Created in 2005 to serve as a statewide leader in early childhood, ECIC collaborates to increase public and private investment in the earliest years of children’s lives, while elevating issues affecting young children and their families, to continuously improve Michigan’s comprehensive early childhood system. Our vision is to create a future where all young children in Michigan and their families thrive.

Industry: Education Administration Programs
Company Size: 51-200 employees

Early Childhood Investment Corporation

Savvy Admin PROD

**Position Title: **Program Grants Associate

**Reports To: ** Director of Program Compliance & Grants Administration

**Location: **Remote work based in Michigan with occasional travel within the state

**Schedule: **Monday - Friday

**Salary Range **: $62,775 – $76,725

**Class: ** Exempt

**Summary:?**

This position provides strategic support for ECIC’s grants and subaward development, management, and administration, covering the entire grants lifecycle, from pre-award development through award execution, monitoring, reporting, and close-out. The role ensures compliance with organizational policies, funding requirements, and regulatory standards while fostering strong relationships with grantees and subrecipients.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Oversee the full lifecycle of grants, including pre-award and application development, award management, compliance monitoring, and close-out activities.

- Serve as a primary liaison for grantees and subrecipients, providing guidance, technical assistance, and support to ensure compliance and successful implementation.

- Manage equitable and inclusive grant-making processes while collaborating with internal and external partners to maintain efficient, transparent workflows.

- Monitor and evaluate subrecipient grant activities to ensure timely reporting, adherence to funding requirements, and alignment with organizational goals.

Requirements

This list is intended to represent job-related duties and should not be viewed as exhaustive.

- Develop and enforce clear and concise grants administration policies and procedures in alignment with organizational guidelines, funding sources, and regulatory requirements.

- In collaboration with the program teams, manage and document the full lifecycle of grant-making, including award processes, timelines, and related activities ensuring alignment with organizational policies, funding sources, and regulatory requirements.

- Oversee the use and management of grant-making platforms for grantee/subrecipients in collaboration with program teams (e.g., Fluxx, Salesforce) and train relevant staff on their proper use.

- Serve as the primary liaison between program teams, finance, and other operations teams to ensure seamless communication and efficient grant management processes.

- Provide technical assistance (TA) to program grantees and subrecipients.

- Oversee the implementation of an inclusive and equitable grant review process, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and unconscious bias mitigation.

- Receive, review, and enter grant-related application documents into the organization’s filing system.

- Manage the review and feedback process for grantee/subrecipient budgets and financial reports.

- Collaborate with senior directors and other team members to develop or revise grant applications, materials, and reporting formats.

- Provide guidance to ensure timely completion of all grant-related activities and reporting requirements.

**Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities**

- Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree with five (5) years of overall relevant work experience, with at least three (3) years of paid work experience in grants management or related field.

- Proficient in Microsoft Office, including intermediate to advanced Excel Skills (i.e. data analysis, formulas, pivot tables, chart creation, etc.)

- Demonstrated commitment to racial equity and equity as a whole.

- Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and professionally both verbally and in writing.

- Ability to maintain accuracy and attention to detail while managing multiple tasks, projects, and timelines.

- Ability to use data and analytical skills to proactively identify opportunities, set priorities, and solve problems.

- Strong mathematical and financial reporting skills.

- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.

- Ability to partner with racially and ethnically diverse colleagues and community members.

- Demonstrated proficiency in using databases, reporting systems, and project management systems.

- Previous administrative or implementation experience with grant making software, such as Fluxx, preferred

- Familiarity with Uniform Guidance, preferred

**Physical Requirements**

Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word to impart oral information to others accurately. (4-5 hours daily)

Hearing - Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations sound. (4-5 hours daily)

Walking - Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another. (1-2 hours daily)

Standing – In one position, particularly for sustained periods of time. (1-2 hours daily)

Visual Acuity – Viewing objects with close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading. (5-6 hours daily)

Office Setting - Sedentary work in which exerting up to 10 pounds of force is occasional and a negligible amount of force is frequently or constantly used to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.

**Work Location Remote work based in Michigan **with occasional travel within the state or to other geographical areas for projects, ECIC meetings and to meet the needs of the organization.

Early Childhood Investment Corporation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or an individual’s status in any group or class protected by applicable law. We encourage applications from minorities, women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and all other qualified candidates to consider roles at ECIC. Early Childhood Investment Corporation provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment.

Salary Description $62,775 – $76,725

Program Grants Associate

Weston is a national environmental and infrastructure services firm committed to safety and client value driven to be our clients’ most effective and efficient service provider for both straightforward and complex projects.  Our 100% employee-owners apply their distinct skills and experience to provide excellence in the services we deliver for our industrial; commercial; and federal, state, and local government clients. 
For 60 years, we have solved our client’s environmental and infrastructure challenges with a passion to serve and driven to make a difference.  Our highly networked community of professionals work as “One Weston” to bring the right resources from across 24 full-service delivery center offices, plus project offices and remote resources to meet our client’s needs through a national pool of over 1,000 professionals. 

