Salary: $58,968.00 - $76,668.80 Annually
Location : Prescott Valley Campus, Prescott Valley, AZ
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2026-00094
Department: Economic Development
Opening Date: 03/11/2026
Description of Position
The Grant & Proposal Writer is responsible for researching, developing, and submitting competitive grant proposals in alignment with Yavapai College's strategic priorities. This position works collaboratively across departments to identify funding opportunities, cultivate relationships with prospective funders, coordinate proposal development, and provide post-award oversight. The Grant Writer also supports faculty and staff through training and technical assistance, helping build internal capacity for sustainable grant development and management.
Demonstrated relevant Industry Experience:
- This would include (but not limited to), demonstrated examples of successful track record in grant application, submission, awards, post award management and strategic partnership developments
- Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder proposal development efforts involving faculty, administrators, finance, and external partners.
- Demonstrated experience aligning grant strategies with institutional priorities, workforce and economic development initiatives, and long-term program sustainability.
- Demonstrated experience in advanced manufacturing grant prospecting, including proactive identification, positioning, and pursuit of high-value funding opportunities within Arizona's rapidly expanding advanced manufacturing sector. This includes efforts tied to new investments from the CHIPS and Science Act, the establishment of the National Semiconductor Technology Center, and workforce initiatives led by Natcast and state-level agencies.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Research and identify potential funding sources that align with the College's mission, strategic plan, and programmatic goals.
- Coordinate the grant proposal process, including convening and facilitating cross-functional teams to develop strong proposals.
- Write and submit high-quality, complete, and compelling grant applications, letters of intent, and related materials.
- Assist in the development of project designs, work plans, evaluation strategies, logic models, and detailed budgets.
- Provide technical expertise and support throughout the proposal development process, including compliance with funder guidelines.
- Maintain required registrations and certifications in federal and state grant systems (e.g., Grants.gov, SAM.gov).
- Track and meet grant application deadlines; maintain accurate documentation of submissions and funding outcomes.
- Collaborate with the Business Office and other administrative areas to ensure proposals align with college policies, procedures, and fiscal standards.
- Assist with post-award planning and coordination, including tracking milestones, monitoring fund utilization, and flagging implementation risks
- Represent the College with external partners, funders, and community stakeholders as appropriate.
- Monitor and share trends in public, private, and philanthropic funding for higher education.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Expectations & Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Public Administration, or a related field
- 3-5 years of professional grant writing and/or post-award grant experience
- Demonstrated knowledge of public and private grant funding sources and funder requirements
- Strong technical writing, editing, and proofreading skills
- Experience with program design, budget development, and logic models
- Excellent organizational, time management, and project coordination skills
- Familiarity with common grant systems (e.g., SAM.gov, Grants.gov) and internal financial software
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate across departments, including college leadership. Demonstrated ability to coach, train, and occasionally hold others accountable to funder guidelines and deadlines
- Comfort with presenting and facilitating meetings
- Experience managing people, projects, and financial systems
Preferred Skills & Abilities
- Master's degree in a related field
- Experience in higher education or nonprofit settings
- Familiarity with Yavapai College's institutional structure, including Business Office processes, Executive and Senior Leadership Teams, and departmental procedures
- Familiarity with philanthropic giving and private foundation funding trends, cultivating funder relationships or performing grant prospecting activities
- Knowledge of compliance requirements for federal and state grants
- Experience with post-award implementation support
- Commitment to improving grant processes and fostering cross-functional coordination
Essential Functions
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and competencies listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands
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 sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
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.
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Yavapai College offers its full-time employees a comprehensive benefit package:
HEALTH/LIFE BENEFITS
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance: College's partial payment of premiums toward medical with pharmacy and/or dental plan options picked by employees for themselves (and eligible dependents)
- Flexible Spending Accounts: Pre-tax pay deductions to use for eligible medical or dependent daycare costs
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and referral services for employees and their immediate families for depression, stress, family/marital conflict, and alcohol/drug issues
- Vision: Provides an amount per plan year for eligible expenses such as vision exams, lenses, frames, prescription sunglasses, and contact lenses
- Life Insurance: The College provides Basic Life Insurance coverage at twice of the employee's annual salary. Dependents have automatic coverage of $2,000/spouse and $1,000/per child if enrolled in medical plan.
- Voluntary Individual And Family Term Life Insurance: Additional term life insurance coverage available for employee, spouse and children.
- Other Insurance Coverage: Short Term and Long Term Disability (replacement income insurance), and Workers' Compensation (compensation, medical expenses and death benefits for on-the-job injuries or occupational diseases)
RETIREMENT BENEFITS
- Retirement Benefits: Arizona State Retirement System or Optional Retirement Plan, and Social Security (which provides a basic retirement annuity based on age and years of contribution)
- Tax Deferred Annuities: Employees' contributions to designated tax-deferred annuities
- Unemployment Compensation: Employees who are laid off or terminated may receive benefits in covered wages meet requirements
LEAVE BENEFITS
- Vacation : 15 days of Vacation leave annually. NOTE: For employees who work an amount of contractual days, there will be no earned vacation.
- Sick Leave: 12 days sick leave annually. NOTE: Employees working less than full time or an amount of contractual days will receive a proration of sick leave.
- Personal Leave: Use of up to three personal leave days per year which are charged against accumulated sick leave to take care of items of personal business
- Other Leave: Bereavement leave, Civic Duty Leave (Jury duty, active military duty, military training), and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Holidays: 24 days during the year as paid holidays for full-time employees which include Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, 3 days at Thanksgiving, 10 days at Winter/year-end break, Martin Luther King Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, and Juneteenth.
OTHER BENEFITS
- Breaking Bread: 32 meal swipes for use at the Prescott Campus Eatery. All Other Campuses and Sites receive a $140 credit each semester (fall and spring) to be used at the Open Market on campus/center
- Spanish Interpreter Incentive Program: Employees interested in additional compensation for their Spanish speaking skills agree to assist YC by attending two recruiting events and being available for Spanish Interpretation needs as they arise. Compensation is added to the employee's regular pay at the rate of $175 per month. Employees that are interested in participating let your HR Business Partner know, so they can schedule you for the ACTFL language proficiency test at the YC testing center.
- Direct Deposit: Paychecks deposited directly into the employee's bank account(s)
- Tuition Waiver: Eligible Full-time Faculty and Staff, their legally married spouse, and eligible dependents may enroll in a partial or full program of coursework without payment of tuition, exceptions may be lab fees and market-based additional fees
- Sabbatical: Faculty, professional, and administrative staff may apply for compensated leave of up to a year after six years of continuous service
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Additional Benefits and Services: Local community discounts to faculty and staff, computer loan program, mail and notary service.
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Do you have a Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Public Administration, or a related field?
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Do you have 3-5 years of professional grant writing and/or post-award grant experience?
