Senior Grant Writer

Compensation
$68,495 - $87,298
Limited Term End Date
6-30-2027

Position Summary
Provides college-wide leadership in planning, researching, writing, budgeting, submitting, managing and monitoring grants and grant processes for CNM. Develops relationships with private foundations, corporations, and granting agencies. Identifies public and private grant opportunities that fit CNM's Mission and Vision and support strategic objectives. This position works at least 3 days in the office, and 2 days remote.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manages and writes grant applications from concept to submission.
  • Assists faculty and staff in writing grants; organizes, compiles, and analyzes data related to proposed projects; composes or edits proposals; drafts letters of inquiry, support, agreement, and commitment; provides training on development of grant proposals; and assists project directors with preparation and submission of renewal applications, grant modification requests, and reports.
  • Collaborates with CNM staff across departments and outside partner agencies to write and submit complex large-scale federal grant proposals.
  • Researches, analyzes, and identifies funding opportunities in support of CNM priorities; reviews literature dealing with funds available from public, private, and corporate sources; serves as liaison with funding agencies and organizations; and disseminates necessary information to obtain funding.
  • Creates logic models and evaluation plans based on evidence-based research
  • Facilitates project development meetings; researches concepts; prepares drafts for internal review; develops budgets.
  • Carries out active and effective grants development processes for a minimum of 20 federal, state, local, or private grants per semester for CNM and CNM Ingenuity; collaborates with administrators, faculty, and staff to determine funding needs and identify funding opportunities; collaborates with Business Office to review budgets and maintain fiscal responsibility.
  • Leads the project management of all grants including pre-award and post-award management requirements
  • Recommends policies and formulates and implements procedures to address institutional priorities and needs.
  • Maintains and manages multiple, concurrent deadlines, records of grants submitted, active projects, funding needs, potential funding sources and other grant activities.
  • Facilitates Grant Management meetings as necessary to support Principal Investigators, Grant Accountants, and Institutional Research staff during grant periods and to prepare for grant reporting.
  • Manages pre-award and post-award procedures:
  Pre-Award Grant Management:
  • Work closely with faculty and staff in the development, writing, and submission of federal grant applications
  • Locate, document, and approve funding sources for specific use
  • Develop budgets for grant proposals
  • Develop logic models and theory of change models for grant proposals
  • Identify evidence-based practices and data for grant proposals
  • Completion of all Proposal Documentation
  • Apply the approved indirect cost rate to grants
  • Timely and accurate submission of the proposals to the funding agency for consideration
  • Ensure compliance requirements (funding agency and project specific) such as Business Office fiscal responsibility reporting, Human Subject, Animal Subject, Responsible Conduct of Research, Financial Conflict of Interest, Risk Assessment, etc. are satisfied
  Post-Award Grant Management:
  • Management of post-award fiscal administration, including compliance with funding agency requirements, for all grants and other restricted funds awarded to the College by sponsors, donors, private foundations, and government funders.
  • Implementation of post-award compliance programs at the College in collaboration with the Business Office. This includes the development of policies and procedures, training programs and the dissemination of awards management information that supports compliance to agency, donor and College policy
  • Completes post-award reports and submits to funders.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree AND EIGHT (8) years of professional experience where the major duties included professional writing, proposal development, and project management of federal, state, and private foundation grants

Preferences:

• Experience in higher education, particularly community colleges
• Previous leadership experience
• Extensive experience writing and managing federal grant proposals
• Excellent written, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills

EEO STATEMENT:

As an EEO employer, Central New Mexico Community College will not discriminate in our employment practices based on an applicant's race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, serious medical condition or status as a protected veteran or spousal affiliation. Central New Mexico Community College hires only U.S. citizens and individuals lawfully authorized to work in the U.S.