Frederick Community College
Associate Vice President for Grants and Sponsored Programs
Frederick Community College, Frederick, Maryland, United States, 21701
Position Summary
Position Summary:
The Associate Vice President (AVP) for Grants and Sponsored Programs is responsible for leading the administration of FCC’s federal and federal-like externally funded grants and sponsored programs. The position is responsible for supervising the Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs (GSP) team, supporting FCC’s growing grantsmanship, minimizing faculty and staff grant administration burden, and ensuring compliance with college and funding agency policies. The AVP will (1) provide pre-award grant support for faculty and staff in a broad range of creative grants and contracts, (2) supervise pre- and post-award grants administrators, and (3) serve as FCC’s authorized organizational representative to funding agencies. The AVP has a key role in ensuring communication and coordination between FCC project directors/principal investigators (PD/PIs), pre- and post-award services, key campus stakeholders, and the GSP. The AVP will maintain a detailed record of pre-award submissions supporting faculty and stafffrom initiation, submission and close-out. This position is responsible for leading efforts to efficiently process and coordinate submission of proposals across college systems and processes. The position will lead, manage, and improve pre-award activities, transactions, routing approvals, systems, and operating procedure improvements, and develop sponsor required data and compliance reports on behalf of the college. The AVP will also collaborate closely with the provost to coordinate areas of faculty growth and training as well as grants and sponsored program development needs. Ability to use varying styles and approaches that reflect an understanding and acceptance of the role of culture in a diverse, multicultural workplace.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The following are the functions essential to performing this job:
1. Collaborate and communicate with Senior Leadership on an annual college-wide grants agenda.
2. Guide all College grantsmanship activities across the grant life cycle including identification of funding opportunities, concept and proposal development, application, and grants management.
3. Conduct opportunities research and identify potential grants and other cost-reimbursable, external funding opportunities.
4. Coordinate pre-award activities including assisting administration, faculty and staff in the development, preparation, and submission of grant proposals, ensuring that all applications meet sponsor and College guidelines and published deadlines, while collaborating with the finance office on grant proposal budgets.
5. Advise Finance Office regarding post-award activities about establishing financial accounting, tracking, evaluation, and reporting of all grant activities in accordance with College and sponsor guidelines.
6. Create and then maintain a procedures manual for grants management.
7. Develop, recommend, and implement new procedures as needed, researching, and implementing best practices to ensure compliance with federal standards.
8. Provide training, resources, and assistance to grant seekers and project leads in order to educate the College community regarding grantsmanship.
9. Disseminate information about grants and external funding opportunities.
10. Remain current on grant compliance requirements and participate in research administration professional development.
11. Interpret and support compliance with applicable federal laws, regulations, policies, and sponsor requirements.
12. Manage institutional grant activity and records, including submission data, denials, awards, and reporting requirements in collaboration with the Finance Office.
13. Supervise and direct the work of the Grants staff.
14. Guide the work of the grants accountant related to federal and federal-like grant projects.
15. Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Minimum Qualifications
1. Bachelor’s degree.
2. Experience serving as the authorized organizational representative (AOR) for an institution of higher education.
3. Minimum of 3-5 years of supervisory and institutional leadership experience over a pre-award or pre- & post-award office.
4. Minimum of 5-8 years of experience as a grants administrator at an institution of higher education.
5. Ability to obtain and maintain membership in the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) or the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI).
6. Experience developing institutional grants administration policies.
7. Experience developing compliance training related to grants compliance.
8. Excellent organizational, verbal and written communication skills.
9. MS Office Suite experience.
10. Ability to maintain interpersonal and professional relationships.
Desired Qualifications
1. Master’s degree.
2. Experience editing and managing federal grants.
3. Demonstrable participation in grants administration professional development.
4. Demonstrated record of successful support of competitive grant applications.
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Position Summary:
The Associate Vice President (AVP) for Grants and Sponsored Programs is responsible for leading the administration of FCC’s federal and federal-like externally funded grants and sponsored programs. The position is responsible for supervising the Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs (GSP) team, supporting FCC’s growing grantsmanship, minimizing faculty and staff grant administration burden, and ensuring compliance with college and funding agency policies. The AVP will (1) provide pre-award grant support for faculty and staff in a broad range of creative grants and contracts, (2) supervise pre- and post-award grants administrators, and (3) serve as FCC’s authorized organizational representative to funding agencies. The AVP has a key role in ensuring communication and coordination between FCC project directors/principal investigators (PD/PIs), pre- and post-award services, key campus stakeholders, and the GSP. The AVP will maintain a detailed record of pre-award submissions supporting faculty and stafffrom initiation, submission and close-out. This position is responsible for leading efforts to efficiently process and coordinate submission of proposals across college systems and processes. The position will lead, manage, and improve pre-award activities, transactions, routing approvals, systems, and operating procedure improvements, and develop sponsor required data and compliance reports on behalf of the college. The AVP will also collaborate closely with the provost to coordinate areas of faculty growth and training as well as grants and sponsored program development needs. Ability to use varying styles and approaches that reflect an understanding and acceptance of the role of culture in a diverse, multicultural workplace.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The following are the functions essential to performing this job:
1. Collaborate and communicate with Senior Leadership on an annual college-wide grants agenda.
2. Guide all College grantsmanship activities across the grant life cycle including identification of funding opportunities, concept and proposal development, application, and grants management.
3. Conduct opportunities research and identify potential grants and other cost-reimbursable, external funding opportunities.
4. Coordinate pre-award activities including assisting administration, faculty and staff in the development, preparation, and submission of grant proposals, ensuring that all applications meet sponsor and College guidelines and published deadlines, while collaborating with the finance office on grant proposal budgets.
5. Advise Finance Office regarding post-award activities about establishing financial accounting, tracking, evaluation, and reporting of all grant activities in accordance with College and sponsor guidelines.
6. Create and then maintain a procedures manual for grants management.
7. Develop, recommend, and implement new procedures as needed, researching, and implementing best practices to ensure compliance with federal standards.
8. Provide training, resources, and assistance to grant seekers and project leads in order to educate the College community regarding grantsmanship.
9. Disseminate information about grants and external funding opportunities.
10. Remain current on grant compliance requirements and participate in research administration professional development.
11. Interpret and support compliance with applicable federal laws, regulations, policies, and sponsor requirements.
12. Manage institutional grant activity and records, including submission data, denials, awards, and reporting requirements in collaboration with the Finance Office.
13. Supervise and direct the work of the Grants staff.
14. Guide the work of the grants accountant related to federal and federal-like grant projects.
15. Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Minimum Qualifications
1. Bachelor’s degree.
2. Experience serving as the authorized organizational representative (AOR) for an institution of higher education.
3. Minimum of 3-5 years of supervisory and institutional leadership experience over a pre-award or pre- & post-award office.
4. Minimum of 5-8 years of experience as a grants administrator at an institution of higher education.
5. Ability to obtain and maintain membership in the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) or the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI).
6. Experience developing institutional grants administration policies.
7. Experience developing compliance training related to grants compliance.
8. Excellent organizational, verbal and written communication skills.
9. MS Office Suite experience.
10. Ability to maintain interpersonal and professional relationships.
Desired Qualifications
1. Master’s degree.
2. Experience editing and managing federal grants.
3. Demonstrable participation in grants administration professional development.
4. Demonstrated record of successful support of competitive grant applications.
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