Are you ready to join an organization where we focus on People First, have fun at work and make a difference in what we do?

　　Dairyland is proud of our People First culture centered around appreciation, celebrating wins and collaboration. We’ve worked hard to ensure alignment between our culture and our processes and systems, learning and development and rewards and recognition programs.

　　As a team, we work together to leverage the team’s diverse perspectives, ideas and experiences to deliver nothing less than the best. We are collaborative, transparent and committed to our People and their work experience, growth and professional development.

　　The Grants Coordinator will work directly with Manager, Community and Economic Development and the Grant Program Manager in wide array of complex grant application, compliance and administration activities, often with minimal supervision. Manage detail and process activities and provide overall coordination of schedules, data collection, benchmarking and deadline satisfaction, report generation and financial and budget analysis/monitoring as needed to advance the goals of grants application and compliance management. This individual may act as a contact between the business and Grant Program Manager depending upon the grant and complexity. And may submit less complex grant applications and grant notice of intents to funding agencies.

　　ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS :

　　This individual directly works along with the Grant Program Manager to understand grant proposed activities and application needs.

　　Involved with Grant Management Planning by researching for prospective grants, conducts assessments and analysis of grants, assists with filing reports to funding agency, track the success of grant proposals, monitor the progress of each grant, gather information needed for each grant report and monitor the grant project pipeline with follow ups to the Grant Program Manager.

　　Support and assist the Grant Program Manager with all facets of managing the grants application, compliance and administration process.

　　Organize meetings with stakeholders as required to advance the work of the department. Create presentation materials for those meetings and assist with utilization of presentation technology and SharePoint sites.

　　Coordinate the completion and assembly of grant documents, including the award contract documents as needed and the collection of Executive signatures on legally binding documents.

　　Attend internal grant proposal meetings and coordinate activities as needed. Gather input from grant project team members to compile proposals in a format that can be analyzed against the Funding Opportunity Announcements or Notice of Intent.

　　Receive, organize and maintain all grant affiliated documents and subdivide specific documents for record retention, distribution to various Dairyland departments and team members for review. Monitor access to these documents to ensure appropriate confidentiality is maintained.

　　Involved in Grant Management Monitor and Control activities including but not limited to tracking grant metrics, monitoring the status of grant proposals and active grants, grant deadlines, and understanding the requirements for each grant. Coordinate and monitor necessary documentation and generate time-critical reports as needed to demonstrate compliance with grant requirements.

　　Monitor critical schedules and benchmarks of activities for grant application and compliance management functions and engage as necessary to ensure that those deadlines, often legally binding by award contracts, are satisfied.

　　Build relationships with team members in all other departments within Dairyland and obtain assistance from those departments as necessary to complete grant proposal and scope documents, retrieve information needed for grant applications, or as otherwise needed to advance any other goals of the grants application and compliance processes.

　　Engage in professional communications with external clients or stakeholders as necessary to assist the Manager, Community and Economic Development and the Grant Program Manager in completing proposals, grant applications, post award activities, and grant close out.

　　Has a relationship with accounting to certify funding is appropriately tracked and reported upon as conveyed by the Grant Program Manager.

　　Perform other duties as assigned.

　　MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

　　Education & Experience :

　　Bachelor’s Degree in a business or legal related field preferred. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

　　Knowledge/Skills/Abilities :

　　Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to gather data and assist in preparing presentations for both internal and external audiences. Familiar with utility operations functions and ability to quickly become familiar with grant application, compliance and administration processes. Must be highly organized and be able to work with limited or no supervision in variable paced/variable pressure setting with hard deadlines. Possess financial analytical skills and general knowledge of accounting practices and monthly operational budget development, verification and reporting. Ability to reach out across all departments within Dairyland and interact with those departments in order to complete grants application, compliance and administration tasks. Project Management a plus.

　　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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand/sit; walk; use hands/fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

　　Environmental Demands :

　　Works primarily indoors but will occasionally be in power plants and around substation and lines.

　　We are committed to providing our greatest asset, our People, with as many perks and benefits as possible. Some benefits of working with us include:

　　Health & disability benefits (medical, dental, vision, short & long-term disability)

　　Life insurance

　　Generous 401(k) and Pension Plans

　　Paid Time Off

　　Robust Wellness Program

　　New Flexible Work Program

　　Tuition Reimbursement

　　So much more!

　　Dairyland Power Cooperative is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

　　If you are an individual with disabilities who needs accommodation or you are having difficulty using our website to apply for employment, contact our HR Department at 608-788-4000.

　　With headquarters in La Crosse, Wis., Dairyland is a generation and transmission cooperative that provides wholesale energy for 24 electric distribution cooperatives and 17 municipal utilities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.

　　At Dairyland, we know that happy employees are the backbone of any good organization. By offering an excellent compensation and benefits package, opportunities for career growth and a supportive environment, Dairyland helps ensure a quality business and premier workplace.

　　Dairyland Power Cooperative is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.