Government Grant Director

• Location: Elk Grove Village, IL
• Facility: Ascension Alexian Brothers
• Department: Ascension Illinois Foundation
• Schedule: Days l Full-time | Hybrid work schedule
• Eligible for an annual bonus incentive

• Identifies opportunities for grant funding from nonprofit, local and federal sources.
• Coordinates the development and submission of proposals for grants, and leads or facilitates negotiations, as needed.
• Provides oversight for grant-funded projects, ensuring that milestones ad reporting requirements are met.
• Manages the tracking and distribution of grant funds, reviews financial and progress reports and ensures their timely submission to the funding source.
• Creates grant proposals and award applications through program design development, needs assessment and research, budget analysis and justifications, logic models, work plans, outcome metrics, sustainability measures and deliverable schedules.

Licensure / Certification / Registration

• Required Credential(s):
  • None Required.

Education

• High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management.

Additional Preferences

• Master's degree
• Proven track record leading public sector grant administration and compliance within Illinois state or local government agencies.
• Demonstrated mastery in full-cycle grant development, including budget justification, outcome metrics and federal reporting standards.