Grant Compliance Lead – Conservation Projects

Ducks Unlimited Website; Ridgeland (MS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription, dental, and vis

Spouse and dependent coverage

Three weeks paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Ten paid holidays

401(k) plan with partial employer?atch

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Ducks Unlimited, Inc. in Ridgeland, MS is seeking an experienced Grant Compliance Specialist to join our Southern Regional Office.

The role focuses on ensuring compliance with government grants and contracts, overseeing budgeting, invoicing, reporting, audits, and closeout across multiple projects. The position emphasizes collaboration with biologists and engineers to deliver wetland projects and manage costs effectively.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting or a related field preferred.
• Knowledge of federal and/or state grants, direct experience desired.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics is preferred.
• Well-organized and detail-oriented.
• Self-motivated, lots of initiative, able to work with minimal supervision, but willing to ask questions and seek direction if needed.
• Able to maintain a professional demeanor while working within tight deadlines with a variety of people and personalities.

Responsibilities

• Work with teams of biologists and engineers to deliver wetland projects
• Monitor compliance with government grants and contracts for financial, administrative, and technical requirements, including budgeting, invoicing, financial and progress reporting, audit, records, and closeout
• Track funding source budgets/balances, develop A/R invoices to funding sources on a cost reimbursement basis, keep the teams informed of project cost and income status
• Facilitate processing of accounts payables and labor reporting
• Provide oversight of staff timesheets & expense reports, tracking these costs against the project budgets
• Document scanning and control, maintaining project documentation in a standardized and organized manner
• Adhere to government and internal Procurement regulations
• Coordinate contract development and implementation, ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements, review and commentary, approval, and dissemination
• Perform various administrative tasks as needed

Skills

Written communication

Oral communication

Self-motivated

Detail-oriented

Professional demeanor

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

Ducks Unlimited, Inc. in Ridgeland, MS is seeking an experienced Grant Compliance Specialist to join our Southern Regional Office.

The role focuses on ensuring compliance with government grants and contracts, overseeing budgeting, invoicing, reporting, audits, and closeout across multiple projects. The position emphasizes collaboration with biologists and engineers to deliver wetland projects and manage costs effectively.