Grant Administrator - Canyon Center Character Education

Location & Schedule

Mon-Fri, 8am to 5pm onsite. GCU Main Campus.

The Research Program Administrator supports Grand Canyon University’s mission as a missional, Christ‑centered institution by coordinating research and programming that advances Christian character formation and human flourishing.

• Facilitate Christian Character Boot Camps for faculty and students to strengthen foundations of faith, hope, and love.
• Design and deliver training experiences, resources, and reflection tools that promote virtue formation across curricular and co‑curricular settings.
• Coordinate strategic programming alignment across GCU’s colleges to unify and amplify character education and research efforts.
• Partner with Christian Character Champions (C3) and the Office of Research and Grants (ORG) to foster scholarly engagement, storytelling, and research initiatives.
• Support faculty and student research projects that advance CCCE’s mission and contribute to the broader field of Christian character education.
• Lead the CCCE Research Grant Selection Committee, overseeing the full process from publishing RFPs to reviewing, selecting, and managing funded proposals.
• Collaborate with ORG to identify and pursue targeted character and virtue grants.
• Provide guidance and administrative oversight for project budgets, timelines, and deliverables.
• Collect and track KPIs aligned with CCCE’s strategic plan and grant obligations; ensure accurate reporting on curriculum integration, faculty engagement, research productivity, and program scalability.
• Coordinate assessment revisions and longitudinal impact tracking, including EOCS, FEOCS, and alumni/worldview surveys.
• Serve as a leader within the university’s Faith, Character, and Human Flourishing pillar, coordinating data collection, metrics, and reporting faculty and student scholarship outcomes.
• Maintain organized documentation and dashboards of CCCE research activities, publications, and engagement measures.
• Coordinate GCU’s annual Christian Character Research Conference, managing logistics, speaker engagement, proposal review, and dissemination of scholarly outputs.
• Explore and support the development of a new Christian Character Journal, collaborating with partners to establish editorial standards and publication strategy.
• Represent CCCE and GCU at conferences, events, and collaborative initiatives focused on Christian character education and human flourishing.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Master’s degree in social sciences, theology, education, or a related field from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 3 years of teaching and/or administration experience in higher education.
• Demonstrated record of scholarship preferred, including publications in peer‑reviewed journals and presentations at academic conferences.
• Program evaluation experience preferred.
• Strong analytical and project/process management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to collaborate and communicate complex information professionally and academically.
• Must successfully pass background checks.

• Full benefits portfolio including tuition benefit.
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) savings plan.
• Generous time‑off plan and 11 paid holidays.
• Paid time off to volunteer in the community or at GCU sponsored events.
• Free covered parking.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background checks.

The University values diversity among its students, faculty, and staff, and invites applications from all qualified individuals, including minorities, females, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.