Manager, Grants – National Office

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Oversee the communication of subgrant opportunities, application announcements, timelines, and guidance for applicants.

• Develop and maintain subgrant timelines in collaboration with project teams and grants leadership.

• Facilitate the application and review processes, which includes verifying eligibility, scoring, making funding decisions, and communicating awards.

• Administer subgrant execution tasks, including payments, returns, modifications, extensions, and closeout procedures.

• Manage and configure the Y-USA Grants Portal (SmartSimple), ensuring proper forms, workflows, data integrity, user access, troubleshooting, and system enhancements.

• Provide support to applicants and grantees, addressing inquiries effectively.

• Offer technical assistance regarding system navigation, documentation, and readiness for the application process.

• Create tools and resources aimed at enhancing applicant success.

• Monitor grant activities, deliverables, and reporting to ensure compliance.

• Analyze applications and reports to detect trends and enhance processes.

• Collaborate with internal teams on reporting, communications, grantmaking operations, cross-functional initiatives, and knowledge sharing.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business or a related area; relevant professional experience may be considered as an equivalent.

• A minimum of 4-8 years of required experience.

• Advanced functional skills are essential.

• Intermediate knowledge and experience within the industry.

• Entry to intermediate skills in management.

• Capable of performing complex and advanced functional and operational tasks.

• Proven experience in managing a team or function.

• Demonstrated high level of decision-making within the designated area.

• Experience in policy and strategy implementation for short-term objectives.

• Proficient in internal and external communications.

• Significant influence over teams and within the function.

• May establish goals and objectives for team members to achieve operational outcomes.

• Familiarity with grants or subgrant processes and lifecycle management is required.

• Experience in administering and configuring grant-management systems, preferably SmartSimple.

• Ability to manage all aspects of applications, including eligibility verification, scoring, documentation, awards, payments, modifications, extensions, and closeout.

• Capability to monitor compliance, deliverables, and reporting effectively.

• Proficient in analyzing applications and reports to identify trends and opportunities for process improvement.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Defined benefit plan (retirement savings)

• Defined contribution plan (403(b) plan)

• Life insurance

• Disability insurance

• Technology stipend

• Generous paid time off

• Work from anywhere within the continental U.S.