Grant Writer, Office of the President (2 Year I/O)

Position Summary

Cambrian Colleges Office of the President requires a Grant Writer on a two-year contract basis in accordance with the Initiatives/Opportunities language of the Support Staff Collective Agreement starting July 2025.

Note: Internal candidates, as defined by the Full-Time Support Staff Collective Agreement, will be given first consideration

Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Executive Director (ED), Development, Satellite Campuses and Office of the President, the Grant Writer provides grant writing support to the College. The Grant Writer will proactively seek external grants which align with the College’s overarching goals and areas of key interest. They will also:

• Research and identify suitable government/private grant opportunities
• Create and maintain connections with key government contacts
• Coordinate proposals independently between different departments within the institution to prepare comprehensive, professional and compliant grant proposals
• Work collaboratively with members of the College community to develop, submit and manage multi-partnered applications for grants which align with institutional initiatives and areas of key interest
• Maintain statistical records of past and present grant activities and draft present reports as required
• Provide expert advice and guidance to College staff in the identification of grant opportunities and provide up-to-date information on funding opportunities, program objectives, policies/guidelines, evaluation criteria, deadlines, application procedures and respective requirements to be fulfilled
• Liaise with the Office of the President to follow up on submitted applications and map out government champions who can offer support to various applications – this may include drafting briefing notes to government officials to facilitate the writing of Letters of Support.

Qualifications

Required:

• Must have a four-year degree or equivalent (A copy of educational documents must be submitted with application *** education completed outside of Canada, applicants are required to submit a WES or ICAS with their application)
• Extensive grant writing experience
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in a post-secondary educational institution with an understanding of college operations
• Strong ability to work independently while effectively multi-tasking, prioritizing, and organizing workload in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Excellent knowledge of Canadian government grants and the funding landscape
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills to effectively build and develop positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office software (including Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

• Experience/Knowledge in prospect identification (prospect research) and/or the use of prospect research databases (eg. Grant Connect)

Required Information

To be considered, candidates must provide the following as an attachment:

• Educational documents
  • WES/ICAS Equivalence if degrees/diplomas are from a Non-Canadian University