Director, Sponsored Projects Apply
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Location: Northwest Campus, Gainesville
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 24-0340
Division: Public and Governmental Affairs
Opening Date: 01/31/2024
Closing Date: 2/21/2024 11:59 PM Eastern
Santa Fe College (SF) has been recognized as one of the top-rated community colleges in the United States. Santa Fe College is a student-centered institution with a commitment to open access, academic excellence, and cultural and ethnic diversity. SF enrolls over 16,000 students each semester, retains and completes over 60% of students every academic year, while over 10% transfer into the University system.
Description
The starting salary is $66,955. Any salary amount above this is commensurate upon an individual's qualifications that exceeds the minimum requirements listed.
Serving as Santa Fe College's primary contact with grant funding agencies, the Director of Sponsored Projects spearheads the continual pursuit and management of external grant awards with responsibilities in identifying, planning, writing, and securing these grants from both public and private sources. Furthermore, the Director leads the Sponsored Projects Office by guiding grant-related processes that ensures enhanced institutional effectiveness, supports academic initiatives, and guarantees student success.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Provides leadership in identifying opportunities and strategies to procure external grants funding congruent with College-wide priorities and strategic initiatives.
- Recommends, prepares, and implements appropriate course of action regarding grant submissions to College leadership.
- Hires, supervises, and evaluates Sponsored Projects Office personnel to ensure optimum grants procurement productivity, efficient operation of the office, and compliance with internal and external grant seeking and post-award management policies.
- Writes and submits grant proposals to federal, state, local, and non-profit organizations and assures high quality submissions by overseeing final editing and production processes for submitted grants.
- Ensures grant funding is compliant with the College's policies, mission, goals, and priorities.
- Develops appropriate strategies to enhance proposals' competitive position and secures approval of pursue external grants funding and directs the execution.
- Identifies and maintains strategic partnerships and strong relations with program officers, funding prospects and agencies, community partners, businesses, and other Colleges to leverage grant funding.
- Develops an annual budget and manages assigned budgets and resources as assigned and required.
- Collaborates with faculty, staff, and administrators to identify, plan, and develop grant funding strategies and requests.
- Monitors the tracking of grants effectiveness measures with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning and the Office of Administrative Affairs.
- Develops reports outlining measurable outcomes of grant-funded initiatives to ensure effective performance and fiscal accountability.
- Participates in local, state, regional, and national professional organizations and professional committees when needed and attends technical assistance workshops to remain current on grant funding opportunities, regulations, requirements, and procedures.
- Provides service excellence through courteous, informed, accessible, and professional engagement.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required: A bachelor's degree and four (4) years of experience in proposal writing and grants management, or a combination of education and experience equal to eight (8) years.
Additional Requirements: Prior experience in writing public or private foundation grants for higher education. Prior staff supervision experience. A criminal background check will be conducted.
Preferred: Master's degree in related field. Strategic planning in higher education.
General Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to work successfully in a multi-cultural environment.
- Adaptability to Change - able to be flexible and supportive, able to positively and proactively assimilate change in rapid growth environment.
- Analytical Aptitude & Problem Solving - able to analyze information, problems, situations, practices and/or procedures, collect and interpret data, reason logically, establish facts, identify and define existing and potential issues, recognize the interrelationships among elements, draw valid conclusions, develop recommendations, as well as alternative courses of action, select appropriate course, follow up, and evaluate.
- Communication - able to effectively communicate in a professional, diplomatic, empathetic, and tactful manner using preferred method and level as applicable to the job.
- Critical Thinking & Judgement - able to make well-reasoned, sensible, and timely decisions based on careful, objective review and informed analysis of available information, considerations, and other factors.
- Customer Service - ability to respond promptly and courteously to all questions from students and faculty, demonstrating patience and persistence when helping students with little or no computer skills.
- Ethics - able to demonstrate integrity, professionalism, civility, and a high degree of ethics in all job-related actions.
- Organization & Time Management - able to plan, schedule, and organize tasks related to the job to achieve goals within or ahead of established time frames.
- Problem Solving - proven skills in identifying issues, determining their cause, developing creative solutions, and following through with implementing resolutions.
- Relationship Management - able to personally provide high level of interactive service to others, building relationships and addressing identified needs.
- Results Orientation - proven ability to set and exceed established targets.
- Systems & Software - proficient level of knowledge of Microsoft Office and/or relevant position software programs.
- Detail Oriented - Proven accuracy and attention to detail.
- Multi-task - Ability to expeditiously organize, coordinate, manage, prioritize, and perform multiple tasks simultaneously to swiftly assess a situation, determine a logical course of action, and apply the appropriate response.
If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.
Santa Fe College (SF) is committed to maintaining a work and educational environment that embraces diversity and where no member of the college community is excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or subject to discrimination in any college program or activity based on: their race, ethnicity, national origin, color, religion, age, disability, sex, pregnancy status, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, political opinions or affiliations, or veteran status. This commitment applies to employees, volunteers, students, and, to the extent possible, to third parties, applicants for admission, applicants for employment, and the general public. http://www.sfcollege.edu/eaeo/
Inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies or concerns about discrimination or harassment, including concerns about sexual harassment or sexual violence under Title IX, should be directed to: equity.officer@sfcollege.edu
Santa Fe College reserves the right to extend deadlines and/or not to offer advertised positions.
Preference will be given to eligible veterans and spouses of veterans.
Benefits
Santa Fe College offers a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave. Employees can also take advantage of many perks and discounts.
To learn more details, visit our Employee Benefit Information page.
If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.
Santa Fe College (SF) is committed to maintaining a work and educational environment that embraces diversity and where no member of the college community is excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or subject to discrimination in any college program or activity based on: their race, ethnicity, national origin, color, religion, age, disability, sex, pregnancy status, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, political opinions or affiliations, or veteran status. This commitment applies to employees, volunteers, students, and, to the extent possible, to third parties, applicants for admission, applicants for employment, and the general public.http://www.sfcollege.edu/eaeo/
Inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies or concerns about discrimination or harassment, including concerns about sexual harassment or sexual violence under Title IX, should be directed to:equity.officer@sfcollege.edu
Santa Fe College reserves the right to extend deadlines and/or not to offer advertised positions.
Preference will be given to eligible veterans and spouses of veterans.
