Program Specialist #2

HighPoint•Washington, DC

4d•$120,000 - $132,000

About The Position

HighPoint professionals focus on helping government agencies and companies implement their most critically strategic initiatives. The role of Program Specialist #2 contributes to HighPoint by supporting policy development, performance monitoring, recipient engagement, data analysis, and grants administration activities while providing technical assistance and operational support to federal staff and grant recipients.

Requirements

Strong knowledge of federal grants management, program administration, compliance monitoring, and performance measurement practices.
Experience analyzing programmatic, performance, and compliance data to support reporting, decision-making, risk assessment, and continuous improvement efforts.
Ability to develop dashboards, reports, data visualizations, tracking tools, and performance metrics that support program oversight and accountability.
Strong understanding of federal reporting requirements, grant lifecycle management, OMB clearance processes, and Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requirements.
Excellent written communication skills with experience drafting policy documents, guidance materials, reports, memoranda, briefings, and executive-level correspondence.
Experience providing technical assistance, trainings, webinars, and stakeholder support related to grants management and reporting systems.
Strong organizational, project management, and multitasking skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
Ability to collaborate effectively with leadership, grant recipients, federal staff, and external stakeholders while maintaining a high level of professionalism.
Knowledge of federal information security, privacy, records management, and compliance requirements, including FIPS 199 safeguarding standards.
Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail and commitment to quality and accuracy.

Nice To Haves

Ability to travel up to 10-20%

Responsibilities

Provide programmatic, administrative, and operational support to strengthen policy development, grants administration, monitoring, and overall program effectiveness across DCDDP programs.
Manage and oversee a portfolio of grant-funded projects, ensuring compliance with federal requirements, performance expectations, reporting obligations, and program objectives.
Draft and maintain policy documents, program guidance, memoranda, Federal Register notices, OMB clearance packages, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and other administrative and programmatic documentation.
Develop and manage grants administration communications supporting pre-award and post-award activities, including award documentation, amendments, recipient notifications, and program guidance materials.
Design and maintain monitoring tools, dashboards, risk assessment frameworks, and performance tracking mechanisms to support grant oversight and portfolio management.
Analyze, validate, and synthesize program performance, compliance, and reporting data to identify trends, risks, improvement opportunities, and recipient support needs.
Prepare reports, data visualizations, performance summaries, congressional reporting materials, annual reports, and briefings that support leadership decision-making and stakeholder communications.
Provide technical assistance and training to grant recipients on reporting requirements, performance reporting systems, data collection tools, and compliance expectations, including PPR, OLDC, and GrantSolutions.
Support program evaluation and data collection efforts by developing questionnaires, data collection instruments, and documentation required for Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) and OMB approval processes.
Coordinate meetings, events, stakeholder engagement activities, reporting processes, and cross-functional initiatives while ensuring compliance with federal information security, privacy, and records management requirements.