Grants Compliance Strategist

Build Inc•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Grants Compliance Strategist (GCS) (40 hours, Full-time) Exempt BUILD, Inc. (Broader Urban Involvement and Leadership Development) is presently seeking a committed, self-motivated, and innovative individual to join our team. BUILD is a nationally respected gang intervention, violence prevention, and youth development organization based on Chicago’s West Side. Since 1969, BUILD has worked to save lives and mentor young people who live in the city’s most challenged neighborhoods. When you work at BUILD you make an important difference to the thousands of youth and families we serve. Our Core Values: Empathy, Passion, Persistence and Innovation. The GCS is responsible for overseeing the compliance of all grants, ensuring that funding is used in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grant agreements, and providing guidance to staff on regulatory requirements. They will manage grant reporting and documentation of BUILD’s $14-15M grants portfolio, requesting regular data from the Impact and Finance teams to complete the schedule of reports required by federal and state regulations and policies of funding agencies. They will not handle every compliance task directly themselves, but the GCS does ensure that those responsible get them all done. With an informed and careful eye reviewing data from Development, Finance, and Impact data teams, this role would have a unique birds-eye view on how successfully we are meeting our commitments and remaining compliant with each grant – in terms of performance, financial utilization, and funder communication. With this knowledge, this role is uniquely able to raise early warnings for financial and program issues, understand the compliance implications of program changes (and when to communicate them with funders), assess the feasibility and fit of new grant opportunities, suggest improvements to grant application and compliance best practices, and communicate to all stakeholders what will be required of them to remain compliant and aligned. This role reports to the Senior Grants Manager.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nonprofit Management, Public Administration, Business, or a related field.
Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in grants management, compliance, or a related role in a non-profit organization.
Proven experience in managing and reporting on government, foundation, or corporate grants.

Nice To Haves

A Master’s degree or professional certification in grants management is a plus.

Responsibilities

Oversee processes that ensure and maximize compliance with grant requirements (30%) – goals: minimize and mitigate grant funder issues; maximize effective use of grant funds
Coordinate communication with grant funder contacts around compliance tasks, (20%) ensure timely report submission and audit/site-visit coordination
Work with the Grants Team to maintain centralized grant information management and reporting in the Virtuous database. (20%)
Contribute to cross-departmental requirements gathering and decision making when applying for and receiving new or renewed grant funding (20%) – goals: improve grant-program alignment; avoid key stakeholders being caught off-guard by requirements
Complete other duties as assigned (10%)