Director-Federal Programs And Grants

Boulder Valley School District is committed to create challenging, meaningful, and engaging learning opportunities so that all children thrive and are prepared for successful, civically engaged lives. Our comprehensive and innovative approach to education ensures that each student meets expectations relative to intellectual growth, physical development and social emotional well-being. The district covers approximately 500 square miles and serves the communities of Boulder, Erie, Louisville, Lafayette, Superior, Broomfield, Nederland, Ward, Jamestown and Gold Hill.

Website: BVSD.

Location
: US:

CO:

BOULDER

Department: Business Services

Position Title:Director-Federal Programs And Grants

Position

Start Date:

October 26, 2026

Position Type: Central Administration

FTE:1.0 - 40 hours per week
- Regular, ongoing

Work Schedule:261 Days - 12 Months
- July

Salary Range 11: $ - $

Closing Date:September 27, 2026

This position has primary responsibility for BVSD’s Grants program, which generates between $10M to $20M annually toward district core programs, new strategic initiatives, and support programs and services. The Director of Federal Programs and Grants is responsible for planning, developing, and executing grant writing for major funding, promoting grant writing by others throughout the district, and managing BVSD’s accountability process for grants.

• Generate and/or maintain grant funding. Research, draft, organize and submit the district’s major grant applications for governmental and private-sector funding. Provide the expertise and leadership necessary to support timely submission of major funding proposals, both new and recurring. Work with district leadership, program directors and coordinators, school principals, and other staff as needed to develop high priority grant applications. Perform timely periodic research on grant opportunities and provide briefings on these to educational leadership.
  
  Establish priorities and strategies for BVSD grant-seeking consistent with the district’s fiscal goals, the maintenance of core programs and services, and the promotion of strategic initiatives. Maintain strong relationships with major grant sources.
• Develop project plans, budgets, and evaluations. Develop short and long term project plans, in either an independent, collegial or facilitative mode, that are responsive to both institutional needs and funding priorities. This may include needs assessments, environmental scans, goals and objectives, timelines, management and staff structures, detailed service delivery plans, partnership agreements, evaluation plans, and multi-funded and multi-year budgets.
• Coordinate grant data requests. Compile, analyze, synthesize and make compelling presentations of the data, statistics, and academic research from programmatic staff for funding proposals or reports.
• Provide guidance and resources. Supply expertise and information to other district staff and volunteers who are writing grants. This may include templates, training resources, one-on-one or group grant-writing training, reviewing and editing grant RFPs and drafts, providing data and research, supporting documents and budget materials. Provide timely and appropriate information on current grant opportunities to stimulate new grant activity. Create and maintain an up-to-date written manual on grants (BVSD Grants Guide) for other grant writers.
• Direct the district’s grants accountability process. Establish, articulate, publish and/or disseminate district policies and procedures for grant accountability; review all grants for legal/policy compliance; implement review processes; advise district leadership regarding approvals; maintain comprehensive records of grants written and received; monitor…