Grants Manager
Finance Department
Salary Range: $50,460.80 - $83,262.40
Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Work Schedule - Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 5:00PM

 

Summary

The Grants Manager is responsible for overseeing the City’s grant management activities associated with ARP grants and recommend processes for streamlining grant contract, evaluation, and reporting processes. grants manager serves as a subject matter expert and will manage, track, and report grant activity through the life cycle of ARP grants. This position ensures the City adheres to federal guidance and requirements set by regulatory agencies as well as City policies and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as needed to meet the needs of the organization.

• Manage grant-funded projects/programs to ensure that objectives are accomplished according to federal, state, and local regulations.
• Oversee both the pre-award and post-award activity for assigned grant funding, including contracting and reporting.
• Manage federal grant funding as mandated by federal grant guidance. Coordinate budget development, allowable direct and indirect costs, funding allocations, and appropriate approvals.
• Create new grant project budgets, monitor all expenses, verify availability of funds and allowable expenses as dictated by federal grant guidance.
• Interpret laws and regulations pertaining to federal grants and aligns grant projects for compliance.
• Prepare status reports for City Manager and/or City Council.
• Evaluate all budgets and analyze all costs according to budget and ensure work within appropriate deadline.
• Manage subrecipient grant application and award process including the tracking and reporting of success metrics.
• Train and aid all subrecipients to assist in proper management of grant funding.
• Provide comprehensive monitoring of subrecipients.
• Monitor grant-funded projects and their budgets to ensure compliance with grant specifications.
• Complete and submit required grant reporting to grantor.
• Work with Finance staff to review reimbursement requests and track fund disbursement.
• Maintain grant-related reference resources including funder research files, grant application. deadlines, grant reporting schedules, and other information as needed.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Education and/or Experience

Bachelor's degree (B.A.) in Business management, Public Administration or Finance/Accounting, and six (6) months or more related experience in business management, public administration, finance, or accounting.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to interpret the American Rescue Plan Act, Interim Final Rule, Uniform Guidance and other related requirements.
• Ability to analyze, research, and interpret grant guidelines.
• Ability to independently research and analyze information and to propose programs and projects.
• Ability to write clear and concise reports, correspondence, and other related work.
• Ability to effectively communicate both in writing and orally.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship with a variety of individuals and diverse groups, and to develop a consensus on specific issues.
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Must have strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Must have strong MS Office skills.
• Strong commitment to racial equity and understanding of key tools to advance equity impact measures.

Physical Requirements

Must be able to perform sedentary work exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects Must be able to physically perform the basic life operational functions of balancing, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, fingering, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions. Must possess the visual acuity to compile data and statistics, operate a computer, proofread materials, and do extensive reading

Working Conditions

Work in this class is performed primarily in an environmentally controlled office setting and employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

EXEMPT

EOE