Grants Coordinator

Job Description

Residency Requirements

• South Carolina Residency Required

K12, a Stride Company, believes in Education for ANY ONE. We provide families with an online option for a high-quality, personalized education experience. Students can thrive, find their passion, and learn in an environment that encourages discovery at their own pace.

Passionate Educators are needed at the Stride K12 partner school, Carolus Online Academy (COA). We want you to be a part of our talented team!

The mission of Carolus Online Academy (COA) is to provide an exemplary individualized and engaging educational experience for students by incorporating school and community/family partnerships coupled with a rigorous curriculum along with a data-driven and student-centered instructional model. Student success will be measured by valid and reliable assessment data, parent and student satisfaction, and continued institutional growth within the academic community. Join us!

The Grant Manager is responsible for driving revenue by researching grant availability, writing grant requests, creating new avenues of revenue through grants and other proposal related opportunities, and ensuring ongoing communication regarding progress with the school leadership team.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:   Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Researches the availability of grants that could be available to the school
• Communicates with school leadership regarding potential grants for the school prior to requesting the grant and throughout the grant request process
• Writes and edits grant requests
• Prepares applications, budgets, and reports
• Produces and delivers the final response
• Coordinates and manages efforts among all departments such as legal, finance, and school leadership regarding the grant request process and progress
• Identifies trends and tracks performance from grant submissions, win rates, and obtaining feedback from customers
• Maintains calendar with all pertinent grant related deadlines to ensure grant progress and works with school staff to implement grant funding strategies
• Tracks, monitors, and helps facilitate all grant purchases and staffing, to ensure grant compliance and utilization
• Ensures deliverables and grant program application are implemented and satisfactorily achieved while maintaining accurate supporting documentation
• Develops sustainable process to improve efficiency and enables quality and timely responses such as developing templates for future grants
• Maintains strong communication regarding grant request status with School Leaders

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:   

• Bachelor’s degree in Writing or related field AND
• Three (3) year of relevant experience writing contracts or grant proposals OR
• Equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to clear required background check

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIOS: 

• Strong project management skills and the ability to manage complex projects across a wide variety of functions and levels of management and meet deadlines
• To work independently and manage the participation of others
• strong attention to detail
• Proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word, and Outlook
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to clear required background check
• Ability to travel 10% of the time

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:  

• Experience as grant writer
• Demonstrated success in attaining grants
• Understanding of the structure and internal functions of educational entities
• Previous experience in school administration

WORK EVVIRONMENT:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This is a home-based position

Job Type

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting [email protected].

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.