Grants Manager Jobs

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Position Highlights:

Position Title: Grants Manager

Location: Remote

Position End Date: 2/5/2024

Salary: $82,000

Overview:

The CDC is seeking a Grants Manager to identify grant opportunities with state government and private foundations, working with staff to develop well written grant proposals, maintaining and analyzing data and information to include in grant proposals, and submitting grant proposals on behalf of various departments. Also responsible for developing sub-recipient contracts, working with departments to complete and submit required reports to granting agencies, preparing various written reports to government bodies to inform them of specific grant opportunities, and performing other tasks as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Excellent management skills, including organizational and time management skills
• Knowledge of the grant’s management cycle design, monitoring and evaluation
• Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion, be adaptable to various competing demands, and demonstrate the highest level of customer/client service and response
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, representation and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Forward looking thinker, who actively seeks next challenge and proposes solutions
• 7+ years grants management and administration experience
• Proven track record of consistently meeting performance metrics
• Excellent analytical and writing skills
• Ability to multi-task and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor’s Degree required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree

Responsibilities:

• Ensures that jurisdiction colleagues assigned to the grant award have the proper resources needed to complete the assigned work, monitors status of work in progress and ensures activities, deliverables and outcomes have been completed
• Oversee and ensure that project plans are developed, and execution is in accordance with grant requirements and organizational priorities
• Provides progress and activity reports to jurisdiction leadership
• Consults with project staff to assist with complex/problem situations and provide technical expertise
• Advises jurisdiction leadership on the status of the grant award when necessary
• Participates in funder specific conference calls and meetings, when needed
• Implement efficient day-to-day operations to deliver a superior level of performance and productivity
• Responsible for grants and contracts award administration, including the reviewing and monitoring of individual grant awards for compliance with private, local, state and federal funder requirements
• Provide consultation and technical assistance to jurisdiction staff and subcontractors on all aspects of grants and cooperative agreements management
• Organizes, prioritizes activities in order to meet grant award objectives
• Attend grant review and update meetings and provide administrative information, as needed
• Develop and negotiate budgets and grant narratives with applicable jurisdiction staff and the funders, when applicable, to ensure costs, proposed activities and outcomes are reasonable, allowable, and allocable using Federal regulations, policies, and procedures

Special Notes:

This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and Illinois Department of Public Health in order to best support the State of Illinois in their public health programing.

This position is currently a remote position. CDC Foundation retains the right to make adjustments to this as required.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.

We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R.

• 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.