Senior Grants Manager

Overview

Posted:
Jan 16, 2026

Senior Grants Manager

The Choice, Inc./Environmental Nonprofit - Washington, DC

Full-time

Salary: $90,000.00 - $ Annually

Final date to receive applications: N/A

Private Industry

The Choice firm is managing a search for Senior Grants Manager. The selected candidate will be hired by our client, a national environmental advocacy organization; this is a direct hire, benefits-eligible position.

• Coordinate a complex, multi-stakeholder project celebrating America’s 250 years of independence as well as our historic landmarks, sites, and parks. The project is funded by several large multi-million-dollar federal grants and private/philanthropic contributions.
• Lead day‑to‑day project delivery, monitor grant performance, and ensure full compliance, including the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements outlined in 2 CFR Part 200 (Uniform Guidance) and applicable cooperative agreements terms and conditions.
• Grant Monitoring & Compliance: establish robust grant monitoring routines (financial, programmatic, risk/compliance) for both federal awards and private funds; maintain clear documentation and audit readiness at all times.

• At least 7 years of experience in complex project management and grants administration, including federal award compliance (2 CFR 200) and multi‑fund portfolios.
• Demonstrated success implementing grant monitoring frameworks, subrecipient oversight, and audit‑ready documentation.
• Proficiency with grants systems (preferably Fluxx).

• Grant Monitoring & Compliance (see above for details).
• Project & Portfolio Management:
  Build and manage a master project plan (milestones, dependencies, risks, change control) spanning multiple awards and sub‑projects; lead recurring stand‑ups and cross‑functional reviews.
• Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of funding mechanisms, funding requirements, budget conditions, and spending status for all grants and awards.
• Track deliverables to commitments in cooperative/task agreements and private funding agreements; drive timely issue resolution and decision-making with stakeholders.

• Coordinate with Finance to align budgets, encumbrances, payments, and reconciliations across federal and private sources; maintain clear linkage between budgets and deliverables in Fluxx.
• Develop guidance, templates, and toolkits to ensure timely submission of narrative and financial funder reports; ensure that funder financial reports are both timely and accurate.
• Prepare drawdown/supporting documentation, maintain auditable trails, and contribute to internal/external financial reports.

• Maintain accurate grant records in Fluxx (applications, agreements, payments, reports, closeout); uphold data integrity standards and naming conventions.
• Coordinate annual and program‑specific reporting cycles (including the standard annual report due October 31 unless otherwise specified); aggregate outcomes, metrics, photos/media, and narrative.
• Create executive‑ready dashboards and briefs for leadership and funders; contribute to Board reporting as requested.
• Close out all grants according to the funder's requirements and the organization’s policy, and reconcile all final deliverables and payments, in conjunction with finance and program staff.

• Maintain a live risk register (financial, compliance, schedule, stakeholder, reputational); propose mitigation strategies and document decisions.
• Conduct periodic internal compliance checks; prepare for monitoring visits and audits.

• Serve as a point of coordination
• Faciliate information sharing and best‑practice documentation.