Company: SC Broadband

Position: Community Development Lead

Location: Cedar City, UT (Hybrid; local travel required)

Salary Range: $55,000 – $70,000 (DOE)

Schedule: Full-time, exempt

Travel: Approximately 3-4 days per month throughout Southern Utah and Northern Arizona

Reports to: CEO

About SC Broadband

SC Broadband is a member-owned broadband cooperative serving Southern Utah and Northern Arizona. For decades, we have worked alongside the communities we serve. We are expanding our community development efforts to help local partners advance public-serving projects by providing practical support, coordination, and grant development resources.

Position Summary

This is a new position supporting a growing company priority: community development. The Community Development Lead is SC Broadband’s internal resource for helping communities move from ideas to action—supporting project development, coordinating partners, and leading grant strategy and writing. Success in this role requires strong follow-through, excellent writing, and the ability to work effectively with rural communities where capacity is often limited and relationships matter.

What You’ll Do

Community Partnership Support & Needs-to-Project Development (Core Function)

• Work with SC Broadband staff who live and work in our communities, along with local leaders and organizations, to identify needs and convert goals into well-scoped, public-serving projects.
• Help communities refine project concepts into fundable scopes with clear outcomes, realistic timelines, and defined responsibilities.
• Convene the right partners for each effort (town/county sponsors, schools, nonprofits, community organizations, and agencies) to align expectations, gather documentation, and maintain momentum.
• Provide steady communication and follow-through so projects don’t stall.

Grant Strategy, Writing, and Submission (Core Function)

• Identify grant opportunities (state, federal, philanthropic) that match community priorities and sponsor capacity.
• Lead grant development end-to-end: narratives, attachments, letters of support, required forms, budgets (with sponsors), and submission.
• Create and maintain templates and repeatable materials that make grant applications easier for small communities.
• Track deadlines and deliver high-quality, compliant submissions on schedule.

Program Administration, Documentation, and Accountability

• Maintain clear program criteria and documentation standards to ensure community assistance and project support activities align with applicable state requirements and internal guidelines.
• Track commitments, payments, milestones, and outcomes; maintain organized files suitable for leadership review and audit/regulatory needs.
• Provide regular updates to the CEO on pipeline status, submissions, awards, and measurable outcomes.

Community Impact Communications & Storytelling

• Produce concise community impact updates (project spotlights, photos, short write-ups) that demonstrate progress and public benefit.
• Ensure communications are accurate, consistent, and tied to outcomes—not just activities.

Priority Project Areas

This role supports public-serving community projects such as:

• Downtown revitalization (public spaces, streetscapes, community beautification)
• Parks, trails, and recreation infrastructure
• Community centers and multi-use public facilities
• Humanitarian and community welfare capital improvements (facility upgrades, equipment purchases, capacity-building infrastructure)

Who Will Thrive in This Role

• You enjoy working with small towns and understand how decisions get made in rural communities.
• You’re comfortable with partners who have limited staff capacity and can provide structure without taking over.
• You balance friendliness with clear boundaries and can say “not yet” with a path forward.
• You take pride in shipping complete work products—on time—with clean documentation.

Qualifications

Required

• Strong professional writing ability demonstrated through samples (proposal writing, narratives, reports, program descriptions, or similar).
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with rural communities and partner organizations (local government, schools, nonprofits, service districts, or community organizations).
• Strong coordination and project management skills; ability to manage multiple deadlines and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Clear communication style and comfort facilitating meetings and partner coordination (primarily virtual).
• Valid driver’s license and willingness to travel regionally.

Preferred

• Grant writing, grant administration, or grant compliance experience (helpful, not required).
• Experience in rural community development, local government, education, nonprofit leadership, or economic development.
• Familiarity with documentation and reporting requirements tied to public-serving assistance programs.

What Success Looks Like (First 12 Months)

• Establish a repeatable intake and project development process that works well for small communities.
• Build a balanced pipeline of fundable projects across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona.
• Submit multiple strong grant applications and secure outside funding to support community projects.
• Produce clear, outcome-based impact updates and maintain clean documentation for program accountability.

How to Apply (Writing Sample Required)

Please submit:

• Resume
• A brief cover letter describing your interest in rural community development in Southern Utah and Northern Arizona
• A writing sample (one of the following):
• A previously submitted grant narrative you authored or co-authored (redacted is fine), or
• A professional narrative/report/proposal you wrote (redacted is fine), or
• If you do not have a sample available, request a short take-home prompt

Finalist Exercise (used during the selection process):

• Finalists may be asked to complete a short, practical writing exercise based on a sample community project concept.

Submit resumes to:
SC Broadband
PO Box 555
Escalante, UT 84726
Attn: HR
or email to HR@scbroadband.com