Grants Coordinator

Gfoat; Farmers Branch (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gfoat is seeking a Grants Coordinator to manage the City’s grants program, including research, application development, administration, compliance monitoring, and reporting across federal, state, and private opportunities.

The role serves as the central point of coordination for grant activities across all City departments, ensuring strict regulatory compliance and maximizing funding for operations and capital projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Business Administration, Public Administration, or related field with grant-related experience.
• At least 1 year of grant-related experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of the City's grants program including research, application development, administration, compliance monitoring, and reporting.
• Serve as central coordination point for grant activities across departments.
• Ensure compliance with grant requirements and maximize funding opportunities for operations and capital projects.

Skills

Grant writing

Project coordination

Budget analysis

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business / Public Administration / related field

Job description

The Grants Coordinator is responsible for managing all aspects of the City's grants program including research, application development, administration, compliance monitoring, and reporting for federal, state, and private grant opportunities. This position serves as the central coordination point for grant activities across all City departments, ensuring compliance with grant requirements and maximizing funding opportunities to support City operations and capital projects. The Grants Coordinator reports to the Finance Manager and requires expertise in grant writing, project management, regulatory compliance, and financial administration. This role requires the ability to manage multiple complex grants simultaneously while maintaining strict adherence to funding agency requirements.

Employment is conditional upon satisfactory completion of a background check.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college with major coursework in Business, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field and one year of grant-related experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Principles and practices of grant funding agencies, finance, and accounting.
• City Purchasing Policies and Procedures and financial systems.
• Demonstrated experience with federal and state grant programs and compliance requirements
• Federal, state, and private foundation grant programs and funding opportunities, grant writing techniques and proposal development, federal grant compliance requirements including 2 CFR Part 200 (Uniform Guidance), project management principles and methodologies, governmental accounting principles and budget development, and research methods and data analysis techniques

Skill in:

• Advanced technical writing and proposal development, complex project coordination and management, financial analysis and budget preparation, research and data analysis, stakeholder communication and relationship management, and problem identification and resolution in grant management operations

Ability to:

• Manage multiple complex grant projects simultaneously, deliver professional presentations to City Council and elected officials with confidence and clarity, collaborate effectively with department heads and senior management to identify funding opportunities and coordinate grant projects, analyze complex regulations and requirements, prepare detailed financial and programmatic reports, adapt to changing requirements and deadlines, and maintain organized and comprehensive documentation systems