Thank you for your interest in employment with our institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. We ask that you keep in mind the following when completing your application: - Draft applications are saved automatically and can be accessed through your candidate home account. - Final applications must be submitted prior to the close of the recruitment. - Once a recruitment has closed, applications will no longer be accepted. - Required attachments are listed below on the posting. Your application will not be considered without the required attachments. If you need assistance or have questions regarding the application process, please contact our Human Resources department at hr-employment@gbcnv.edu. Job Description The Director of Government Affairs and Strategic Grants provides leadership for the college’s government relations, public policy engagement, and strategic grant development efforts. This position advances Great Basin College’s mission by coordinating advocacy strategies, monitoring legislative developments, and identifying funding opportunities that support institutional priorities. The Director serves as a key advisor to institutional leadership on federal and state policy matters affecting higher education and works collaboratively with faculty, administrators, and external partners to develop competitive grant proposals. The position cultivates relationships with elected officials, government agencies, foundations, and community partners to strengthen the college’s visibility, influence, and access to external funding. The Director works closely with the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) and institutional leadership to coordinate legislative advocacy, pursue grant funding, and support initiatives that enhance educational access, workforce development, and community partnerships. This position reports to the Vice President of Academic Affairs. This is a remote position, but the employee must live in Nevada. Considerable travel is required. Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in public policy, public administration, political science, higher education administration, or a related field. - Progressively responsible experience in government relations, public policy, grant development, or related external affairs work. - Demonstrated knowledge of federal and state legislative legislative, regulatory, and public policy processes. - Experience researching funding opportunities and developing or supporting grant proposals. - Strong analytical, organizational, and written communication skills. - Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and priorities simultaneously. - Ability to build collaborative relationships with faculty, administrators, policymakers, and community stakeholders. - Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds. Preferred Qualifications - Master’s degree in public administration, public policy, political science, higher education administration, law, or a related field. - Experience working in higher education, preferably a community college, or a complex public organization. - Experience writing or coordinating federal grant proposals. - Working knowledge of the Nevada State Legislature, Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS), and the Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System (NELIS). - Experience working with or through federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of Education, National Science Foundation, or Department of Labor. - Experience coordinating multi-partner initiatives involving educational institutions, school districts, employers, or community organizations. Key Competencies - Strategic Leadership: Ability to align advocacy and funding strategies with institutional priorities. - Policy Analysis: Ability to interpret legislative and regulatory developments affecting higher education. - Grant Development: Ability to translate institutional initiatives into competitive funding proposals. - Relationship Building: Ability to cultivate productive relationships with policymakers, funders, and community partners. - Communication: Ability to present complex policy and funding information clearly and persuasively. - Collaboration: Ability to work effectively across institutional departments and with external partners. Responsibilities: Government Relations Strategy - Develop and implement a comprehensive government relations and public affairs strategy that advances the college’s priorities at the federal, state, and local levels. - Advise institutional leadership on legislative developments, emerging public policy issues, and advocacy strategies. - Monitor legislation, regulatory actions, budget proposals, and policy developments affecting higher education, workforce development, and student success. - Prepare policy briefs, legislative summaries, talking points and strategic communications to support institutional decision-making and advocacy. - Identify opportunities to advance institutional priorities through legislative, regulatory, appropriations, and funding initiatives. Federal and State Government Affairs - Coordinate the college’s federal, state, and local advocacy efforts in collaboration with institutional leadership and the Nevada System of Higher Education. - Support the development and advancement of federal and state legislative priorities, including funding and appropriations initiatives. - Serve as liaison to federal contract lobbyists and coordinate related advocacy activities, follow-up, and provide strategic communication to leadership. - Monitor and analyze federal and state legislation, budget actions, and regulatory developments affecting higher education and their implications for GBC. - Prepare and coordinate legislative testimony, briefing materials, talking points, and policy statements to support GBC’s priorities. - Coordinate and support meetings with elected officials and policymakers, including visits with congressional and state legislative offices. Grant Development and Funding Strategy - Identify and research grant opportunities from federal, state, and private funding sources that align with institutional priorities. - Serve as the primary writer or coordinator for select grant proposals, particularly federal grants and other strategic funding initiatives. - Collaborate with faculty, administrators, finance personnel, and program staff to develop project concepts, goals, and measurable outcomes for grant proposals. - Assist in the preparation, review, and refinement of proposal narratives, budgets, and supporting documentation in accordance with funding agency guidelines. - Coordinate proposal submissions and ensure applications are complete, compliant, competitive and are submitted in accordance with institutional and funding agency requirements. Institutional Collaboration and Communication - Work collaboratively with faculty, administrators, and institutional partners to support grant development and advocacy initiatives. - Communicate grant