Grant Administrator

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Duties

UCN is proud to partner with the Mastercard Foundation in support of the Grant Administrator position. This partnership reflects UCN’s commitment to expanding educational opportunities, supporting student success, and advancing initiatives that create meaningful impact for learners and communities across Northern Manitoba. Through this collaboration, UCN continues to strengthen innovative programming and responsible stewardship of grant-funded projects. This role supports a multi-year, grant-funded initiative currently aligned with project activities through July 2029. Compensation will be commensurate with experience, qualifications, and alignment with project requirements.

The work will involve supporting the successful delivery of Mastercard Foundation-funded initiatives through project coordination, financial oversight, reporting, and resource management. Responsibilities include monitoring grant budgets and expenditures, maintaining project tracking systems, preparing financial and compliance reports, supporting audits, coordinating grant-funded activities, and ensuring adherence to funding and institutional requirements. The position also serves as a key liaison between internal departments and the Mastercard Foundation, providing regular updates on project progress, risks, and outcomes.

Required Qualifications

This opportunity is well suited to someone with post-secondary education in Arts, Business, Project Management, Administration, or a related field, along with project management training and 3–5 years of related experience. Experience in administration, planning and implementation, building collaborative working relationships, and interpreting policies, procedures and guidelines. Strong organizational, financial, communication, and time-management skills are required, as is the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment. Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and database systems is required.

Assets

Experience in a post-secondary setting and knowledge of project management principles are considered strong assets. An understanding of Indigenous and northern communities would also be considered an asset.

Conditions of Employment

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To apply, please send cover letter and resumes directly to:

Kimberly Laycock, Vice President, Finance & Administration klaycock@ucn.ca. Terms
will be established through an Employment Agreement.

Competition Type:

Open Competition to the Public

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Closing Date:

July 10, 2027

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Compensation will be commensurate with experience, qualifications, and alignment with project requirements.

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UCN acknowledges that we are on the traditional territories and homelands of many Indigenous peoples, in particular the Cree, Dene, Red River Métis, and Oji-Cree. Indigenous peoples have continuously maintained homelands in northern Manitoba since time immemorial. The First Nations in the area that UCN serves entered into treaty relationships with the Crown (within our region these include signatories to treaties 4, 5 — and the treaty 5 adhesion, and treaty 6 – located within the treaty 5 adhesion). The territory has also become home to other Indigenous peoples. We uphold the treaties and collaborate with all Indigenous peoples to share truth, reconciliation, and learning.

Applicants are asked to provide a cover letter and resume with their application. Applicants must demonstrate in their cover letter and their resume how they meet the qualifications. Applicants with education acquired outside of Canada are required to provide an Educational Credential Assessment with their application indicating Canadian credential equivalency, accepted Education Credential Assessment organizations include International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS) and World Education Services (WES.)

UCN is committed to building a workforce representative of the populations we serve. Preference will be given to qualified Indigenous candidates. Applicants are invited to indicate in their cover letter or resume if they are from any of the following groups: Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and visible minorities. Only qualified candidates who are legally entitled to work in Canada will be given consideration. Persons with disabilities who require accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact Human Resources.

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We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Application materials, including references, will be handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Legislation (Manitoba).

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