Grant Operations Lead: Post-Award & Compliance

Northbay Health; Fairfield (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthBay Health is seeking a Grant Operations Manager to provide centralized oversight of post-award grant activities, ensuring funds are spent per grant requirements and budgets, and coordinating with Finance, Legal, Compliance, and clinical leaders.

This role leads the Grant Strategy Committee, maintains grant-management systems, supports audits, and helps develop policies and internal controls while liaising with subrecipients and external consultants.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of grant management, program operations, or related healthcare administration experience.
• Experience with post-award grants, compliance, and reporting.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and coordinate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the Grant Strategy Committee.
• Oversee transition of newly awarded grants into operations.
• Review grant agreements, scopes of work, budgets, reporting requirements, and other award conditions.
• Develop internal grant briefs detailing requirements, timelines, deliverables, and key responsibilities.
• Coordinate internal kickoff meetings with grant project teams and leadership.
• Track grant deliverables, milestones, and timelines across departments.
• Ensure program activities align with the approved grant scope.
• Identify risks, delays, or compliance concerns and escalate.
• Maintain centralized grant-tracking systems and dashboards.
• Support audit readiness and organizational compliance.

Skills

Grant management

Program operations

Project management

Healthcare administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, public health, business, or related field

Job description

NorthBay Health is seeking a Grant Operations Manager to provide centralized oversight of post-award grant activities, ensuring funds are spent per grant requirements and budgets, and coordinating with Finance, Legal, Compliance, and clinical leaders.

This role leads the Grant Strategy Committee, maintains grant-management systems, supports audits, and helps develop policies and internal controls while liaising with subrecipients and external consultants.