Grants Post Award Program Consultant

CentraCare • Saint Cloud, MN

5d • Remote

About The Position

Find your purpose as a Grant Post Award Program Consultant with CentraCare. As a Grant Post Award Program Consultant you will be responsible for managing all post-award stages of the grant lifecycle with a highly complex portfolio of grants for all federal, state, city, county, and private foundation grants. Responsible for overseeing all compliance, budgets, and adherence to grant outcomes and deliverables and reports to the funder. Facilitates coordination across divisions and communication on multi-departmental grant projects to ensure that grants are processed and administered in a timely manner and according to grant requirements. Resolves procedural, operational, and other work-related problems by working with departments and granting agencies to facilitate solutions. This position serves as a liaison between the funder, Project Champion/Program Manager and Finance to ensure grant compliance and develop strategies to optimize grant and contract management processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare, English, Business, Management, Finance, Accounting, Communications or related field commensurate experience may be considered.
• 8 years of progressively responsible experience in nonprofit development and/or management.
• 8 years of progressively responsible experience in project management and/or grant management.
• Advanced proficiency with Excel including the ability to collect, arrange, and represent data accurately.
• Familiarity with MS Office Application, including Outlook, Word, Power Point and SharePoint.
• Must be able to prioritize tasks, effectively address overlapping projects and deadlines and remain adaptable and reliable in face of conflict or changing priorities.
• Ability to thrive in a flexible, fast-paced and growth-oriented environment, while maintaining a sense of calm, humor, and a positive, solution-oriented approach.
• Work collegially, inclined to coach and teach in order to improve knowledge and ability of others, but holds people accountable for results.
• An innovator, capable of creating and building strategic partnerships across CC systemwide.
• Business “literate,” understands financial reports, applies data to assess business effectiveness and efficiency and acts in a fiscally responsible manner.
• Proven superb writing skills and successful grant writing experience, including government grant writing experience.
• Cooperative and helpful attitude with clients and co-workers.
• Ability to work independently and in a team setting.

Nice To Haves

• Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute and the Grant Professionals Association preferred.
• Strategic, operational, and technical marketing & management skills.
• Familiarity with health care/research environment, nonprofit or higher education.
• Previous experience in project management preferred.
• Utilize Excel to create reports using PivotTables, custom visualizations using combo charts, form controls, and formula-driven ranges and formatting rules preferred.
• High-level understanding of nonprofit accounting and grants management issues.
• Adept database management skills and/or familiarity with industry software packages (E.g. Foundant, Blackbaud) preferred.
• Comfortable speaking with executives and providing distilled, relevant information.

Responsibilities

• Managing all post-award stages of the grant lifecycle with a highly complex portfolio of grants for all federal, state, city, county, and private foundation grants.
• Overseeing all compliance, budgets, and adherence to grant outcomes and deliverables and reports to the funder.
• Facilitating coordination across divisions and communication on multi-departmental grant projects to ensure that grants are processed and administered in a timely manner and according to grant requirements.
• Resolving procedural, operational, and other work-related problems by working with departments and granting agencies to facilitate solutions.
• Serving as a liaison between the funder, Project Champion/Program Manager and Finance to ensure grant compliance and develop strategies to optimize grant and contract management processes.
• Applying technical skills to measure and improve efficiency and effectiveness and ensure compliance with all regulatory and contractual obligations.
• Understanding financial reports, applying data to assess business effectiveness and efficiency and acting in a fiscally responsible manner.
• Communicating effectively with teams and leaders system-wide.
• Exercising good judgment in confidential and ethical matters.
• Attending to the smallest detail while maintaining a big-picture perspective.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• flexible spending accounts
• PTO
• 401(k) retirement plan & match
• LTD and STD
• tuition reimbursement
• discounts at local and national businesses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior