Director of Grants & Sponsored Programs/Grants Specialist IV

Title: Director of Grants & Sponsored Programs/Grants Specialist IV

Salary Range: $55,392.00

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Southeast KY Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Southeast Cumberland C.C.

Department: Advancement

Total Rewards

Southeast KY Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity, including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

This position serves as the college’s central coordinating resource for grants development and sponsored program administration across all campuses and divisions. The Director is responsible for identifying funding opportunities aligned with institutional priorities, coordinating proposal development, overseeing post-award administration and compliance, managing institutional grant systems and reporting processes, and supporting principal investigators (PIs) and project directors throughout the lifecycle of grant-funded initiatives.

This position serves all six Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College campuses—Cumberland, Harlan, Knox, Middlesboro, Pineville, and Whitesburg. The individual selected for this role will collaborate with SKCTC leadership to identify a primary (home) campus; however, travel to other campuses is required. The designated home campus may be reassessed and adjusted in the future as institutional needs evolve.

Job Duties:

Grant Development & Strategic Funding
• Research, identify, and evaluate grant opportunities aligned with institutional strategic priorities, workforce development initiatives, student success goals, academic programming, and regional needs.
• Coordinate institutional grant development efforts across all campuses and divisions.
• Compile, write, edit, and submit competitive grant proposals, narratives, budgets, and supporting documentation in accordance with sponsor requirements and deadlines.
• Assist faculty, staff, administrators, and project teams in developing project concepts, measurable outcomes, implementation plans, and budgets.
• Collaborate with college leadership to align external funding opportunities with institutional strategic priorities and emerging regional opportunities.
• Develop and maintain relationships with funding agencies, foundations, government entities, and community partners.

Sponsored Programs Administration & Compliance
• Coordinate institutional oversight of all grant-funded projects and sponsored programs.
• Monitor grant deliverables, timelines, budgets, compliance requirements, and reporting obligations.
• Maintain centralized systems for grant tracking, award management, reporting calendars, compliance monitoring, and institutional documentation.
• Coordinate grant implementation activities among project directors, finance staff, leadership, human resources, and external partners.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, sponsor, KCTCS, and institutional policies and procedures.
• Prepare or coordinate required programmatic and financial reports, grant modifications, continuations, and closeout documentation.
• Support institutional audits, monitoring visits, compliance reviews, and data requests related to sponsored programs.
• Develop standardized procedures, templates, timelines, and reporting practices to strengthen institutional grants management capacity.

Principal Investigator (PI) Coordination & Support
• Serve as the primary administrative liaison between principal investigators/project directors, finance, leadersh