Senior Grants and Contracts Manager

Swingtech•Washington, DC

About The Position

The Senior Grants and Contracts Manager / Deputy Project Lead will provide day-to-day operational leadership for a federal professional services team supporting grant and contract monitoring, grantee performance review, report review, research and evaluation support, dissemination support, budget/financial tracking, and related program support activities. This role serves as the senior delivery lead supporting the Program Manager and ensuring that assigned analysts and workstreams produce accurate, timely, well-documented, and useful work products for Government review. The ideal candidate has deep experience in federal grants, contracts, program operations, human services programs, research/evaluation support, and stakeholder coordination. This role is especially important because the Program Manager provides senior oversight, while the Deputy Project Lead provides embedded daily coordination across the high-volume grant and contract support activities.

Requirements

Master’s degree in public administration, public policy, business, social sciences, human services, research/evaluation, finance, communications, or a related field.
10+ years of experience supporting grants, contracts, project management, program oversight, research/evaluation, strategic communications, financial tracking, or related federal program support activities.
At least 2 years of experience supporting HHS, or similar human services, family assistance, workforce, social services, or grant-making programs.
Experience reviewing grantee, contractor, recipient, or program performance materials and preparing findings, summaries, or recommendations for Government or senior leadership review.
Experience analyzing program data, cost data, performance data, or report submissions.
Experience leading or coordinating the work of analysts, subject matter contributors, or cross-functional support teams.
Strong writing skills with experience drafting reports, briefing materials, summaries, meeting notes, action trackers, and leadership-facing products.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

Serve as the day-to-day operational lead for grant, contract, program, research, dissemination, and financial tracking support activities.
Support the Program Manager in coordinating analyst work assignments, tracking task status, reviewing outputs, and ensuring timely completion of deliverables.
Lead processes for reviewing grantee or recipient performance information, including regular check-ins, review of submitted reports, analysis of recipient data, and preparation of summaries for Government review.
Support technical report reviews by assessing completeness, quality, findings, trends, risks, and follow-up items.
Lead or support methods to track grant and contract activities against expected schedules, milestones, reporting requirements, and program priorities.
Analyze program, performance, grant, contract, financial, and operational data to identify trends, risks, gaps, and recommended follow-up actions.
Draft report sections, briefing materials, meeting summaries, action item trackers, performance summaries, and other written products for Government review.
Support research and evaluation activities, including study coordination, data review, synthesis of findings, and preparation of summaries or dissemination materials.
Support strategic communication and dissemination activities, including coordination of web content, e-blasts, social media content, data visualization, dashboards, briefing materials, and stakeholder-facing products.
Support financial tracking activities involving grant or contract funding, cost data, budget execution status, and leadership reporting.
Provide quality review of analyst work products before submission to the Program Manager or Government stakeholders.
Help identify risks, data gaps, quality issues, schedule concerns, or process weaknesses and recommend corrective actions.
Support development and maintenance of project management tools, status trackers, performance metrics, and recurring reporting artifacts.
Participate in meetings with Government staff, grantees, contractors, or other stakeholders, as appropriate.
Ensure all support remains advisory, analytical, and administrative in nature and does not cross into inherently governmental decision-making.