Grants Management Specialist

Blake Willson Group; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Blake Willson Group seeks a Senior Grants Management Analyst to provide senior-level federal grants expertise across the full lifecycle, including planning, review, award, monitoring, amendments, and closeout. The role includes advising federal staff on program planning and policy, leading complex reviews, drafting guidance and policy recommendations, ensuring compliance, and supporting program evaluation.

Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills are essential; a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years managing federal grants across the full grant lifecycle.
• 3+ years conducting complex compliance and technical reviews.
• 3+ years assessing recipient risk and providing senior-level advisory support.

Responsibilities

• Advise federal staff on grant program planning, development, implementation, lifecycle administration, policy application, and program enhancements.
• Lead complex reviews of applications, progress reports, amendments, monitoring results, payment requests, closeout documentation, and recipient issues.
• Develop application criteria, review methodologies, technical guidance, desk aids, and evaluation-panel materials.
• Assess programmatic compliance, recipient performance, and grant-management risk, and recommend appropriate resolution and follow-up actions.
• Provide technical assistance to applicants and recipients and resolve escalated questions from frontline support staff.
• Support program evaluation through logic models, performance measures, data-collection approaches, and analysis of program effectiveness.
• Draft senior-level correspondence, decision materials, audit responses, and policy or procedure recommendations.

Skills

Grants lifecycle management

Compliance reviews

Stakeholder management

Technical advisory writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field

Job description

Harnessing Technology to Improve Financial Stewardship for the Welfare, Defense, and Security of Our Nation

Blake Willson Group (BWG) unites deep domain experts with technologists who leverage industry-leading financial management solutions to address the most critical mission objectives. Headquartered in the National Capital Region, the firm delivers measurable outcomes through technology-forward strategies and advanced solutions that drive mission success.

Blake Willson Group has a distinguished track record of exceptional performance, achieving operational efficiencies that allow our clients to do more with less. BWG has earned the confidence of its clients by consistently exceeding expectations through its unwavering commitment to best value solutions, implemented with speed.

Job Location:

The is a hybrid role, with a requirement to work onsite 2x a week in Rosslyn, VA.

Clearance:

Must have an active Secret Security Clearance.

Job Description:

Blake Willson Group is seeking a Senior Grants Management Analyst to provide senior-level federal grants management expertise and advisory support to federal staff members. The successful candidate will support the full federal grant lifecycle, including program planning, application review, award administration, monitoring, amendments, closeout, compliance, and program evaluation. In this position, you will also:

• Advise federal staff on grant program planning, development, implementation, lifecycle administration, policy application, and program enhancements.
• Lead complex reviews of applications, progress reports, amendments, monitoring results, payment requests, closeout documentation, and recipient issues.
• Develop application criteria, review methodologies, technical guidance, desk aids, and evaluation-panel materials.
• Assess programmatic compliance, recipient performance, and grant-management risk, and recommend appropriate resolution and follow-up actions.
• Provide technical assistance to applicants and recipients and resolve escalated questions from frontline support staff.
• Support program evaluation through logic models, performance measures, data-collection approaches, and analysis of program effectiveness.
• Draft senior-level correspondence, decision materials, audit responses, and policy or procedure recommendations.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience managing federal grants across the full grant lifecycle, including program design, application review, award, monitoring, amendments, and closeout.
• 3+ years of experience conducting complex compliance and technical reviews and developing grant policies, criteria, procedures, and guidance.
• 3+ years of experience assessing recipient risk and performance and providing senior-level technical assistance, advisory support, writing, and facilitation.

Desired Skills:

• Experience advising program officials on federal grants management.
• Experience developing risk-based monitoring approaches, logic models, and performance measures.
• Experience interpreting federal grant requirements and translating them into practical procedures and guidance.
• Experience addressing unusual, complex, or sensitive grant-management matters.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.