Grant Administrator - Canyon Center for Character Education

About the role

The Research Program Administrator supports Grand Canyon University's mission as a missional, Christ-centered institution by coordinating research and programming that advances Christian character formation and human flourishing.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Christian Character Boot Camps for faculty and students to strengthen understanding of faith, hope, and love as foundations for Christ-like character development, as well as overarching concepts in character education and development.
• Design and deliver training experiences, resources, and reflection tools that promote virtue formation and moral imagination across curricular and co-curricular settings including the curation and expansion of library resources, journal access, and other scholarly or research databases.
• Coordinate strategic programming alignment across GCU’s colleges to unify and amplify character education and research efforts including storytelling initiatives as well as the publication and dissemination of research findings (peer-reviewed, whitepapers, presentations, etc.) in coordination with GCU’s Office of Research and Grants (ORG).
• Partner with Christian Character Champions (C3) to foster scholarly engagement, storytelling, and research initiatives in faith, character, and virtue.
• Support faculty and student research projects that advance CCCE’s mission and contribute to the broader field of Christian character education.
• Lead the CCCE Research Grant Selection Committee, overseeing the full process from developing and publishing RFPs to reviewing, selecting, and managing funded proposals.
• Partner with the ORG to discover, recommend, and pursue targeted character and virtue grants in support of GCU’s mission and larger grant initiatives.
• Provide guidance and administrative oversight for project budgets, timelines, and deliverables in collaboration with the ORG.
• Collect and track key performance indicators (KPIs) aligned with CCCE’s strategic plan and Kern Family Foundation grant obligations, ensuring timely and accurate reporting on outcomes related to curriculum integration, faculty engagement, research productivity, and program scalability.
• Care for the maintenance of organized documentation and dashboards of CCCE research activities, publications, and engagement measures.
• Coordinate GCU’s annual Christian Character Research Conference, coordinating logistics, speaker engagement, proposal review, and dissemination of scholarly outputs to strengthen CCCE’s national profile.
• Explore and support the development of a new Christian Character Journal, collaborating with internal and external partners to establish editorial standards, submission processes, and publication strategy.
• Represent CCCE and GCU at conferences, events, and collaborative initiatives focused on Christian character education and human flourishing.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social sciences, theology, education, or related field from an accredited institution.

Minimum of 3-years of experience teaching and/or administration in higher education.

Some demonstrated record of scholarship preferred, including publications in peer reviewed journals and presentations at academic conferences.

Program evaluation experience preferred.

Analytical and project/process management skills.

Demonstrated excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate and communicate complex information in a professional, academic manner with the university community, business partners, administration, and students.

Must be able to successfully pass background checks.

Qualifications

Must have a Master’s degree in social sciences, theology, education, or related field from an accredited institution.

At least 3 years of experience in teaching and/or administration in higher education.

Some experience with scholarship, including publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at academic conferences.

Experience with program evaluation.

Strong analytical and project/process management skills.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate and communicate complex information in a professional, academic manner with the university community, business partners, administration, and students.

Ability to pass background checks.

Skills

Strong analytical and project/process management skills.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate and communicate complex information in a professional, academic manner with the university community, business partners, administration, and students.

Benefits

Full benefits portfolio including tuition benefit.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

Mon-Fri, 8am to 5pm onsite