GRANT MANAGER/WRITER Job at Lawton Public Schools in Lawton

GRANT MANAGER/WRITER at Lawton Public Schools

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree / OK State Teaching Certificate

Responsibilities And Essential Functions

• Facilitating large projects as a result of Grant Funds. This includes multiple location projects with more than a dozen schools that could be involved in any one grant.
• Works with staff, principals and administrators at board of education level.
• Plans, directs, and manages programs and projects that involve state and federal grants to include evaluation and reporting structures significant in grant process; before/after school programming, summer programming.
• Proposal Development and Writing: Draft, edit, and refine compelling and well-organized grant proposals, letters of inquiry, and supporting documents. This requires translating complex program information and data into a clear, persuasive narrative that highlights the project's need, objectives, methods, and expected impact.
• Works with the logistics and paperwork of purchase orders and management of large sums of money with Lawton Public Schools Finance Office.
• Is familiar with Indirect Cost and fiscal year processes in management of large sums of money associated with large Federal Grants.
• Works with outside consultants for evaluation and grant processing.
• Has a proven track record of success in managing grants to include any awards won by a grant that showed excellence as a result of management of that grant.
• Other duties as may be assigned by the Superintendent or designee.

Skills And Abilities Required

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum of 5 years certified experience in education
• Teacher Certification Required

Working Conditions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to Perform The Essential Functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, keel, crouch, or crawl and sit.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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 Essential Functions.

Employment Type

Full-time, permanent

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Job function

Other

Industries

Education Administration Programs