Grants Manager

Position Summary:

IEM is looking to bring on a Full Time Grants Manager who will be responsible for managing federally funded projects to ensure compliance and meeting established deliverables, inclusive of oversight and monitoring of subrecipients. This position entails understanding federal, state/territorial, and local regulations and ensuring our clients comply with all requirements.

The Grants Manager will report to the Sr. Grants Manager and will oversee and monitor all subrecipient processes across the full grant life cycle from policy and procedure development, marketing, application intake, scoring, and award, through environmental reviews, expense reimbursement, project monitoring and closeout.

The essential functions listed below represent the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them if the work is related or a logical assignment to this class.

Primary Location:

• Candidates must reside in the state of California and be able to work in a program office location.
• Preference will be given to candidates within commutable distance to Sacramento, CA.

Travel Requirements:

• This position may require travel to complete work assignments or attend meetings.

Essential Functions:

• Demonstrate strong organizational and administrative competencies, including providing training and technical assistance, exceptional record keeping, scheduling and task tracking abilities, excellent communication skills and commitment to teamwork and excellence in responsibilities.
• Work with team lead to create and manage project budgets.
• Facilitate regular meetings with subrecipients and stakeholders to ensure proper project management and spend of all available funding.
• Provide training, technical and administrative guidance to subrecipients on work requirements, executing applicable regulations and subrecipient award terms and conditions.
• Prepare and/or review information and reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain a working knowledge of all policies and procedures across the grant life cycle and provide support/recommendations for improvements when needed.
• Oversee approval of funding agreements to ensure documentation and reporting requirements and timelines are met.
• Conduct reviews for all subrecipient requests for reimbursement, including subrecipient procurement action reviews, invoices and supportive documentation, to ensure compliance with contract terms.
• Perform quality control reviews of subrecipient program documents including policies and procedures and closeout information to assure quality and program compliance.
• Review and monitor subrecipient project schedules to ensure timely progress and supervises program closeout.
• When necessary, engage support teams to assist with subrecipient training and reviews such as engineering, environmental, marketing, accounting, and construction management.
• Conduct, review and update subrecipient risk assessments.
• Monitor subrecipient compliance with federal regulations and subrecipient agreements through site visits, desk reviews, and audits using program-developed tools and processes. Recommend corrective actions when necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• An associate and/or bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in in project management, accounting, finance, management, business or public administration, legal or closely related field.
• Three (3) years of experience with grants management and demonstrated experience ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal rules and regulations.
• Substitution: A master's degree from an accredited institution in a qualifying field may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience.
• An equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that demonstrates the required knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to effectively perform the duties and functions of this position may be considered.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified Grants Management Specialist or Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Knowledge of federally funded grant programs such as CDBG/CDBG-DR, FEMA HMGP, Treasury ARPA, and CARES Act grants.
• Knowledge of California programs related to Housing, Infrastructure/Public Facilities, and Migrant Workers.
• Knowledge of labor compliance requirements - including Section 3, Davis-Bacon, and Certified Payroll.
• Knowledge of the Uniform Relocation Act and associated activities for housing program delivery.

Benefits and more:

• Annual Salary $68,000 - $78,000
• 10 paid Holidays
• Vacation Pay
• Sick Pay
• 401 (K) plan with matching
• Company paid STD and LTD

Why join IEM:

We are a woman owned consulting and federal funds management company that embraces teamwork, collaboration, flexible performance, actionable solutions and integrity/ethics. Our work touches everyone. We produce results that matter. Results that save lives - join us while we build a safe, secure and resilient world.

Our culture:

IEM believes in the greater good and it is our commitment to attract those who have excellent technical skills, creative minds and innovative ideas to keep propelling us forward.

IEM is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Vets and Disabled:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from Human Resources.