opportunities and policy developments to campus stakeholders. - Provide presentations and updates on legislative and funding initiatives to faculty, staff, and college leadership. - Maintain organized records of grant proposals, funding opportunities, and advocacy activities. Community and External Engagement - Develop and maintain relationships with local, state, and federal elected officials, government agencies, community organizations, and business partners. - Represent the college at government affairs meetings, policy forums, and community events. - Foster partnerships that support the college’s mission, workforce development initiatives, and service area communities. Compensation Grade Administrative Faculty – D This is a 12 month “A” contract, 12 month contracts are used for year round programs. The budgeted salary range for this position is $100,000 to $125,000. Salary is based on relatable education and experience, internal equity and budgets. Remarkable Retirement Our retirement plan is beyond compare. Your 19.25% contribution is generously matched by the University. With the faculty retirement plan, you are 100% vested your first day. Sit back and watch your retirement dollars grow! All permanent employees on an annual "A" or "B" contract who are employed at least 50% full-time are eligible to participate in the NSHE retirement program unless they are members of PERS of Nevada. Perks of Working at Great Basin College - Health insurance options including medical, dental and vision - 12 paid holidays - Life insurance, long-term disability - Generous annual and sick leave with 24 annual leave days, a beginning balance of 30 sick leave days. - ComPsych supports employees through life's difficult moments. - No state income tax! - Free Parking Grants-in-aid for Faculty Employees Great Basin College is proud to provide a reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible children must be unmarried and under the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and/or employee’s spouse or domestic partner. Exempt Yes Full-Time Equivalent 100.0% Required Attachment(s) Please note, once you submit your application the only attachment/s viewable to you will be the attachment/s to the resume/CV section of the application. Any additional required attachment/s to the cover letter, references, additional documents sections of the application, will not be viewable to you after you submit your application. All uploaded attachment/s will be on the application for the committee to review. To request updates to attachments, prior to the committee review of applications, please contact gbc-hr@gbcnv.edu The following must be attached to your application: - Resume/CV – List a detailed description of the major duties that you performed as part of each job. You must demonstrate that you qualify for the position and your education and experience must be clearly documented. - Cover Letter - Three Supervisory References – Please make a note if you do not want your present employer contacted unless necessary to determine your qualifications for the position. Additional Information Transcripts Newly hired faculty must assure that their official transcripts are sent by the degree granting institution(s) to Great Basin College Human Resources Office within 30 days from the effective date of employment. Regionally accredited institutions must have awarded academic degrees. If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. Any expense related to the evaluation will be the responsibility of the candidate. Background Check An online background check will be required of the selected applicant; a third-party administrator will perform this. Sponsorship GBC is not able to support sponsorship for employment. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States. Open Until Filled This posting will be posted for a minimum of 30 days from 3/27/2026 or until filled. Applications may be reviewed upon receipt. Recruitment will close without notice when a sufficient number of applications are received, or a hiring decision has been made. Posting Close Date Note to Applicant A background check will be conducted on the candidate(s) selected for hire. References will be contacted at the appropriate phase of the recruitment process. As part of the hiring process, applicants for positions in the Nevada System of Higher Education may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks. All document(s) must be received on or before the closing date of the job announcements. Schedules are subject to change based on organizational needs. HR will attempt to verify academic credentials upon receipt of hiring documents. NSHE is committed to providing a place of work and learning free of discrimination on the basis of a person’s age (40 or older), disability, whether actual or perceived by others (including service-connected disabilities), gender (including pregnancy related conditions), military status or military obligations, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, race (including hair texture and protected hairstyles such as natural hairstyles, afros, bantu knots, curls, braids, locks and twists), color, or religion (protected classes). About Great Basin College Located in the high desert of rural Nevada, Great Basin College is a Carnegie classified baccalaureate and associates degree granting institution embracing a comprehensive hybrid mission to deliver a full four-year liberal arts and sciences, community college and applied technical learning curricula. With its main campus in Elko, a beautiful site with residential housing and state-of-the-art learning technologies, GBC serves the largest geographic area of Nevada’s colleges. Great Basin College serves the citizens residing in ten of Nevada’s most rural counties, covering 86,514 square miles and bordering five states. This service area includes centers in Battle Mountain, Ely, Pahrump and Winnemucca. Additionally, satellite locations can be found in twenty other frontier communities. Our vast geography is known for its spectacular mountain ranges and picturesque valleys, providing a myriad of outdoor recreational opportunities. In addition, Elko is home to several well-known western museums and the world renown, National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, begun 35 years ago to honor and share the traditions of Western storytelling, nurturing the expressive culture of the American West. GBC provides a “private college” experience with public college affordable access to postsecondary education in an environment that embraces and respects all cultures. It stands among the most innovative colleges in America, integrating many disciplines into single courses and programs, helping students to develop critical thinking and self-directed learning skills. Graduates of Great Basin College are fully prepared to enter their chosen careers with the knowledge and confidence to succeed in the global marketplace. For more information visit GBC or the Area website.

Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description About Thermo Fisher Scientific When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do meaningful work, that makes a positive impact on a global scale! Join over 100,000 colleagues who bring our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. You’ll find the resources here to achieve your career goals and help take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges. This includes protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe, and helping find cures for cancer. How will you make an impact? The Corporate Accounts Customer Excellence Operations Manager position will serve as a visible and trusted partner to our customers, working alongside the Corporate Account commercial team and division partners to connect them with Thermo Fisher Scientific’s enterprise capabilities. The ideal candidate combines commercial fluency with excellent project management skills and strong business acumen. They bring a customer-first mindset and confidently engage senior stakeholders while streamlining processes to enhance customer experience and accelerate growth. A proven ability to lead without authority is essential, influencing and aligning cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-level customer initiatives. This role requires a bias for action, process discipline, and the agility to thrive in a diverse, matrix environment. This position will report to our Director, Customer Excellence Operations. Success will be measured by both internal collaboration and measurable customer impact, advancing enterprise partnerships, scaling tools and processes, and building trust that drives growth. What will you do? Strategic Customer Engagement: - Act as a visible partner in customer governance and executive forums, developing and implementing strategic plans in partnership with the commercial team to elevate engagement and cultivate trusted client partnerships - Build partnered stakeholder relationships, leveraging foundational tools and strategic mindset to foster collaboration, transparency, and alignment on shared goals. - Apply advanced use of foundational tools and AI to translate insights into customer-facing solution and relationship plays, shaping growth strategies that expand Thermo Fisher’s presence and impact across accounts. - Lead customer-specific projects to address key account needs, navigating ambiguity with initiative and problem-solving to create clarity, accelerate growth, and strengthen enterprise partnership. Customer Value Creation: - Advance and report on customer-facing value scorecards to assess performance, identify areas for improvement, and articulate the value of customer partnership. - Serve as a visible point of contact for customer issue triage, collaborating with internal stakeholders to ensure timely resolution and responsive communication with customers. - Strengthen relationships with account counterparts by demonstrating commercial insight and proactive engagement, using tools and strategies that go beyond execution to create meaningful collaboration. - Maintain and action partnership account plans in collaboration with commercial leaders, ensuring timely execution and delivery of projects with a high focus on transforming customer partnerships. Operational Excellence: - Drive operational excellence in account management and customer engagement, leading planning meetings with clear objectives, consistent follow-up and streamlined stakeholder communications that keep customers at the center. - Ensure account plans are current, actionable and informed by commercial insights, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and growth targets. - Actively collaborate with peers, share best practices, and contribute to the development of new strategies and initiatives to drive continuous improvement and innovation. - Program manage cross-divisional responses to customer surveys, RFI/RFPs, and complex requests, serving as the glue across functions to deliver cohesive, enterprise-level solutions that build customer confidence. How will you get here? Education / Experience - Bachelor’s degree in science or business - 5+ years project management, sales analysis/operations, or sales experience Knowledge, Skills, Abilities - Proactive self-starter with exceptional initiative, demonstrating ownership of activities from start to finish and the drive to go above and beyond to achieve results. - Strong commercial orientation with the ability to anticipate customer and business needs, paired with a passion for improving and streamlining sales processes to enable productive collaborations. - Execution-driven project leader with robust prioritization skills, able to manage multiple complex initiatives in parallel while maintaining focus on outcomes. - Creative and disciplined problem solver who thrives in ambiguity, applies structured approaches (e.g., A3 management), and develops practical solutions that unlock transformational growth. - Resilient and intense operator who balances detail-oriented administrative discipline with the ability to drive strategic projects forward under pressure. - Excels in a diverse, matrixed environment, building alignment across diverse stakeholders and functions. - Demonstrates strong virtual presence and communication skills to build trust and engagement in remote settings - Demonstrated executive presence and professional communication skills, with the ability to influence VPs, directors, subject matter experts, and end-users alike. - Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (PowerBI, Excel, Word, PowerPoint). - Travel up to 40% of the time, with flexibility to work across time zones and customer needs. Benefits: We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation. EEO/reasonable accommodation: Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform critical job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work from the comfort of your own home! We are excited to offer a fully remote position with a reputable and thriving company. Currently, we are recruiting in select states across the US: AZ, FL, GA, ID, KS, LA, MI, MN, NC, NE, TX, UT, VA, MO, OK. The wage for this position is $23.55 per hour, equivalent to an annual salary of $49,000 Please apply to only one location only per role. As a fully remote company, we post to multiple