Details:

Level: Educational Assistant
Hours: Part-time up to 17 hours per week
Closing Date: Continuous Recruitment-Filled on an as-needed basis

Location:
Multiple Colleges

CT State Community College Mission:

Connecticut State Community College (CT State) provides access to academically rigorous and innovative education and training focused on student success. The College supports excellence in teaching and learning, makes data-informed decisions, promotes equity, advances positive change for the students, communities, and industries it serves, and awards associates degrees and certificates.

CT State Community College Vision:

CT State will be recognized for exceptional student success, educational leadership, and transformative collaboration with business and industry, government, educational, and key stakeholders while advancing diverse opportunities for Connecticut’s citizens and communities.

CT State Community College Equity Statement:

The CSCU system commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.

Anticipated Start Date:

Continuous open recruitment

Application Deadline:

Filled on an as-needed basis, depending on course offerings, enrollment, and specific department needs. Applications will stay active for 1 year.

Position Summary:

The Grant Compliance Officer is responsible for creating and maintaining databases of information sources, monitoring grant processes outlined in the MOA's, attending meetings and training workshops for specific grants, overseeing grant compliance in relation to grant guidelines in the MOA's, maintaining records as required in the MOA's. This position will work with the State System Office State Director and CT Fiscal Assistant to monitor and review fiscal analysis at the local level in relation to the state Office.

Incumbents must possess a proven ability to effectively work with a culturally, linguistically, and ethnically diverse faculty, staff, and student. They are expected to have excellent oral and written communication skills along with strong Information technology literacy skills such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, etc.)

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in an appropriately related field with one (1) year of experience working with grants; or a combination of education, training, and experience which would lead to the competencies required for the successful performance of the position’s essential duties.

Successful Candidate must have or must possess:

• Experience with Memorandums of Agreements (MOA's), state purchasing processes, and budgets
• Experience with key deliverables in contracts, grants, MOAs and providing analysis based on key deliverables.
• Experience with multitasking

Substitutions Allowed:
Applicants who do not meet the minimum qualifications as stated are encouraged to put in writing precisely how their background and experience have prepared them for the responsibilities of this position and by providing appropriate references. Exceptions to the degree requirements may be made for compelling reasons.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with grant management and budgets that utilize online platforms for budgeting, communication, programming, and data collection.
• Advanced computer skills to include Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel for budget and financial forecasting.

Example of Job Duties:

Under the direction of the Local Project Director/ with assistance from the Accountant, Grants Compliance Officer is responsible for the following duties:

• Maintaining records as required in the MOA’s.
• Overseeing grant expenditures as they relate to grant guidelines in the MOA's.
• Tracking all grant expenditures, encumbrances, and budget reporting.
• Balancing budget sheet while delivering up-to-date projections on each grant budget.
• Managing grant purchasing processes, including requisitions and invoices.
• Maintaining grant budget book
• Assisting in the management of grant hiring and payroll processes.
• Managing In-Kind Match processes, including tracking facilities and material worksheets as well as requesting and tracking monthly personnel effort reports.
• Other duties as assigned that support grant programming.
• Maintaining knowledge and understanding of the Code of Federal Regulations relating to the specific grant Program through the U.S. Department of Education.

This posting includes qualifications, experience, and skills but is not limited to the full specifications stated in the job description. Candidate may perform some or all of the job functions.

Salary:
$35.61 hourly.

Application Instructions:
To apply you must submit a cover letter and resume.

Incomplete applications or those submitted after the closing date will not be considered and links to other sources to view resumes are not acceptable.

All employment, if offered, is contingent upon proof of citizenship or employability under the requirement of the Immigration and Control Act (IRCA) and the successful passing of a background check. CSCU is committed to providing a safe campus community. Background investigations include reference checks, a criminal history record check, and, when appropriate, a financial (credit) report or driving history check.

Continuing Notice of Nondiscrimination

CSCC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, marital status, ancestry, present or past history of mental disorder, learning disability or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or criminal record. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Nicholas D'Agostino Manager of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion Ndagostino@commnet.edu

CSCC IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER, M/F

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