Vermont Grants & Compliance Specialist

FIRST CHILDRENS FINANCE; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Paid time off

Paid family medical leave

Flexible work environment

Job summary

First Children’s Finance is seeking a Vermont Grants Specialist to administer state, federal and philanthropic grants with focus on compliance and program reporting. You will collaborate with the Vermont team to manage pass-through grants, assist grantees, and ensure accurate reporting while maintaining grant files and policies across programs.

You will support data analyses, reporting, and dissemination of grant information to funders, with travel as needed within Vermont.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a foundation, nonprofit, social service or small business setting.
• Experience with grantmaking, program administration and/or data analysis, data management and reporting preferred.
• Experience working with communities of color and low-resource communities.
• Experience managing multiple tasks, prioritizing and working with little supervision.
• Excellent time and task management.
• A strategic thinker and planner with effective implementation.
• Data-driven, curious and collaborative.
• Willingness to travel throughout Vermont as needed.

Responsibilities

• Support grantmaking activities for child care grant programs.
• Provide guidance and technical assistance to applicants/grantees.
• Process pass-through grant applications, due diligence, and scoring.
• Learn and conduct regulatory compliance checks.
• Ensure timely grant notifications, distributions and agreements.
• Maintain electronic grant files and document review decisions.
• Track and evaluate grants and ensure timely follow-up reporting.
• Assist in creating grant reports and program summaries.
• Disseminate grant policies and changes to applicants/grantees.
• Monitor grant data for integrity and consistency.
• Conduct data analyses for reporting purposes.
• Maintain system for proposals, awards and statistics.
• Support data collection for events and program data.
• Develop reports on Vermont deliverables and funder achievements.

Skills

Data-driven

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Growth mindset

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

First Children’s Finance is seeking a Vermont Grants Specialist to administer state, federal and philanthropic grants with focus on compliance and program reporting. You will collaborate with the Vermont team to manage pass-through grants, assist grantees, and ensure accurate reporting while maintaining grant files and policies across programs.

You will support data analyses, reporting, and dissemination of grant information to funders, with travel as needed within Vermont.