locations. Applying for more than one location could result in receiving multiple communications around a position. Are you thrilled by the idea of assisting entrepreneurs nationwide in achieving their dreams of launching their own businesses? For more than 23 years, Guidant Financial has been committed to empowering entrepreneurs and enhancing the growth of small businesses.. So far, we have distributed an impressive $5 billion in funding, supporting the launch of over 30,000 businesses and generating nearly 100,000 jobs that enrich the economy. We aim to inspire and empower you just as we do for the entrepreneurs we assist, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on their success and your own career path. At Guidant, we believe in empowering our employees to make a genuine difference for our clients and their own professional paths. Our commitment to ownership is reflected in our daily work through accountability, innovative problem-solving, and diligent follow-through. We are on an exciting journey towards becoming an ESOP company, further solidifying our dedication to shared accountability and long-term prosperity. Our Values Adaptability: Embracing change is your superpower. You are always ready to seize opportunities to adapt and inspire others along the way. Connection: Building meaningful connections is at the core of what you do. Elevating others is your way of growing and empowering yourself. Excellence: You thrive outside of your comfort zone, constantly seeking ways to improve. Your unquenchable curiosity fuels your drive to make things better. Role Summary As a Retirement Plan Specialist at Guidant Financial you will take the first step down the path of learning the full process of what it takes to administer, test and report on 401(k) plans. Through accelerated learning, in-depth training and practical experience, you will quickly grow from document review to administering basic plans. You’ll review documents submitted by our clients, proactively keep clients updated on progress and help clients understand the year-end reporting documents necessary to complete government filings, including the annual 5500 return. What You'll Be Doing: - Work with clients to obtain necessary information to prepare the annual reporting - Review documents submitted by clients for completeness and accuracy - Reconcile plans with only rollovers and plan stock using Excel and administration software - Utilize administration software to complete 401(k) testing and reporting - Make outgoing reminder calls and send emails to clients during the plan year reporting process - Prepare required 401(k) plan government filings, including the IRS Form 5500, using filing software - Educate clients regarding the administration of their 401(k) plan and 401(k) plan documents Extra Tasks - Share knowledge and explain complex topics simply - Training on concepts for a Retirement Plan Administrator I - Performs other duties as required

This is a fantastic opportunity to work from the comfort of your own home! We are excited to offer a fully remote position with a reputable and thriving company. Currently, we are recruiting in select states across the US: AZ, FL, GA, ID, KS, LA, MI, MN, NC, NE, TX, UT, VA, MO, OK. The wage for this position is $23.55 per hour, equivalent to an annual salary of $49,000 Please apply to only one location only per role. As a fully remote company, we post to multiple locations. Applying for more than one location could result in receiving multiple communications around a position. Are you thrilled by the idea of assisting entrepreneurs nationwide in achieving their dreams of launching their own businesses? For more than 23 years, Guidant Financial has been committed to empowering entrepreneurs and enhancing the growth of small businesses.. So far, we have distributed an impressive $5 billion in funding, supporting the launch of over 30,000 businesses and generating nearly 100,000 jobs that enrich the economy. We aim to inspire and empower you just as we do for the entrepreneurs we assist, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on their success and your own career path. At Guidant, we believe in empowering our employees to make a genuine difference for our clients and their own professional paths. Our commitment to ownership is reflected in our daily work through accountability, innovative problem-solving, and diligent follow-through. We are on an exciting journey towards becoming an ESOP company, further solidifying our dedication to shared accountability and long-term prosperity. Our Values Adaptability: Embracing change is your superpower. You are always ready to seize opportunities to adapt and inspire others along the way. Connection: Building meaningful connections is at the core of what you do. Elevating others is your way of growing and empowering yourself. Excellence: You thrive outside of your comfort zone, constantly seeking ways to improve. Your unquenchable curiosity fuels your drive to make things better. Role Summary As a Retirement Plan Specialist at Guidant Financial you will take the first step down the path of learning the full process of what it takes to administer, test and report on 401(k) plans. Through accelerated learning, in-depth training and practical experience, you will quickly grow from document review to administering basic plans. You’ll review documents submitted by our clients, proactively keep clients updated on progress and help clients understand the year-end reporting documents necessary to complete government filings, including the annual 5500 return. What You'll Be Doing: - Work with clients to obtain necessary information to prepare the annual reporting - Review documents submitted by clients for completeness and accuracy - Reconcile plans with only rollovers and plan stock using Excel and administration software - Utilize administration software to complete 401(k) testing and reporting - Make outgoing reminder calls and send emails to clients during the plan year reporting process - Prepare required 401(k) plan government filings, including the IRS Form 5500, using filing software - Educate clients regarding the administration of their 401(k) plan and 401(k) plan documents Extra Tasks - Share knowledge and explain complex topics simply - Training on concepts for a Retirement Plan Administrator I - Performs other duties as required