Grants Management Section

Phoenix Location

Salary: $67,500 - $71,000 

Grade: 21

Closing Date: 08/10/2026

• The Grants Coordinator (GC) Trainer position is a vital role in Grants Management as it performs the duties of a Grants Coordinator serving a partial delegation of LEAs, while also being tasked with designing and delivering timely trainings on relevant topics related to the fiscal processing of all grants in the Grants Management Enterprise (GME) system.
• This position facilitates critical process trainings with internal program areas as well as external trainings for relevant business staff at schools and charters.
• Occasional in-state and rare out-of-state travel is required for this position.

The Arizona Department of Education currently utilizes a hybrid work environment, with up to two days of remote work (contingent upon business needs). Candidates should apply with an ability and willingness to work in-office up to five days per week as business needs necessitate.

• Develops and conducts interactive technical training for internal and external customers using adult education and training principles and techniques
• Prepares curriculum, designs participant manuals and materials, process and procedure documents
• Collects appropriate resources and equipment to conduct and facilitate training sessions
• Provides technical support to internal and external customers for the Grants Management Enterprise (GME) system and other relevant systems
• Evaluates training needs based on customer feedback, personal observation, and training data and adjust to these as needed
• Tracks and reports data pertaining to sessions
• Schedules, markets, and coordinate training classes, workshops, conferences, or webinars for internal and external audiences
• Works with other departments and external venders in a collaborative manner, including consulting training needs and topics

Knowledge in:
• Adult education principles and techniques for on-the-job and classroom training
• Developing training courses and materials based on policy and procedures, specializing in technical training
• Training and webinar applications and tools
• Various types of equipment and materials used in conducting training
• Backwards planning for objective mastery
• Alignment of content and delivery to learning objectives
• A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Education, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience to substitute for the degree, is required

Skills in:
• Problem solving through data review, brainstorming, and root cause analysis
• Maintaining the internal training Share Point site and external training web page
• Use of webinar software to facilitate virtual trainings, such as Teams or Zoom;
• Demonstrated experience in creating and facilitating in-person and virtual training
• Attention to detail
• Initiative
• Good judgment
• Resourcefulness
• Strong interpersonal skills necessary to work effectively with colleagues at various levels of the organization
• Intermediate working knowledge and experience with MS Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and Excel (Functions, etc.)
Ability to:
• Identify gaps and adapt training needs within the organization to develop reference guides
• Gather information to use in developing training courses and materials based on policy and procedures, grant specific information and guidance
• Provide great customer service and technical support to all customers through email and phone
• Work within a team, collaborate and communicate effectively
• Organize and manage multiple priorities and projects coupled with the flexibility to quickly adapt to ever-changing business needs
• Create basic spreadsheets and graphs
• Conduct classroom setting trainings, workshops, and virtual trainings
• Prioritize workload and provide support to the supervisor based on business needs

• Preference will be given to those applicants with progressive experience developing and facilitating training programs for both internal and external customers, including training materials and actual trainings

• Offers are contingent upon successful completion of all background and reference checks, required documents and, if applicable, a post-offer medical/physical evaluation.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

The State of Arizona provides an excellent comprehensive benefits package including:

• Affordable medical, dental, life, and short-term disability insurance plans
• Top-ranked retirement and long-term disability plans
• Ten paid holidays per year
• Vacation time accrued at 4.00 hours bi-weekly for the first 3 years
• Sick time accrued at 3.70 hours bi-weekly
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
• Deferred compensation plan
• Wellness plans

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

You will be required to participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) upon your 27th week of employment, subject to waiting period. On or shortly after, your first day of employment you will be provided with enrollment instructions and effective date.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 542-3186 or emailing Human.Resources@azed.gov. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.