Grants & Policy Program Lead

HighPoint; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

HighPoint in Washington, DC seeks a seasoned Program Specialist #2 to support policy development, grants administration, performance monitoring, data analysis, and recipient engagement across federal programs. You will analyze program data, draft guidance, and help ensure alignment with federal requirements while providing practical solutions to grant recipients.

The role requires strong written communication, dashboard design, and training delivery, with travel up to 10–20% as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in federal grants management, program administration, compliance monitoring, program evaluation, data analysis, or related government support functions.
• Ability to travel up to 20%
• Experience developing dashboards, reports, and data visualizations.

Responsibilities

• Provide programmatic, administrative, and operational support to strengthen policy development, grants administration, monitoring, and overall program effectiveness across DCDDP programs.
• Manage and oversee a portfolio of grant-funded projects, ensuring compliance with federal requirements, performance expectations, reporting obligations, and program objectives.
• Draft and maintain policy documents, program guidance, memoranda, Federal Register notices, OMB clearance packages, SOPs, and other documentation.
• Develop and manage grants administration communications supporting pre-award and post-award activities, including award documentation, amendments, recipient notifications, and program guidance materials.
• Design and maintain monitoring tools, dashboards, risk assessment frameworks, and performance tracking mechanisms.
• Analyze, validate, and synthesize program performance, compliance, and reporting data to identify trends, risks, improvement opportunities, and recipient support needs.
• Prepare reports, data visualizations, performance summaries, congressional reporting materials, annual reports, and briefings that support leadership decision-making.
• Provide technical assistance and training to grant recipients on reporting requirements, performance reporting systems, data collection tools, and compliance expectations, including PPR, OLDC, and GrantSolutions.
• Support program evaluation and data collection efforts by developing questionnaires, data collection instruments, and documentation required for PRA and OMB approval processes.
• Coordinate meetings, events, stakeholder engagement activities, reporting processes, and cross-functional initiatives while ensuring compliance with federal information security, privacy, and records management requirements.

Skills

Grants management

Data analysis

Performance monitoring

Policy development

Dashboards & reporting

OMB clearance processes

PRA compliance

Stakeholder engagement

Technical training

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Public Administration/Public Policy/Business Admin/Data Analytics/Statistics/Program Evaluation/Political Science

Tools

GrantSolutions

OLDC

Job description

HighPoint in Washington, DC seeks a seasoned Program Specialist #2 to support policy development, grants administration, performance monitoring, data analysis, and recipient engagement across federal programs. You will analyze program data, draft guidance, and help ensure alignment with federal requirements while providing practical solutions to grant recipients.

The role requires strong written communication, dashboard design, and training delivery, with travel up to 10–20% as needed.