Program Manager Grants Management

Grants Management Specialist

We are searching for candidates that meet the required qualifications and experience and are able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

Job Summary:

Collaborate with the Grants Management office staff to support the acquisition of federal, state, and local grants, deploy grant activities, and ensure successful completion of grant-funded objectives as required by the funding agency.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain connections with agency contract managers and stay abreast of all agency changes and updates.
• Track progress and adhere to grant delivery timelines.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders on development, delivery of grant opportunities.
• Coordinate training schedules, prep materials, order texts, and deliver training to contracted company partners as needed.
• Hire, assign, and negotiate pay for instructional staff/training vendors.
• Gather all pertinent participant data for admission and enrollment as needed.
• Collect and analyze faculty, institution, and company evaluations.
• Maintain budget expenditures, database, and voucher system and prepare state monthly, quarterly, and close-out reports.
• Communicate training activity and progress to the executive director and partnering company liaisons.
• Manage grant-related activities and grant-funded personnel.

Supplemental Functions:

• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Perform all duties and maintain all standards in accordance with college policies, procedures, and Core Values.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of principles and practices of supervision
• Knowledge of interviewing practices
• Knowledge of business and grant writing
• Knowledge of grant management
• Budgeting skills
• Grant writing skills
• Organization and time management skills
• Computer and applicable software skills
• Analytical skills
• Internal process skills
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to prioritize
• Ability to collaborate with outside agencies
• Ability to research and seek out grant opportunities

Physical Demands, Working Conditions and Physical Effort:

Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. Positions in this class typically require talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions. Relatively free from unpleasant environmental conditions or hazards. Office environment. Little physical effort required.

Required: Bachelors degree from an accredited institution and two (2) years directly related work experience.

One (1) year of supervisor experience.

Preferred:

Masters degree. Three (3) years directly related work experience.

**This position is Security Sensitive, therefore, candidates will be subject to a criminal background check.**

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job as duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. Collin College reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made by Collin College in its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required & Preferred Qualifications (if applicable): The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of the positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. Fair Labor Standards Act (exempt/non-exempt) is designated by position. The employer actively supports Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations.

***This is a Security Sensitive position. Therefore, candidates will be subject to a criminal background check.***

Compensation Type: Salary

Employment Type: Full time

Hiring Minimum $56,880.00

Hiring Maximum $68,256.00

Compensation is determined based on experience.

**Application submission deadline is 12am of the date listed.** 07/09/2025

Collin College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable law.