Senior ORR Program Compliance and Monitoring Expert

JBS International, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision care

401(k) with company contributions

Tuition assistance

Employee recognition program

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

JBS International, Inc. seeks a Senior ORR Program Compliance and Monitoring Expert to lead federal grants oversight, risk assessment, and technical assistance for multiple grantees. The role involves supervising staff, developing monitoring tools, ensuring contract compliance, and delivering high-quality guidance to federal partners.

Remote work is available for US-based candidates. This position requires extensive experience in grants management, strong leadership, and the ability to translate

Qualifications

• Extensive federal grants management and monitoring experience.
• Contract or grant writing experience is required.
• Strong knowledge of public health or human services programs.

Responsibilities

• Oversees federal grant administration activities, including pre/post-award oversight and performance reviews.
• Leads design and improvement of monitoring methodologies and risk-based oversight.
• Directs onsite and virtual reviews, interviews, and document reviews.
• Provides strategic guidance to federal staff and stakeholders.
• Develops TA resources, training materials, and corrective action recommendations.

Skills

Federal grants management

Compliance monitoring

Program oversight

Technical assistance

Leadership

Education

Master’s degree in relevant field

Job description

As a JBS employee, you’ll feel good about the work you do here. That’s because you’ll be contributing to the mission of creating positive, sustainable change in health care, social services, education, and society.

You’ll also feel well supported. We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages, recognition of your contributions, and policies to encourage a healthy work-life balance.

Just as importantly, you’ll be secure in the knowledge that working here means more than taking on a particular job—it’s a means of moving forward in your career. We’ll provide you with educational opportunities, offer mentorship and training, and give you plenty of opportunity to apply and refine your skills. Our large array of contracts with major public-sector agencies and organizations provides opportunities for advancement, new learning, and variety.

Our values are at the core of everything we do, with you and for you.

Determination

JBS is driven. We commit to finding best-fit solutions. We are direct and purposeful in action.

JBS is innovative. We connect dots that no one else does. We are insightful, forward thinking, and courageous.

Integrity

JBS is principled. We hold ourselves and one another accountable for outcomes. We seek feedback for continuous improvement.

Passion

JBS is passionate. We individually and collectively strive toward what can be. We believe in the power of the communities and people we serve and in giving back to the world we live in.

Agility

JBS is agile. We embrace a world that is always changing and evolving. We anticipate and act to address emerging needs.

Teamwork

JBS is collaborative. We respect one another and value alternative perspectives. We share a unified sense of purpose.

At JBS every project touches the lives of real people. Learn more about how you can make an impact.

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Investing in Our Employees

In addition to providing meaningful work, JBS offers a competitive range of benefits.

Compensation and Retirement Contributions

• Competitive compensation
• 401(k) options including JBS contributions

Career Growth and Recognition

• Tuition assistance
• Professional membership reimbursement
• Employee recognition program
• Employee service awards

Health, Wellness, and Time Off

• Medical, dental, prescription, and vision care
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Flexible work schedules and remote working opportunities
• Employee assistance program
• Life insurance
• Flexible spending accounts (health and dependent care)

JBS is an equal opportunity employer who makes decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. For more information, read our EEO Policy.

Senior ORR Program Compliance and Monitoring Expert

Remote (US)

Posted 1 week ago

The Grants Monitoring/Compliance Lead/Technical Expert III (TE III) serves as the subject matter expert and team lead for an assigned group of grantees. The role provides strategic oversight of federal grants administration, monitoring, compliance reviews, corrective action management, technical assistance (TA), and recipient performance assessment to strengthen accountability, compliance, and program effectiveness.

The TE III supervises, coaches, and guides assigned staff; ensures the delivery of high-quality TA and project deliverables; and communicates with JBS clients in accordance with established project guidelines.

