Job Summary
The Grants Manager will manage an average of 15 portfolios of LISC local and national programs, assisting program staff in crafting and processing grant and consultant contracts.
About the Grants and Contracts Management Team
GCM is responsible for effectively managing LISC’s government and private funds, including sub-agreements with community organizations and consultants, to achieve the corporate goal of creating healthy, sustainable communities throughout the country.
LISC manages $800M+ of government funds and has applied for millions more in competitive local and national grants. GCM is responsible for ensuring that these contracts are administered correctly and, in this capacity, oversees compliance and program planning/reporting for these contracts. The Department is responsible for providing extensive technical assistance to the national network of LISC offices managing government and private funds.
Responsibilities
- Manage all grants and consultant requests for an assigned portfolio of local and national programs.
- Use LISC’s internal grant management software to review and process requests from LISC programs to issue grants and consultant agreements to community partners.
- Conducted quality control on those requests, ensuring that funder requirements were included in coordination with the compliance team and counsel.
- Communicate regularly with LISC programs to ensure required documentation is ready for grant and consultant agreements issuance.
- Prepare grant letters, consultant contracts, and amendments to existing agreements with partners (for-profit and nonprofit) and consultants.
- Coordinate within GCM and Accounting to resolve open issues relating to monitoring grants, deliverables, invoices, etc.
- Create and maintain electronic files for grants and contracts.
- Provide ongoing technical assistance and training, in collaboration with supervisors and colleagues, to LISC programs on structuring private sub-awards, federal contract requirements, and strategic administration of government funding.
- Develop training materials and conduct training sessions for LISC staff and CDCs receiving funds from LISC in collaboration with supervisors and colleagues.
- Participate in on-site compliance monitoring (travel required) of funded CDCs to ensure compliance with grant requirements.
- Assist the compliance team in tracking and reviewing compliance documentation as needed.
- Actively participate and take leadership roles in initiatives to improve business efficiencies.
- Support developing and implementing projects to improve companywide practices related to award administration.
Qualifications and Skills:
Successful candidates generally have or demonstrate the following:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university OR relevant related work experience
- Minimum of three (3) years of work experience
- Strong attention to detail and strong organizational and time management skills.
- Proven ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-paced environment with an eye for quality.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Self-starter with strong analytical skills, willingness to learn, and creative problem-solving skills.
- Collegiality - demonstrated expertise in building and maintaining respectful relationships internally and externally, centering equity and balance.
- Customer service orientation, integrity, follow-through, and a collaborative disposition.
- Willingness to lead the development and delivery of training programs to address technical competency gaps with senior staff support.
- Some knowledge of government fund management and regulations and previous experience sub-granting to community organizations and consultants preferred.
- Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite and online research required.
- Some knowledge of nonprofit accounting is a plus.
Compensation
LISC offers a competitive salary ($65,000 - $75,000 salary commensurate with experience and location) and excellent fringe benefits.
