Grant Manager

West Virginia Department of Education
US - West Virginia - Charleston
January 29, 2025

Position Type:
Administration (Operations)

Date Posted:
1/27/2025

Location:
West Virginia Virtual Academy

County:
WV Charter Schools
To apply, please visit our website: ***/en-US/SK/details/Grant-Manager_JR106736

Residency Requirements: All candidates must reside in West Virginia

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.

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. In support of this, we are committed to creating and maintaining a culture of inclusion and diversity where our employees are passionate about serving students and families, treat one another and customers with respect, challenge each other to innovate and always strive to do better.

Passionate Educators are needed at the Stride K12 partner school, West Virginia Virtual Academy (WVVA). We want you to be a part of our talented team!

The mission of West Virginia Virtual Academy (WVVA) 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!

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

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

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

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

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.

To apply, please visit our website: ***/en-US/SK/details/Grant-Manager_JR106736

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