Grant Program Manager, Future Ready Graduates

Job Profile: Administrative Operations Specialist 3

Job Family:

Administrative Operations

Time Type:

Full time

Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Profile Summary:
Supports and instructs those served by the department with complex queries, applies specialized knowledge of multiple standards, policies and procedures, and maintains accurate and detailed records.

Job Description:

Salary Range: $75,000 - $85,000 per year; DOE

About the University Innovation Alliance

The University Innovation Alliance is a national coalition of public research universities working together to improve student success and post graduate economic mobility, particularly for low-income students, first-generation college students, and students of color. UIA member institutions collaborate to design, test, refine, and scale practices that help more students persist, graduate, and successfully transition from college to careers. In 2025, the UIA aligned on expanded impact goals. One of the expanded goals is focused on improving value and mobility for students. The future ready graduates initiative is a direct result of the UIA now focusing on student success beyond degree completion. The UIA has secured 2 grant projects under this initiative and anticipates securing another 2 in the next year.

About Future Ready Graduates

Future Ready Graduates is UIA’s portfolio of work focused on helping member institutions expand and improve the number of work based learning experiences available to students to support their career preparation and employment outcomes. Current FRG projects are focused on work integrated learning redesign (focus on internships and project based learning) and student employment redesign leveraging a partnership with the Work + team at ASU. Through coordinated grant-funded initiatives, UIA supports campuses in redesigning student experiences, improving access to meaningful paid opportunities, strengthening employer partnerships, and connecting work-based learning more directly to persistence, completion, and career outcomes.

Position Summary

The Grant Program Manager, Future Ready Graduates is responsible for the day-to-day delivery, implementation, coordination, and program management of UIA’s Future Ready Graduates grant portfolio. The position will initially manage delivery of two active awards and may assume responsibility for up to two additional awards.

The Program Manager will coordinate participating campuses, partners, consultants, employers, and internal UIA contributors to ensure that project activities are completed on time, meet funder commitments, and achieve the expected level of quality. This role will maintain project plans, monitor campus progress, facilitate meetings and events, organize employer feedback processes, maintain accurate records in Salesforce and Google Drive, and represent program implementation during funder meetings and written updates.

The ideal candidate is a highly organized and collaborative program manager who can manage multiple grants and campus workstreams simultaneously. This person will be skilled at setting clear expectations, holding partners accountable, identifying risks early, and helping campus teams translate project requirements into practical implementation.

Key Responsibilities

Grant Portfolio Management

• Manage the implementation and operations of two active Future Ready Graduates awards, with the potential to manage up to two additional related awards.

• Translate grant agreements, workplans, budgets, milestones, and funder commitments into coordinated implementation plans.

• Develop and maintain project plans that identify activities, owners, deadlines, dependencies, decision points, and required deliverables.

• Monitor implementation across all assigned awards and provide regular updates on progress, risks, delays, and resource needs.

• Ensure work is delivered on time, within the approved scope, and at the level