Grants Manager Jobs

What We Do

With residents and partners, LISC forges resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across America – great places to live, work, visit, do business and raise families.

Strategies We Pursue

• Strengthen existing alliances while building new collaborations to increase our impact on the progress of people and places.
• Equip talent in underinvested communities with the skills and credentials to compete successfully for quality income and wealth opportunities.
• Invest in businesses, housing and other community infrastructure to catalyze economic, health, safety and educational mobility for individuals and communities.
• Drive local, regional, and national policy and system changes that foster broadly shared prosperity and well-being.
• Develop leadership and the capacity of partners to advance our work together.

Since 1979, LISC and its affiliates have invested approximately $29.7 billion in businesses, affordable housing, health, educational mobility, community and recreational facilities, public safety, employment, and other projects that help to revitalize and stabilize underinvested communities. Headquartered in New York City, LISC’s reach spans the country from East coast to West coast in 38 markets with offices extending from Buffalo to San Francisco and in 2,400 rural counties across 49 states and Puerto Rico. Visit us at www.lisc.org

Job Summary

The Grants Manager will manage a portfolio of LISC local and national programs, assisting program staff to craft and process 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 carry out the corporate goal of creating healthy, sustainable communities throughout the country.

LISC currently manages more than $300 million 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 properly, 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

• Assist compliance team tracking and reviewing compliance documentation as needed.
• Support development and implementation projects to improve companywide practices related to award administration.
• Coordinate within GCM and Accounting to resolve open issues relating to the monitoring of grants, deliverables, invoices, etc.
• Develop, in collaboration with supervisors and colleagues, training materials and conduct training sessions for LISC staff and CDCs receiving funds from LISC.
• Using LISC’s internal grant management software, receive, review and process requests from LISC programs to issue grants and consultant agreements to community partners.
• Manage all grants and consultant requests for an assigned portfolio of local and national programs.
• Prepare grant letters, consultant contracts, and amendments to existing contracts with nonprofit partners and consultants.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to improve business efficiencies.
• Communicate regularly with LISC programs to ensure required documentation is ready for grant and consultant agreements issuance.
• Participate in on-site compliance monitoring of funded CDCs to ensure compliance with grant requirements.
• Conduct quality control on those requests, particularly ensuring that funder requirements are included in coordination with the Compliance team.
• Create and maintain electronic files for grants and contracts.
• Provide ongoing technical assistance and training, in collaboration with supervisors and colleagues, to LISC programs in federal contract requirements and strategic administration of government funding.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Self-starter and with strong analytical skills; a willing and creative problem solver.
• Knowledge of community development is preferred.
• Some knowledge of nonprofit accounting is a plus.
• Knowledge of government fund management and regulations and/or previous experience sub-granting to community organizations and consultants preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise in building and maintaining professional relationships.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Solid attention to detail.
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite and online research required.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver training programs to address technical competency gaps.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in non-profit management, community development or related field, with minimum of 3 years work experience.
• Proven ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Compensation

LISC offers a competitive salary ($61,000 - $72,200; salary commensurate with experience and location) and excellent fringe benefits.

LISC is an equal opportunity employer. LISC does not discriminate in employment on account of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military status or veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

LISC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND JUSTICE