Officer, Senior Grant Compliance

Austin Community College District•Highland, CA

About The Position

General Statement of Job To provide effective oversight of grant awards and grant activities to ensure that grant monies are expended timely and appropriately by the grant project director(s) and that all deliverables and terms of grant funding are met.

Requirements

Grant programs and activities.
Program documentation and reporting.
Program implementation and delivery.
Basic query methods and database management.
Maintaining an established work schedule.
Working and interacting with multicultural groups of people.
Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow through with deadlines.
Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills including tact and diplomacy.
Writing and submitting successful grants.
Coordinating all phases of grant development processes.
Researching grant and resource opportunities.
Maintaining confidentiality of work related information and materials.
Use a variety of spreadsheet, word-processing, database, project management and presentation software.
Two years related work experience.
Bachelor's degree.
Knowledge of grant terminology, standards and documentation; federal, state, business and other agency grant processes; experience in a deadline-driven environment; able to work well in a team environment, handle multiple assignments and meet deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree.

Responsibilities

Assists implementation staff in the preparation and submission of compliance reports.
Advises grant managers on how to gather compliance data for reporting purposes.
Provides training, technical assistance, and support to all grant awardees to aid in effective and appropriate expenditures of grant monies and effective grant project management.
Develops and implements a systematic program review of grant funded projects that assist grant mangers to comply with contractual agreements, internal policies and procedures, reporting purposes and satisfactory progress toward completion of grant project objectives.
Acts as liaison between the funding agency and the grant project directors to ensure compliance with all grant terms and conditions specified by the funding agency and consistent with relevant regulations.
Reviews proposals and awards/contracts to identify and track deliverables for progress and compliance to expectations.
Develops and conducts grant orientation workshops to be utilized at the onset of new grants for the purpose of preparing grant implementers to align with ACC processes and expectations.
Reviews and processes documents, maintains databases, and provides complex reports.
Develops and provides necessary forms and documents to the grant project manager.
Assists with specific reporting and maintenance of databases as required.
Develops policies and procedures that facilitate successful grant implementation.
Works directly with the grant writers to assist in developing budgets for grant applications.