Grant Manager

4 weeks ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Alliance for the Great Lakes Full time
Job Title: Grant Manager

The Alliance for the Great Lakes is seeking a highly skilled Grant Manager to join our team. As a Grant Manager, you will be responsible for managing the operational grant management responsibilities from our Senior Foundation & Corporate Giving Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Building on our existing grants management processes to formalize administration of complex grant requirements.
  • Managing the planning and implementation of funded activities, programs, and a sub-award granting process.
  • Ensuring full compliance with all terms of the EPA grant.
  • Developing documented grant management and compliance policies and procedures.
  • Identifying gaps in tools, controls, or other areas critical to successfully managing the grant and recommending solutions.

Requirements:

  • At least five years of increasingly responsible professional experience in grants management experience at non-profits, state or local governments, colleges or universities, or other industries that receive federal funding directly.
  • Experience managing large and/or multi-year federal grants (EPA experience preferred), major private foundations, and fund accounting.
  • Managerial experience of grant administration, administrative requirements, cost principles and state and federal regulation compliance.
  • Knowledge of and experience applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and best practices of financial management.

The ideal candidate will have a deep commitment to and understanding of environmental justice, climate justice, and the intersection with community resiliency and ecological restoration. They will also have an unwavering commitment to diversity, equity inclusion and justice.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as the opportunity to work with a dynamic team of professionals who are passionate about protecting the Great Lakes.


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