Grant Writer and Corporate Giving Development Officer Job at Sandhills Community

Content Summary: Grant Writer and Corporate Giving Development Officer at Pinehurst, for Sandhills Community College Salary : $70,000.00 - $85,000.00 Annually
Location : 3395 Airport Rd, Pinehurst
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 202500008
Division: Foundation and Public Engagement
Department: Foundation
Opening Date: 02/19/2025
Closing Date: 3/24/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

At Sandhills Community College, we are committed to the health and well-being of our employees, their families, and children across North Carolina. Recently, we became a Family Forward NC Certified Employer. Family Forward NC Employer Certifications, issued by the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation's (NCECF) Family Forward NC initiative, designate employers that offer policies and practices that support the health and well-being of working families and children.
Summary

The Grant Writer and Corporate Giving Development Officer of the Sandhills Community College Foundation is responsible for identifying, cultivating, and securing funding from businesses, corporate foundations, and grant-making organizations by researching potential donors, crafting compelling proposals, managing relationships, and ensuring timely reporting to maximize financial contributions to support an organization's programs and initiatives; essentially, they act as a key liaison between the organization and corporate and grant-making giving sources to secure grant funding.
Essential Functions

• Proposal development
  1. Generates high-quality proposals, narratives, applications and supporting documents in response to solicitations consistent with all policies and procedures of Sandhills Community College (SCC), and the requirements and guidelines of the funding agencies;
  2. Works with appropriate personnel to research, develop, write and submit letters of inquiry, business sponsorship proposals and grant proposals;
  3. Coordinates with the Business Office to create expenditure and income budgets to accompany proposals;
  4. Coordinates with the Office of Planning and Research to compile and organize institutional and other relevant data to accompany proposals;
  5. Remains up-to-date on current issues relative to grant proposals;
  6. Meets regularly with faculty/staff, academic program leadership, and the Office of Planning and Research to discuss current and new funding needs and timely grant opportunities available;
• Grant writing and submission
  1. Generates revenues for SCC programs through timely submission of well-researched, well written and well-documented grant proposals;
  2. Coordinates and follows-up on the progress of submitted proposals;
• Prospect research, identification, and prospect relationship building
  1. Serves as a liaison to all funding agencies and organizations;
  2. Researches and identifies new government, corporate, foundation and private funding prospects to match College priorities;
  3. Meets and coordinates regularly with Workforce Strategy and Innovation Department, as well as other campus stakeholders, to discuss current and new corporate sponsorship prospects;
  4. Engages with academic program leadership and the Workforce Strategy and Innovation Department to participate in activities with prospective and current partners;
  5. Coordinates with Foundation staff to develop and implement stewardship strategies for partners;
• Grants data and accounting management
  1. Maintains primary responsibility for grant schedules and tracking grants;
  2. Develops and maintains a master file on pending grants and contracts;
  3. Develop, implement, and maintain grant recordkeeping procedure, including keeping an ongoing record of all active grants, reporting requirements, and SCC points of contact;
  4. Manage invoicing for business/corporate partners for philanthropic support and pledges;
  5. Coordinates with the Business Office to create needed grant compliance reports;
  6. Assist with post-award activities and initiate project modification requests;
  7. Ensure compliance with grant requirements including grant and business reporting during life of gifts/grants;
  8. E-file associated documentation and integrate new documents into existing files.
  9. Monitor financial accounts for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with regulations;

Qualifications

Requirements: Batchelor's degree required, master's degree preferred; Required 5 to 8 years of experience as a successful grant writer; Previous grant budget development and management; A proven record of securing major grants with certifiable references; Knowledge of grant application process, scoring criteria and funding cycles; Previous federal grant application, submission, approval and management of funds. Comprehensive knowledge of research, and the ability to distinguish and identify opportunities for SCC academic and technical programs. Ability to work effectively under pressure; Excellent writing and verbal skills; Be highly organized with the ability to implement systems and follow-up processes; Proficiency in research, interpreting, and analyzing diverse data; Excellent Computer skills (Microsoft Office Word, Access, PowerPoint and Excel), and database management skills; Motivated self-starter with the ability to work collaboratively and independently with purpose and accuracy in a fast-paced environment.

Sandhills Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, age, ancestry, mental or physical disability, military status or veteran status.
We're proud to be a Family Forward NC Certified Employer. We're also proud members of the Moore and Hoke county communities, and we recognize that the more family-friendly workplaces we have here, the better for children and families.

We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including the North Carolina State Health Plan, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short and long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

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