Our Service Areas:
Remediation
Compliance and Permitting
Water and Wastewater Management
Air Quality Management
Rapid & Emergency Response
Infrastructure Improvements
Information Management

Industry: Environmental Services
Company Size: 1,001-5,000 employees

Weston Solutions, Inc.

**Description**

**At Weston Solutions, Inc. you will do meaningful work and make valuable contributions. ** Employee-ownership at Weston is a path to professional growth and access to diverse opportunities in a highly connected community that works together across key service areas to make a difference in the environment. Weston continues to evolve and adapt to our changing world as a premier provider of environmental and infrastructure services for over sixty years. In both the public and private sectors our teams help identify, solve, mitigate, and manage critical environmental issues to help clients achieve a more sustainable future.

An Associate Geoscientist performs tasks including installing monitoring wells, collecting soil and groundwater samples, providing detailed lithologic descriptions during drilling or other such subsurface activities, gathering other data and information, analyzing, and organizing data for the preparation of accurate, clear, and relevant scientific reports. Associate Geoscientist are provided mentorship opportunities from senior staff members.

**Location: **Okemos, MI

**Expected Outcome:**

- Perform field assignments including field documentation and sampling tasks associated with assigned projects.

- Collect data as prescribed by the scope of work and present the data in a logical, coherent manner, including the preparation of written reports, tables, figures, and illustrations.

- Under supervision, make appropriate judgments regarding field investigation procedures including selection of sampling sites, use of sampling equipment, and knowledge of sampling techniques. Incorporate relevant standards and regulations into deliverables and produce draft deliverables for review.

- Written work is validated by PMs and higher-level technical staff.

- Lead basic field tasks (groundwater monitoring events, monitoring well Installation, basic oversight tasks), with EHS concurrence.

- Work in a lead capacity for multiple tasks, including data checks, data tables, geologic maps, cross sections (with supervision), and deliverables.

- Complete assigned tasks on schedule and within the budget to the satisfaction of the project management team.

- Maintain auditable and orderly files, notebooks, and correspondence on all project aspects.

- Conduct all work in compliance with approved project specifications and standard operating procedures defined in the project work scope.

- Take personal responsibility for safety in own actions and actions of others. Can perform low risk EHS activities with minimal oversight and direction. Have a clear understanding regarding Stop Work Authority and personal accountability and responsibility for not performing any task/job for which they feel unqualified. Serve as safety leader providing basic safety training such as site orientation and review of Safety Planning Documents. Monitor the effort, timeliness, and quality of the work of subcontractors and documents and report all variations to the senior project leads.

- Report project-related issues, including delays and irregularities, to the senior project leads.

- Under the direction of a more senior geoscientist, coordinate laboratory analysis appropriate to the project data quality objectives.

- Conduct literature searches to compile pertinent information. Critically evaluate and correlate the compiled literature with appropriate references in the technical document.

- Maintain a current knowledge of recent work in the field for application on other projects.

- Is aware of client needs and concerns and discusses them with senior project leads.

- Respond to routine inquiries from internal and external customers.

**Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:**

- Bachelor’s Degree in Geoscience or related field, preferred.

- 2-4 years of professional experience.

- Demonstrated willingness and ability to learn and conduct assigned activities in a professional manner.

- Demonstrated technical competence in areas of specialization.

- Demonstrated ability to plan and organize.

- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with and to work with individuals and large groups of peers.

- Demonstrated dedication to fostering ethical conduct and professionalism.

- Demonstrated ability to work well as a team member.

- Ability to carry out multiple priorities simultaneously.

- Effective verbal and written communication skills.

- Effective organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks with input from project team.

- Ability to function in outdoor location such as active construction or remediation sites.

- Ability to walk long distances on varied terrain, climb ladders, and work at elevation.

- Ability to lift up and carry to 40 pounds.

- Ability to stand for extended periods of time.

- Ability to receive and deliver detailed information through written and oral communications.

- Ability to function at a high level in a fast-paced work environment.

- Available to travel as needed.

**We fully invest in our people: ** Weston provides a generous, comprehensive benefits package program that offers employees high value options with solid financial protection, meeting the personal needs of its people and their families.

- Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K with base and matching employer stock contributions.

- Paid time off including personal, holiday, and parental leave.

- Life and disability plans.

- Critical illness and accident plans.

- Work/Life flexibility.

- Professional development opportunities.

Compensation will vary based upon experience, education, skill level, and other compensable factors.

Salary Range: $53,320 - $70,153 - $86,776

Associate Geoscientist/Engineer

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