Executive Director of Federal & State Grants and Sponsored Programs

The purpose of the Executive Director of Federal & State Grants, Foundation Grants and Sponsored Programs position is the executive lead for Jackson College’s enterprise strategy to secure new and emerging federal, state and other grant opportunities that advance the College’s Strategic Agenda and strengthen institutional capacity. The Executive Director serves as the College’s central authority for grant intelligence, grant pipeline development, proposal leadership, grant development, proposal quality control, and disciplined handoff to post-award functions to protect compliance and results. This position provides strategic leadership, proposal development, and institutional oversight for grant pursuits and outcomes.

A critical function of this role is early detection and rapid mobilization around competitive public funding opportunities, including but not limited to U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Education (including FIPSE and other discretionary programs), U.S. Department of Agriculture, NSF, DOJ, HHS, and State of Michigan grant programs relevant to community colleges and workforce/transfer priorities, and other programs. This role also leads the development of Legislative Directed Spending (LDS) and Congressional Designated Spending (CDS) requests at the direction of the President.