Grants Management Executive Director

Final date to receive applications: N/A

Education

3452 Spur 399, McKinney, Texas, 75069

We are searching for candidates that meet the required qualifications and experience and are able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

Lead and supervise all aspects of grant management services for the college district. This includes leading the grant writing teams, pre‑award deployment, deployment activities, and post‑award close‑out activities. Oversees a grants portfolio of a multitude of highly intricate rules and regulations from agencies including but not limited to: subcontracts, federal grants, state grants, private grants, and cross‑institutional agreements. Serve as the authorized representative, an information resource, and district wide creative collaborator for grant‑funded projects.

Interpret complex fiscal policies and procedures and administer college guidelines and sponsored regulations; provide guidance to staff and project leads regarding sponsor policies.

• Collaborate with college district colleagues, local workforce boards, economic development organizations, and grant professionals from other institutions of higher education (IHEs) to identify needs and create partnerships for grant project development.
• Create and foster relationships with federal program officers, state leaders, educational institutions, and key employers to strategically position Collin College to negotiate competitive grant proposals; form innovative partnerships; and gain a national reputation as first‑in‑class in grant acquisition and deployment.
• Develop and execute strategies for obtaining grant opportunities including assisting staff to rapidly assemble grant teams, subject matter experts and community members to create and submit a timely grant proposal.
• Recruit, hire, and retain a qualified, highly productive grants management team to support the level of grant activity expected.
• Ensure all finance and accounting functions, including fiscal budget planning, funding, expending, financial reporting and analysis, auditing, and risk management reviews are managed in compliance with college, funding source, and state and federal standards, regulations, policies, procedures, and requirements.
• Prepare and maintain a dashboard of grant projects within the grant lifecycle.
• Consult with project/program grant managers in the preparation and submission of grant extension requests, progress reports, financial reports, final reports, and other closeout documents.
• Establish policies and procedures and documentation and ensure that all records are kept confidential and are maintained according to established federal, state, college, and professional practices.
• Develop and maintain relationships with Academic and Workforce Divisions, Public Relations, Student and Enrollment Services, Continuing Education, and other district offices to ensure synergistic efforts in support of grant‑funded initiatives.

• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Perform all duties and maintain all standards in accordance with college policies, procedures, and Core Values.

• Knowledge of all internal processes and up to date on external business activity
• Knowledge of training modes and methods
• Knowledge of college district operations application tools
• Knowledge of HR Best Practices, Lean Office Practices, TQM fundamentals, federal, state, and college rules and regulations regarding education, training, procurement, and grants
• Knowledge of budget development, district strategic goals/initiatives, program management, grant funding sources, and the Business Office fiscal procedures
• Business writing skills
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to identify knowledge gaps, analyze multiple data, synthesize customer needs and training expertise, transfer knowledge from classroom/lab to work environment
• Ability to lead, supervise, coach, and mentor
• Ability to research and write grants
• Ability to analyze data and perform needs assessments
• Ability to create evaluation instruments