Senior Manager of Grants Management

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About Melwood:

Melwood is a trailblazing nonprofit organization on a mission to unlock opportunities for people with disabilities to live, work, and thrive. Since 1963, Melwood has transformed thousands of lives across the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region by offering job training, employment, accessible housing, and recreational programs—all designed to promote independence and inclusion. With a bold social enterprise model, Melwood not only delivers vital services but also operates businesses that create jobs and reinvest profits into its community-focused programs.

Whether it''s helping someone land their first job, providing youth with life-changing summer camp experiences, or advocating for more inclusive policies, Melwood is leading the charge toward a more equitable and empowered future for everyone.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Senior Manager, Grants Management & Compliance is responsible for the full lifecycle administration of all grants and cooperative agreements, including awards, subawards, modifications, contracts (government, vendor and consultant), within the assigned portfolio. This role ensures compliance with federal, state, local, and private grant requirements, and serves as a key liaison between Melwood, donors, federal agencies, internal departments, and external partners or subrecipients for matters related to negotiations, approvals, payments, and reporting.

In addition to compliance oversight, this position plays a critical role in financial stewardship, including collaboration with the Director of Finance & Accounting and the CFAO on revenue recognition and AR management related to grant funding. The Senior Manager ensures that grant revenue is accurately recorded in accordance with applicable accounting standards and that receivables are monitored and collected in a timely manner to support cash flow and financial planning.

This position works cross-functionally with the Fund Development Department (via a dotted-line reporting relationship), Community Services, Corporate Quality, Legal, and other departments to ensure that all aspects of grants management, from proposal to closeout, are executed with integrity, efficiency, and alignment to Melwood’s mission and strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop an understanding of Melwood activities, grants, sub-awards and internal and external financial reporting requirements to ensure proper data collection and documentation to facilitate accurate and timely reporting. Instituate a collaborative assurance process to ensure documented compliance with obligations
• Perform duties contributing to the grants mangement process through the full life cyle of a grant. This can include assist with preparation of grant budgets and financial documents for appplications and amendements, and preparation of financial reports to project managers and funding agencies by using data from accounting system.
• Develops implementation tools to be used by staff for effective management of grants, grant agreements, and gift agreements. Will work closely with Melwood''s Community Services, Finance, Legal, and other relevent departments.
• Serves as the organization''s subject matter expert in the area of grants by maintaining current, up-to-date knowledge and understanding of all regulatory, statutory, and administrative grant requirements. Applies expert knowledge of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs) and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) regulations
• Develops policies and procedures to meet organizational standards for grants management. Maintains responsibility for keeping policy documents and any manuals current and communicating updates to all staff with related responsibilities.
• Manages submission of prior approvals, waivers, extension and all other critical contractual actions. Advises and communicates with project team and…