Senior Grants Officer

Bard Early College seeks to improve the transition from high school to college and increase access and success in higher education. We do this by offering high school-age students, particularly those from low-income and historically underrepresented communities, a tuition-free college course of study in the liberal arts and sciences, and by working to influence and lead a national movement for early college education focused on quality and equity. The Bard Early Colleges offer a unique home for young people's intellectual ambition: as both tuition-free, branch campuses of Bard College and public high schools, they award a high school diploma and a Bard College Associate in Arts degree (and 60 transferable credits) by the end of the 12th grade. Students are taught by Bard College faculty in undergraduate, seminar classes, all deeply rooted in the liberal arts and sciences, in Bard College's commitment to excellence in teaching, and in Bard's mission as a private college in the public interest. Now entering its third decade, the Bard Early College network enrolls over 3,300 young people in campuses in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Hudson, New York; Newark, New Jersey; New Orleans, Louisiana; Cleveland, Ohio; Baltimore, Maryland; and Washington, D.C. The network team is seeking a full-time Senior Grants Officer to lead and assist in the development of grant proposals, including writing reports, letters of intent, and maintaining official records of Early College grant activity in conjunction with the Bard College Office of Institutional Support. This position will also cultivate, research, and steward foundations and other grantors as directed by the Deputy Director for Early Colleges. Additionally, the Grants Officer supports other Early College promotional and development activities as needed, focusing on advancing the visibility, financial support, and promotional effectiveness of the Bard Early Colleges.