Grants Manager

Gila County; Globe (AZ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gila County in Globe, Arizona seeks a Grants Manager to lead the county's grant development, administration, compliance, and reporting activities. The role works with county departments to identify funding opportunities that align with priorities, capital projects, infrastructure, and community goals.

You will collaborate with departments to prepare proposals, manage grant calendars, monitor requirements, and ensure timely reporting to funding agencies.

Responsibilities

• Consults with County management to develop and update the County's grant strategy.
• Assists departments to determine eligibility for grant funding and helps prepare proposals.
• Researches and monitors funding opportunities; maintains grant calendars and deadlines.
• Supports competitive grant applications with data, narratives, budgets, and measures.
• Coordinates development activities with departments, finance, PMs, consultants, partners.
• Prepares and submits grant packages; formats, assembles docs, enters data, ensures compliance.
• Ensures County compliance with grant requirements.
• Develops controls for compliant grant acquisition, implementation, oversight.
• Establishes policies for compliant grant management across agencies.
• Maintains knowledge of best practices in grant administration and compliance.
• Provides administrative and reporting support to Finance for SEFA, agendas, and records.
• Provides training to staff in grant management and compliance.
• Maintains grant records and tracking systems, deadlines, and audits.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job description

This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/7588490 The Grants Manager serves as the central point of contact for the Countys grant administration program and is responsible for supporting the Countys grant development, administration, compliance, and reporting activities. This position works collaboratively with County departments in meeting programmatic, financial, and compliance requirements and assists departments to identify funding opportunities that align with County priorities, capital improvement needs, infrastructure projects, and community goals.

• Consults with County management to develop and update the Countys strategy to promote grant-funding. Researches grant funding opportunities to assess their potential for enhancing the Countys resources.
• Assists departments to determine eligibility for grant funding, and in preparing grant proposals; makes presentations to County management and Board of Supervisors on grant opportunities and issues.
• Researches, evaluates, and monitors federal, state, foundation, corporate, and other funding opportunities; maintains grant opportunity calendars and provides summaries of and monitors eligibility, funding requirements, deadlines, and application criteria.
• Supports the development of competitive grant applications by gathering demographic, financial, programmatic, and community data; drafting and revising narratives, work plans, budgets, performance measures, and other required application components.
• Coordinates grant development activities by collaborating with County departments, Finance staff, project managers, consultants, and community partners to identify funding opportunities, develop project concepts, obtain required information, and meet application deadlines.
• Prepares, writes, reviews, and submits grant application packages in collaboration with departments by editing, proofreading, formatting, assembling supporting documentation, entering information into electronic grant systems, and ensuring compliance with funding agency requirements.
• Ensures the Countys compliance with federal, state, and local grant requirements.
• Develops and implements administrative controls to ensure compliant acquisition, implementation, and financial oversight of grant funding.
• Establishes policies and procedures to support compliant grant management in accordance with federal, state, tribal, and private funding requirements.
• Maintains current knowledge of best practices in grant application, administration, and compliance.
• Provide administrative & reporting suppor**t** to the Finance Department with the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) preparation, Board of Supervisors agenda items, reports, correspondence, presentations, document routing, meeting coordination, and departmental records management.
• Provide technical assistance and training to employees in grant management and compliance.
• Maintain grant administration records and tracking systems by organizing electronic and physical grant files, monitoring applications, awards, reporting deadlines, deliverables, budgets, reimbursement requests, audits, closeouts, and records retention requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.