Welcome to Grayson College. Grayson College is in the heart of Grayson County and provides a vital link for higher education. GC offers small classes for personalized instruction, affordable tuition, caring, professional faculty, and the convenience of day, evening or online classes. The college serves approximately 5,000 students annually. Grayson’s reputation is highly respected by surrounding universities and industries as an excellent source of quality graduates who bring specialized, skilled and much-needed talents to the workplace.
Grant Project Manager
Role:
The Grant Project Manager provides leadership and oversight for the implementation, coordination, and administration of grant-funded initiatives supporting community mental health and wraparound services. The position is responsible for managing project timelines, coordinating internal and external stakeholders, monitoring grant expenditures, collecting and analyzing performance data, tracking progress toward grant objectives, ensuring compliance with grant requirements, and supporting continuous improvement efforts. Working collaboratively with college departments and community partners, the Grant Project Manager serves as the central point of coordination to ensure project activities are completed on schedule, documented accurately, and aligned with institutional and grant expectations
This position is funded by a grant and is contingent upon continued grant funding. Employment beyond the current grant period is subject to the availability of grant funds.
The salary for this position is $44,281.34 - $66,422.02 per year.
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short & Long-term disability insurances available
- Medical premiums covered by Grayson College for FT employee only
- Vacation Accrual- 2 weeks per year
- Sick Leave Accrual- 2 weeks per year
- Personal Leave- 2 days for FT employees per year
- Holidays- Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, and Independence Day
- Tuition-FT employees, their spouse & dependents are eligible for coverage of full Grayson College tuition amount.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- 35% Project Management and Grant Administration: Provides overall project management for grant-funded initiatives by coordinating implementation activities, developing and monitoring project timelines, tracking deliverables and milestones, facilitating project meetings, and ensuring grant activities are completed in accordance with approved work plans. Coordinates communication among internal departments and external partners, identifies implementation challenges, and recommends solutions to maintain project progress and achieve grant objectives.
- 25% Performance Measurement, Data Collection, and Evaluation: Develops and maintains systems to collect, monitor, and analyze project data and performance metrics. Tracks progress toward grant objectives and outcome measures, prepares dashboards and reports, evaluates project effectiveness, and supports continuous quality improvement efforts. Collaborates with institutional research, finance, and project partners to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and timely reporting
- 15% Fiscal Oversight and Grant Compliance: Monitors grant expenditures to ensure appropriate use of funds and compliance with grant requirements. Tracks project budgets, reviews expenditures, coordinates purchasing activities, maintains financial documentation, and works collaboratively with the Business Office and Grant Office to reconcile budgets and prepare financial reports. Assists in ensuring compliance with federal, state, institutional, and grant-specific regulations and reporting requirements.
- 10% Partnership Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement: Coordinates communication and collaboration among internal departments, external stakeholders, community organizations, and other grant partners. Schedules and facilitates partnership meetings, monitors partner activities and deliverables, supports implementation of collaborative initiatives, and maintains documentation of partnership engagement and project outcomes.
- 10% Reporting, Documentation and Communication: Prepares grant reports, meeting summaries, progress updates, presentations, and supporting documentation for institutional leadership, funding agencies, and project stakeholders. Maintains organized project records, grant documentation, policies, and supporting materials necessary for audits, monitoring visits, and grant reporting.
- 5% Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
This Job Description is not a complete statement of all duties and responsibilities comprising the position.
Performance Measurements:
- Demonstrates the Viking Values of balance, clarity, gratitude, service, teamwork, and trust.
- Creates and maintains effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders to provide a high level of quality service and support.
- Demonstrates initiative, accountability, and professionalism in managing grant activities.
- Maintains current knowledge of grant requirements, institutional priorities, and applicable programs.
- Makes effective presentations.
- Maintains an acceptable record of timeliness and attendance.
- Represents Grayson College well; serves as an ambassador for the college in the community.
- Complies with all laws and regulations related to higher education.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Experience: Six months to two years of similar or related experience. Preferred: 4 years of similar or related experience.
- Education: A Bachelor's degree. Preferred: Master’s degree in a related field.
- Interpersonal Skills: A significant level of trust and diplomacy is required, in addition to normal courtesy and tact. Work involves extensive personal contact with others and/or can be of a personal or sensitive nature. Work may involve motivating or influencing others. Outside contacts become important and fostering sound relationships with other entities (companies and/or individuals) becomes necessary and often requires the ability to influence and/or sell ideas or services to others.
- Physical Requirements: The work is typically sedentary. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items, driving an automobile, etc. No special physical demands are required to do the work.
- Work Environment: Regular exposure to favorable conditions such as those found in a typical office.
**Application is required to be considered for position regardless if resume is submitted.**
This position submission of three professional references. This position is considered a security sensitive position and will require a criminal background check.
If your degree is from a country other than the United States, you must also include an evaluation from a NACES member evaluation agency indicating the U.S. equivalency of your degree.
GRAYSON COLLEGE IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY INSTITUTION PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ON THE BASIS OF MERIT AND WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, GENDER, AGE, DISABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
The employer actively supports the Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations. For more information, please contact the human resources office at 903-463-8770 or [email protected]. 