Nevada Arts Council Job Opportunity

Nevada Arts Council Job Opportunity ­ Grant Assistant, Carson City Office

The Nevada Arts Council (NAC) is looking for a new member of the Grants Management Team. The Grant Assistant is a part­time (25 ­ 30 hours a week) position that is hired through Manpower. This is not a State of Nevada position.

A state agency, the NAC offers a broad variety of grants to support arts programs and projects of arts organizations, schools, artists and communities throughout the state. The Grants Management Team oversees the agency’s online grant application system, provides training and assistance to grantees and grant applicants, processes grant applications, and manages most of the NAC’s grant review panels and grant activities.

This position is supervised by the Grants Program Coordinator, and requires an individual that is self­motivated and exhibits professional communication and writing skills and excellent organization skills. Primary duties are:

  •  Assisting the Grants Coordinator and other Team Members in reviewing incoming grant applications, processing paperwork, and preparing for grant review meetings and workshops
  •  Communicating with Grantees and possible grant applicants
  •  Managing certain grant categories, including processing applications, sending

    award communications, and seeing the grantee through the process

  •  Working within Grants OnlineTM, an online grant­making service, to maintain and

    inform Grantees and Team Members

    The Grant Assistant may need to travel and be available some weekends to provide assistance to grantees and help with workshops and grant panel review meetings.

    Experience with Microsoft Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook are required. Any additional experience with online grant systems or other online data entry systems is preferred.

    Salary: $15 ­ $20/hr (based on experience)

    Please contact Ann Black @ 775­687­7102 or Linda Ficklin @ 775­687­7118 for more information.

    Please submit a cover letter, resume, and two references to lficklin@nevadaculture.org and ann.black@nevadaculture.org. Upon review, you may be contacted for an interview. Deadline for applications is June 15, 2015 @ 5:00 p.m.

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