training programs that prepare students for immediate employment and rewarding careers. Last year, more than 5,000 high school students took concurrent enrollment classes with us, earning college credit without having to pay college tuition. And we were recently ranked as one of the “Top Online Colleges” in the country by Newsweek. One of FRCC’s main goals is to offer educational excellence for everyone. The college’s strong commitment to student success means we start by creating an inclusive and equitable environment—one where both students and employees feel they belong and are supported. FRCC’s focus on diversity, equity and inclusion is woven into the fabric of our college conversations and decision-making processes. We are actively seeking to hire a workforce that reflects the diversity of our student body. The college is also an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution. For us, becoming an HSI is an intentional commitment to being a college where our Latinx (and other historically marginalized) students thrive. FRCC employees and leaders work hard to create a culture of collaboration, innovation and pride. We’re looking to hire people who share these values—along with our commitment to student success, equity and excellence. Who You Are As the Pre-Award & Financial Support Coordinator, you will work to support the college’s mission by helping to secure outside sources to fund initiatives and projects that advance these FRCC goals. This position supports teams of faculty and staff, assists in submitting competitive proposals that meet funder’s requirements, tracking pre-award grant materials and approval processes, maintaining/updating grant tracking systems, and supporting pre- and post-award grant accounting functions as needed/assigned. You would support the Director of Resource Development & Senior Grant Writer in carrying out activities related to oversight of grant compliance with federal, state, and FRCC regulations. This position does have the opportunity to work remotely occasionally but does require a strong on-campus presence and will need to travel to all three FRCC campuses. Please note: You need to be a Colorado resident on your first day of employment. SALARY: $58,656-$61,589 annually BENEFITS: Please click here to find more information about APT & Faculty Benefits SELECTION PROCESS: Position will remain open until filled with a priority deadline of August 19, 2024. This posting may be used to fill multiple or similar positions. Preliminary screening will be made on the basis of a completed application package submitted by the candidate. In your application, please include a resume and cover letter that specifically addresses how your background and experience align with requirements, qualification and responsibilities of the Pre-Award & Financial Support Coordinator. Primary Duties Pre-Award Grant Administration Supports the Director of Resource Development & Senior Grant Writer, college administration, faculty and staff in identifying grant opportunities that align with college priorities. Monitors funding opportunities, reviews solicitations, and notifies college leadership and key stakeholders whenever appropriate grants might be available. Assists in managing project development and completing grant submissions by supporting grant development teams, managing timelines, reviewing grant applications, and following appropriate procedures Serves as a resource for faculty and staff who seek grant funding, helping them with all phases of the application process, including but not limited to researching potential funders, conceptualizing projects, developing budgets, obtaining approvals, and submitting proposals. Tracks submitted proposals, awarded grants and grant-related deadlines. Manages the Grants Office Intranet page to keep the FRCC community informed of FRCC’s grant portfolio, upcoming grant opportunities and resources for pre-award and post-award processes. Assists with the monitoring of the Grants Office email account. Grant Financial Support Collaborates with other members of the grant team, fiscal services and other college staff to process grant related financial tasks and reporting requirements. Research and support transfers of expenditures, purchases, subcontracts, travel, and other financial activities. Prepares requests for new financial accounts and codes for newly funded grants. Provides support and instruction to faculty and staff leading grants in budget updates and processes. Assists in the preparation, distribution, and filing of Time and Effort Certifications Assists in updating centralized grant expenditure tracking systems and the Restricted Fund Accountants in the generation of recurring financial reports, such as Budget to Actual (BtA) reports. Campus Collaboration and Training Attends technical assistance workshops, webinars and bidders’ conferences for prospective grant projects, and participates in professional organizations and training that are relevant for resource development staff. Serves on college committees, task forces, and cross-functional work teams as appropriate, and may represent the college on external teams. Collaborates in the development and improvement of pre-award tracking and processes. Required Competencies Mission, Vision & Values: Embraces the mission, vision and values of FRCC. Understands the importance of the work that you do to support institutional