Grants & Policy Program Specialist

HighPoint; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

HighPoint is seeking a Program Specialist #2 to support policy development, grants administration, performance monitoring, and data analysis for federal grant programs within DCDDP. You will assemble documentation, design monitoring tools, and provide technical assistance to grant recipients.

Requirements include a bachelor's degree in a related field and at least 5 years of federal grants experience, with travel up to 20%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Public Policy, Business Administration, Data Analytics, Statistics, Program Evaluation, Political Science, or 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 10-20%.

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 administrative and programmatic 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 to support grant oversight and portfolio management.
• 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 and stakeholder communications.
• Provide technical assistance and training to grant recipients on reporting requirements, performance reporting systems, data collection tools, and compliance expectations, including PRA, 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

Federal grants management

Program administration

Compliance monitoring

Performance measurement

Data analysis

Reporting systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Public Administration/Policy/Data Analytics

Job description

HighPoint is seeking a Program Specialist #2 to support policy development, grants administration, performance monitoring, and data analysis for federal grant programs within DCDDP. You will assemble documentation, design monitoring tools, and provide technical assistance to grant recipients.

Requirements include a bachelor's degree in a related field and at least 5 years of federal grants experience, with travel up to 20%.