Nonprofit Operations & Compliance Manager

Global Development Incubator; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) matching

Job summary

Global Development Incubator in Washington, DC is seeking a Manager of Operations and Compliance for GDI Americas. The role ensures day-to-day operations, donor compliance, and subcontract management across GDI and affiliated initiatives, reporting to Associate Director of Operations and Special Projects.

You will coordinate with finance, accounting, and talent teams, lead cross-team initiatives, and supervise senior staff while advancing policies, risk management, and growth of nonprofit

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and a minimum of five years of progressive experience in a related position.
• Experience with subcontracting, procurement, and subawards under prime agreements issued by the U.S. government, foreign governments, and/or private foundations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Razor-sharp problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational skill and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with proven ability to meet deadlines.
• An interest in learning new skills.
• Proven aptitude to manage and juggle many competing priorities is essential.
• A relentless drive to get things done.
• Able to move fluidly between collaborative and independent work styles.
• Adept at making assessments quickly and identifying the best course of action.

Responsibilities

• Provides high quality, timely operations and compliance support to GDI and GDI Solutions as well as fractional support to multiple incubated initiatives and/or fiscally-sponsored initiatives.
• Subcontracting, which includes reviewing procurement documentation, providing guidance to staff and partners, drafting/negotiating subcontracts, ensuring subcontractor compliance with policies, procedures, and/or donor requirements, and maintaining proper files.
• Subawarding, which includes conducting pre-award risk assessments and other due diligence activities for subrecipients, tailoring agreements to level of risk and donor requirements, monitoring subaward progress and financial reporting, and closing out of subawards.
• Prepares, files, and maintains registration and compliance documents.
• Develops, refines, disseminates, and trains staff on policies and procedures.
• Donor and grant management, which includes: Review donor agreements on behalf of the initiative, highlighting any areas that require clarification or negotiation; Provides ad hoc guidance to staff regarding donor compliance terms and their practical application on initiative/organization activities; Assists donor due diligence activities on behalf of GDI, its initiatives and subsidiaries; Actively tracks and monitors compliance with donor agreements, including reporting schedules and deliverables; Develops, implements, and monitors systems for tracking and storing procurement documentation, subcontracts, and deliverables.
• Serves as a primary point of contact with external clients that provide operational support to the GDI network (insurance brokers, legal counsel, banking institutions, etc.)
• Lead GDI’s business operations launch activities for incubated initiatives that are setting up an independent legal entity; Liaising with the legal team responsible for registering the organization, developing organizational policies, working closely with the Accounting team to develop donor management and subcontract management systems and processes according to their policies, etc.
• Supervise performance of Senior Associates on the Operations team, as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Subcontracting

Subawards

Procurement

Donor compliance

Communication

Organization

Time management

Prioritization

Independent work

Due diligence

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Global Development Incubator in Washington, DC is seeking a Manager of Operations and Compliance for GDI Americas. The role ensures day-to-day operations, donor compliance, and subcontract management across GDI and affiliated initiatives, reporting to Associate Director of Operations and Special Projects.

You will coordinate with finance, accounting, and talent teams, lead cross-team initiatives, and supervise senior staff while advancing policies, risk management, and growth of nonprofit