Funding & Grant Development Specialist - Hamilton, Canada - Mohawk College

Mohawk College

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Hamilton, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Funding & Grant Development Specialist - Initiatives & Opportunities (November November 2026) Status**: Initiatives & Opportunities (November November 2026)

Hours:
Monday to Friday; 35 hours/week

Home Campus:
Fennell

Pay Band:
G

Rate of Pay:
$32.42

Posting Date:
November 1st, 2023

Closing Date:
November 7th, 2023 at 7:00pm EST

We support and encourage the contributions of our diverse employees.

Supported by a new strategic plan we are committed to nurturing an equitable, diverse and inclusive environment for everyone who learns and works at Mohawk.

We believe the rich diversity among our students and the communities we serve should be reflected within our workforce.

As educators we believe it is important to act and show leadership in advancing the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion in our community.

Mohawk College is currently recruiting for our next

Funding & Grant Development Specialist

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The duties of this position will include, but are not limited to the following:

Application Planning and Development

Work with the Project Lead and Operations Manager to create, review, and troubleshoot project budgets, including personnel costs, equipment, external contractors and other costs.
Research and learn new technical topics to effectively contribute to technical writing and reviewing.
Review partner organization (external organizations who are effectively clients) details, goals, gaps, and their sector and clients. Prepare questions for partners, and draft details that accurately reflect their organization, team, planned project work and benefits.
Support identifying internal approvals required, help technical teams prepare approval materials, and communicating with internal stakeholders to secure appropriate approvals.
Ensure that relevant documents are provided to key stakeholders.
Coordinate team meetings as necessary.
Ensure that sensitive Mohawk College and external partner information is kept confidential and stored in a secured environment.

Project and Initiative Planning and Development Support

Provide feedback on draft project documentation for funding eligibility.
Prepare initial documentation for initial internal review and when appropriate funder review and feedback.

Funding Opportunity Identification and Development

Seek out funding for specific projects, partners, and initiatives.
Search and review general funding opportunities on a regular basis and consider current and future opportunities.
Carefully review funding program and funder strategy changes.
Thoroughly review funding program eligibility, limits, rules, and guidelines to understand potential fits and limitations.
Maintain a list of funding programs and proposals.
Help to prioritize funding opportunities.
Support preparing outreach strategies for promoting funding opportunities to internal audiences (primarily); external organizations (active partners and prospective partners) including forprofit, notforprofit, healthcare, and others; and other postsecondary institutions.
Support meeting with technical teams, faculty, staff and other internal people interested in funding, and support considering which programs could best fit their projects.
Assist with communicating with funding agency representatives to obtain information on active and upcoming programs.

Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

The successful applicant must have:

A 2year diploma in a related discipline such as Business Administration and Management, Marketing, Business Communications, Finance, or a related field.
Interest and ability to learn and write about technical work, challenges, and the related business opportunities.
The ability to seek and assess funding opportunities, make recommendations regarding funding 'fit' with teams and their applied research projects.
Project management and/or coordination skills and the ability to support key administrative processes to support multiple competing and high priority proposals simultaneously moving forward through to completion while meeting strict funding agency deadlines.
Experience working in a teamoriented, collaborative environment.
Budget preparation and financial administration.
Project management with facilitation and presentation skills.
Stakeholder relationship management.
Needs analysis.
Risk management.
Demonstrated commitment and understanding of human rights, equity, diversity and inclusion with the ability to communicate and work effectively interculturally with diverse groups of students, employees and the community.

Mohawk College prioritizes recruiting and retaining diverse employees. With this in mind, the College is committed to fostering inclusive and barrier-free recruitment and selection processes.

Should you require accommodation through any stage of the recruitment process, please contact the Human Resources Department a