goals. Student Centeredness: Places the student at the center of your work. Adopts a philosophy that makes serving the student the cornerstone of your work. Data Usage: Reviews data within the department, paying attention to what it shows about its performance and student impact. Works with the next level supervisor to brainstorm changes that can be implemented to improve a program or service that the department provides. Cultural Self-Awareness: Examines beliefs and acknowledges own biases and how they have impacted or may impact the ability to serve students and staff. Cultural Competence: Recognizes the need to become knowledgeable about the ways to communicate and support students and staff of other backgrounds. Changes approach to reflect the new learning. Equity Mindedness: Views department operations through an equity lens. Calls attention to proposed grant projects that lead to inequity in providing support or administrative attention to different impacted individuals and groups targeted by the proposed project. Understands the College’s equity goals and how your role supports FRCC’s ability to achieve those goals. Ensures Grant Project Directors and grant project staff understand the importance of equity in grant project development. Operational Planning: Understands the college's various strategic plans and understands how your work supports each of them. Understands the department's expectations to find proactive ways to support the goals of the department. Leading from the Middle: Leads from position by closely examining your department responsibilities and bringing forward ideas for improvement to your supervisor and the FRCC Restricted Funds team. Team Building: Participates in team building exercises and strives to build positive and collaborative relationships with colleagues both within the department and in other departments within the college. Collaborative/Relationship Building: Works with staff across multiple units in developing grant proposals Critical Thinking: Reviews grant applications for compliance with funder requirements but also to determine potential challenges in implementation if funded, review irregularities in grant financial transactions to determine cause and potential solutions to problems discovered Attention to Detail: Ensures grant application materials and pre-award documentation is accurate at submission Communication: Communicates effectively and efficiently when speaking with staff in developing grant application materials, outlining grant requirements, and the funder’s expectations. Clearly explains grant requirements and regulations prior to submission to all stakeholders. Proactively communicates with potentially impacted stakeholders in a potential grant project to ensure their awareness of potential impacts and attains understanding and agreement to support the proposed grant project if funded. Required Education/Training & Work Experience: Associate’s degree and 4 years of general office/administrative support or oversight. One or more years’ experience in financial/cost support including review of expenditures, review of budgets, reconciliation of expenses OR Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of experience in financial or cost support, including review of expenditures, budgets and reconciliation of expenses. OR 6 years of increasingly responsible professional bookkeeping experience AND Ability to use technology to work collaboratively with geographically-dispersed teams, experience with computerized accounting systems/bookkeeping systems. Welcoming. Respectful. Inclusive. Together, we are FRCC. Contact Information
Contact Name: Brittani Klindworth
Website: https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/... Company Description: With three campuses along Colorado’s Front Range, Front Range Community College is the state’s largest community college. We enroll close to 28,000 students annually from our diverse service area, which offers a variety of cultural and recreational activities. Each year approximately 5,000 FRCC students transfer to four-year universities. FRCC offers more than 36 career training programs that prepare students for immediate employment and rewarding careers. Last year, more than 5,000 high school students took concurrent enrollment classes with us, earning college credit without having to pay college tuition. And we were recently ranked as one of the “Top Online Colleges” in the country by Newsweek. One of FRCC’s main goals is to offer educational excellence for everyone. The college’s strong commitment to student success means we start by creating an inclusive and equitable environment—one where both students and employees feel they belong and are supported. FRCC’s focus on diversity, equity and inclusion is woven into the fabric of our college conversations and decision-making processes. We are actively seeking to hire a workforce that reflects the diversity of our student body. The college is also an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution. For us, becoming an HSI is an intentional commitment to being a college where our Latinx (and other historically marginalized) students thrive. FRCC employees and leaders work hard to create a culture of collaboration, innovation and pride. We’re looking to hire people who share these values—along with our commitment to student success, equity and excellence. Please visit our employer showcase! |