Senior Grant Manager

IEM • Full-time • Greater Sacramento, US • 1d ago

Position Summary

IEM is looking to bring on a Full Time Senior Grants Manager who will be responsible for managing federally funded programs to ensure compliance and meeting established deliverables, inclusive of oversight and monitoring of subrecipients. This position entails understanding federal, state/territorial, and local regulations and ensuring our clients comply with all requirements.

The Senior Grants Manager will report to the Program Manager and will develop and monitor all processes across the full grant life cycle from policy and procedure development, marketing, application intake, scoring, and award, through environmental reviews, construction management, expense reimbursement, project monitoring and closeout. The Senior Grants Manager will also supervise the Grants Management team and its work with subrecipients, the client and support teams.

The essential functions listed below represent the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them if the work is related or a logical assignment to this class.

Primary Location:

Candidates must reside in the state of California and be able to work in a program office location.
Preference will be given to candidates within commutable distance to Sacramento, CA.

Travel Requirements

This position may require travel to complete work assignments or attend meetings.

Essential Functions

Demonstrate strong leadership and managerial abilities, including providing staff training, building accountability, excellent communication skills and commitment to teamwork and excellence in responsibilities.
Lead and supervise team members and build collaborative processes with support teams such as engineering, environmental, construction management, marketing and accounting specialists.
Oversee the creation and management of project management plans and budgets.
Attend stakeholder meetings to include internal and external governance, committee meetings and workgroups as necessary.
Facilitate regular meetings with stakeholders to ensure proper project management and spend of all available funding.
Provide training, technical and administrative guidance on all work requirements and methods, executing applicable regulations and subrecipient award terms and conditions.
Prepare and/or review information and reports for internal and external stakeholders.
Develop and/or review and modify policies and procedures across all grant life cycle processes in accordance with government regulations and organization needs and objectives.
Create effective monitoring tools to ensure compliance with all grant life cycle processes and develop subrecipient monitoring procedures that are compliant with federal and other applicable regulations and consistent with sound business practices.
Perform grants management duties to manage and monitor subawards, subrecipients and projects.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in project management, accounting, finance, management, business or public administration, legal or closely related field.
Five (5) years of experience with federal grants management and demonstrated experience ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal rules and regulations.
Substitution: A master’s degree from an accredited institution in a related field may substitute for two (2) years of the required program experience.
Three (3) years of experience with managing staff and high-performance teams.
An equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that demonstrates the required knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to effectively perform the duties and functions of this position may be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

Certified Grants Management Specialist or Project Management Professional (PMP)
Knowledge of federally funded grant programs such as CDBG/CDBG-DR, FEMA HMGP, Treasury ARPA, and CARES Act grants.
Knowledge of California programs related to Housing, Infrastructure/Public Facilities, and Migrant Workers.
Knowledge of labor compliance requirements – including Section 3, Davis-Bacon, and Certified Payroll.
Knowledge of the Uniform Relocation Act and associated activities for housing program delivery.

Benefits And More

Annual Salary $79,000 - $90,000
10 paid Holidays
Vacation Pay
Sick Pay
401 (K) plan with matching
Company paid STD and LTD

Why Join IEM

We are a woman owned consulting and federal funds management company that embraces teamwork, collaboration, flexible performance, actionable solutions and integrity/ethics. Our work touches everyone. We produce results that matter. Results that save lives – join us while we build a safe, secure and resilient world.

Our Culture

IEM believes in the greater good and it is our commitment to attract those who have excellent technical skills, creative minds and innovative ideas to keep propelling us forward.

IEM is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Vets and Disabled:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from Human Resources.