Grants Specialist

Overview

Hawkeye Community College is seeking a full-time Grants Specialist to help turn innovative ideas into fully-funded realities. Are you passionate about supporting education and training through strategic funding opportunities? If so, the Grants and Resource Development team has an opportunity for you!

As our Grants Specialist, you will play a vital role in developing compelling proposals that attract funders to invest in our students' futures. Working alongside our experienced team, you'll assist in identifying promising funding opportunities and support grant activities throughout the process from research to submission. Your growing expertise in grant writing, attention to detail, and communication skills will contribute directly to expanding resources for our college and the communities we serve.

If you're ready to develop your skills while making a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you!

Hawkeye Community College is a comprehensive community college focused on meeting the needs of the community by providing quality, affordable learning experiences for a wide array of students through more than 50 career and technical programs and liberal arts transfer programs, our Adult Learning Center, Business and Community Education Department. Hawkeye Community College’s mission is about empowering students, strengthening businesses and enriching communities with a vision to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve.

• Operates in collaboration with the Foundation staff to utilize public and private funding within the resource development model to support the college’s identified priorities.
• Assists with the research, interpretation, dissemination, pursuit, formulation, submission, receipt, and implementation of grants from the local, state, and national levels.
• Acts as a resource to college staff and provides coordination assistance in the planning, developing, writing and/or editing of grant applications/proposals including budgets.
• Collaborates with internal or external staff to obtain and analyze data for grants.
• Assists with implementing specific institutional grant development procedures to address institutional priorities and needs.
• Maintains grant records on submitted and funded external proposals for the College.
• Se​rves as an institutional liaison communicating with funding agencies.
• Participates in campus committees as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Regular on campus and/or onsite attendance is considered an essential function of the position.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Education, English, Communications, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities or related field and one (1) year of related experience or equivalent combination of experience and education to total five (5) years.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and match college priorities with potential funding sources, to align project ideas with grant guidelines, and to manage multiple projects.
• Demonstrated ability to read, comprehend, interpret, and apply complex language such as legal or government regulations and proposal guidelines.
• Demonstrated ability to work flexible hours including extended workweeks, evenings, and weekends as needed to meet deadlines and the College’s funding needs.
• Demonstrated ability to work with a wide array of students, faculty, staff, and the general public.
• Ability to demonstrate strong interpersonal communication.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite, Google applications, and video conferencing technology.
• Demonstrated ability to execute organization and department policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential/sensitive information with discretion.

• Master's degree
• Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential
• Experience working in post-secondary education
• College coursework in a field that contributes to writing, research, and communication skills
• Four (4) years or more of experience coordinating the full grant life-cycle of multiple projects with different outcomes

Full-time, exempt position with comprehensive or competitive…