Program Coordinator For Contracts And Grants
The UCF College of Community Innovation and Education (CCIE) brings together academic programs, centers and institutes focused on building stronger communities and elevating the human experience. The Center for Community Schools is a practice-based organization that provides community school technical assistance, university-assisted partnerships, training and development, and assessment and evaluation.
The Center for Community Schools is hiring a Program Coordinator for contracts and grants to manage subcontracting, budgets, financial processing, and grant reporting for the Unlimited Potential Initiative. This role serves as the primary liaison with university research administration, finance teams, and data management partners, while also guiding external university and district partners to strengthen their understanding and execution of grant requirements. The Program Coordinator ensures timely deliverables and invoice processing, tracks outstanding needs, monitors compliance, and provides ongoing support to promote accurate, confident implementation of grant expectations across all collaborators.
Responsibilities :
- Liaise with UCF RAST department to initiate and process UPI subcontracts, modifications, and deliverables.
- Support project partners in planning and implementing community school sites through the review and processing of budgets, statements of work, and quarterly invoices; Serve as primary contact for university partners in subcontracting, reporting, and deliverables processes and expectations.
- Compose and compile documents and reports needed to support university and grant requirements and expectations; Compose and develop documents and materials to support UPI contracts and grants processes and procedures, including budget and SOW templates, and fiscal agent handbook.
- Provide trainings and professional development opportunities for partner universities in subcontracting, budget, and report processes and best practices; Collaborate and liaise with UPI Training Academy to deliver trainings via online training platform.
- Serve as the primary contact for UPI data system teams to support effective reporting processes, implementation, and troubleshooting; Collaborate with the UPI data and reporting platform teams to develop and implement reporting fields and requirements aligned with grant objectives and expectations.
- Track and report the completion of partner universities' grant deliverables and follow up on outstanding needs. Manage and support CCS data verification, compliance, and review process.
- Assist with special initiatives and projects.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications :
Bachelor's or Master's degree and 2+ years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience pursuant to Fla. Stat. 112.219(6).
Preferred Qualifications :
Experience in developing, facilitating, and delivering training materials, documentation, and resources to external parties to ensure compliance and understanding of program requirements.Demonstrated ability to coordinate and maintain productive relationships with a wide range of external partners, ensuring timely submission of required information.Experience in Microsoft Excel and / or structured spreadsheets for financial and grants workflowsDemonstrated expertise in the administration and regulatory oversight of federally funded grants and cooperative agreements.The most successful candidates may possess the following qualities :
Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a high-demand and changing environment.Exceptional ability to establish, document, and maintain efficient operational processes and systems for reporting, data flow, and partner communication.Additional Application Materials Required :
In addition to your application, please submit your most updated resume.
Special Instructions to the Applicants :
The anticipated salary range for this position is $48,722 - $55,000. The final salary will be determined based on the candidate's qualifications, experience, and internal equity considerations.
Applicant must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer, as sponsorship is not available for this position now or in the future.
This is a Contract and Grant (C&G) funded position. Employment is subject to availability of funding and may cease at the time funding for this employment is depleted.