Senior Grants Analyst - Human Services

Overview

The Senior Grants Analyst position ensures compliance with federal, state and local regulations, and grants and contracts guidelines. The Senior Grants Analyst performs the full range of duties as assigned, including identifying, analyzing, and recommending grant opportunities, drafting requests for proposals, and serving as a team lead for grants and contract training and technical assistance. This position performs professional analytical work in financial and programmatic management and monitoring of complex Federal funded projects to ensure appropriate use of funds and compliance with applicable Federal program regulations and requirements.

The Senior Grants Analyst participates in pre- and post-award services, providing management, oversight, and technical assistance to ensure contracts, policies and procedures adhere to United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations and other grant-specific requirements.

We offer an excellent benefits package to include health, dental and vision, defined contribution plan (457b), life insurance, wellness programs, vacation leave, sick leave, 12 paid holidays, employee assistance program, home buyers program, tuition reimbursement and more!

• Participates in routine project, program, administrative and analytical support functions to support the Human Services Director, Assistant Director and the Grants Manager who administers federally funded community development projects and local grants and contracts;
  May be assigned responsibility for a program in its entirety.
• Assists Grants Manager in the preparation of policies and procedures and other supporting program documents.
• Maintains appropriate records and documentation in accordance with grant regulations for contract and audit compliance and retention schedules;
• Conducts research and collects, compiles and analyzes information from various sources on a variety of specialized topics related to assigned programs, new programs and services, budget analysis and feasibility analyses; prepares technical records and reports which present and interpret data and identify alternatives; makes and justifies recommendations.
• Maintains and periodically updates grant information in grants management software for the local and federal grant programs.
• Researches and develops requests for proposals (RFP) for human services, related activities, and special projects.
• Evaluates, scores and analyzes proposals, financial and programmatic information to make informed decisions regarding funding recommendations.
• Assists the Grant Manager with resource development; researches, identifies, recommends, and prepares applications for funding opportunities to support eligible activities.
• Negotiates and prepares contractual agreements between the City and assigned subrecipients.
• Accurately determines eligible costs, reviews supporting documentation and activity reports, provides reports and technical assistance to awardees, audits and processes draw requests and reimbursements.
• Conducts onsite monitoring (programmatic and financial); monitors federal, state and local grants and related proposals; monitors compliance with applicable contractual agreements to ensure compliance with requirements and federal regulations.
• Serves as a grant liaison with organizations awarded funding regarding coordination of programs and activities, grant administration and/or to resolve issues or concerns.
• Serves as team lead to the division’s Grants Analyst in providing training and technical assistance and recommends strategies to optimize the operations of nonprofit programs.
• Coordinates the self-assessment of area non-profits and community organizations to identify the strengths and weakness of existing programs and provide training on those areas.
• Assists in preparing the annual local and federal program budget recommendations.
• Preparation of annual reports in HUD’s required reporting systems, including but not limited to, IDIS and SAGE HMIS Reporting Repository.
• Participates in the data collection, compilation, monitoring and tracking of program deliverables compared to contract terms.
• Assists Grants Manager in…