National Director, Government Funding

Overview

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The National Director, Government Funding in the Office of Funded Programs
, serves as the OFP’s principal advisor and center of expertise on federal and other government funding. This role does not own pre-award proposal development or post-award grants administration. Instead, it functions as an internal consultant and governance leader—offering enterprise-level insight on the federal landscape, regulatory changes, risk/benefit considerations, and strategic options to support informed decision-making and compliance execution across the grant lifecycle.

Reporting to the National VP, Funded Programs, the National Director, Government Funding partners closely with Finance, Legal, Mission Advancement, Research, various implementation leadership, and the Sr. Director, Grants Administration. The role oversees institutional registrations and compliance infrastructure, including SAM.gov annual renewal, and develops policies, procedures, training, and tools that strengthen readiness for government funding. Critical responsibilities include reviewing grant budgets during the pre-award phase and enabling a seamless transition from pre-award to grants administration for government grants by ensuring strong alignment and documentation.

This position can be home-based.

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Role Boundaries & Collaboration

• Pre-Award (Mission Advancement owns):
  This role advises on regulatory requirements and compliance. It does not write or submit proposals, own budgets, or lead negotiations.
• Post-Award (OFP Grants Administration owns):
  This role advises on federal requirements and institutional controls.
• Operations Management (supervises OFP Grants Analyst, Govt Grants):
  Provides oversight for award management including – budget planning, prior approval requests, compensation compliance, expense review, cost transfers, subrecipient & contract management, and reporting. The Grants Analyst provides operational support for a small portfolio of federal awards, typically 3-5 awards.
• OFP Integration:
  This role serves as a thought partner at the pre-award table to anticipate requirements and coordinates a complete, documented handoff to the Sr. Director, Grants Administration for post-award execution.

Key Responsibilities:
Compliance Coordination

• Coordinate education, documentation standards, and communication for federal compliance topics.
• Create standardized SOPs, templates, and checklists that support federal compliance.
• Develop and maintain a federal funding policy and procedures library.
• Establish education and communication programs to strengthen internal federal funding literacy.
• Identify and help resolve emerging compliance risks.
• Provide advisory support for critical issues including but not limited to human subjects research compliance.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with MA, Legal and implementation teams to help identify early issue-spotting to prevent downstream compliance challenges through a collaborative approach.
• Model collaboration and support organizational capacity-building in federal funding expertise.
• Review budgets for government funding applications during the pre-award phase.
• Support…