Fundamental Requirement: This role requires extensive experience in federal grants management, compliance monitoring, program oversight, and continuous quality improvement, particularly within human services, public health, refugee, or child welfare programs. The TE III must be committed to consumer-centered, strengths-based TA that supports each grantee's continuous improvement journey.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Oversees federal grant administration activities, including pre-award and post-award oversight, recipient performance reviews, financial analysis, monitoring activities, corrective action management, and grant closeout support.
• Leads the design and continuous improvement of monitoring and compliance review methodologies, assessment tools, protocols, interview guides, and risk-based oversight strategies.
• Directs monitoring activities, including onsite and virtual reviews, stakeholder interviews, document reviews, compliance assessments, and quality assurance efforts.
• Analyzes programmatic, operational, financial, and performance data to identify compliance risks, performance trends, best practices, and technical assistance needs.
• Serves as the primary subject matter expert for assigned recipients, providing strategic guidance to federal staff, project leadership, and stakeholders.
• Develops technical assistance resources, guidance documents, training materials, and corrective action recommendations based on monitoring findings, recipient needs, and federal priorities.
• Ensures technical assistance activities, documentation, and deliverables meet contractual requirements, project objectives, timelines, and quality standards.
• Manages client relationships and maintains ongoing communication regarding compliance issues, emerging trends, policy changes, evidence-based practices, and recommended TA approaches.
• Supervises, coaches, and develops assigned staff, fostering professional growth, effective performance, and high-quality service delivery.
• Leads the preparation and quality review of written deliverables, including monitoring and site visit reports, meeting summaries, literature reviews, technical documents, presentations, and other project products.
• Collaborates with project leadership and other technical experts to identify emerging issues, share lessons learned, improve TA delivery, and develop long-term strategies to strengthen recipient outcomes.
• Develops and monitors project budgets, consultant expenses, and other expenditures to ensure effective use of resources and compliance with contractual requirements.
• Contributes to thought leadership and business development activities, including work groups, advisory boards, opportunity research and qualification, and proposal development.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Master’s degree in relevant field

Experience:

• At least 20 years of relevant work experience
• At least 4 years of direct program and contract management experience
• A minimum of 3 years’ supervisory experience
• At least 3 years of contract or grant writing experience
• Demonstrated subject matter expertise through publications, presentations, awards, or comparable accomplishments in a relevant public health or human services area

Knowledge:

• Content knowledge of current and emerging issues for assigned grant program areas
• Strengths-based approach to delivering TA and to working with others
• Knowledge of and experience with federal government contracting and grants management
• Interacts well with others in a positive, courteous, and professional manner
• Works effectively as part of a team and independently with limited supervision; follows established channels to address personnel or management concerns
• Honors, respects, and celebrates cultural differences
• Clear, effective, and professional written and oral communication skills

Location: Remote with the consideration that if a candidate lives within a 50-mile radius of our North Bethesda or San Mateo offices, employment will be considered hybrid

Security Clearance: May vary based upon assignment

Physical Requirements:

• Extended Computer Use: Ability to sit for extended periods and operate a computer keyboard and mouse
• Vision: Must be able to see and read computer screens and printed materials
• Dexterity: Capable of using hands and fingers to operate equipment and perform tasks requiring precision
• Communication: Able to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with team members and stakeholders
• Mobility: Occasionally required to stand, walk, reach, and bend to access office equipment and attend meetings
• Lifting: Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds for short distances
• Sensory Abilities: Must be able to perceive and interact with the environment using hearing and speaking skills
• Work Environment: Primarily works in a typical office environment, with exposure to computer screens and moderate noise levels

PREFERRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience: Doctorate’sDegree

OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED:

These requirements are not the exclusive standards for this position and will not be the sole basis for any subsequent employee evaluations. This role will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as may be required by the supervisor.

This position is subject to availability of funds and to any and all restrictions contained in the contract or contracts that provide funding for this position.

Our company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Applicants can learn more about the company's status as an equal opportunity employer by viewing the federal "EEO" poster at EEOPost.pdf. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

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