Grant Program Specialist II

As a Grant Program Specialist II, you will support our Federal government client by delivering substantive programmatic, technical assistance, and monitoring support across the contract task areas. You will work directly with Federal staff and grant recipients to strengthen recipient capacity, support compliance with Federal grant requirements, and contribute to program reporting, evaluation, and continuous improvement.

What You Will Do

Key responsibilities include delivering and coordinating training and technical assistance activities, supporting monitoring and evaluation activities, assisting with annual grant competition support activities, and supporting communications and outreach activities.

Why It Might Be a Fit

We are looking for someone who is coachable, unflappable in navigating challenges, resourceful in learning new skills, innovative in challenging the status quo, excellent in writing, analytical in thinking, skilled in prioritization, and a rapport builder with clients and colleagues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in public administration, social work, public policy, or a related field.
• Minimum of 6-10 years of experience supporting Federal discretionary/demonstration grant programs, grants management, program administration, or technical assistance delivery.
• Working knowledge of federal grants management policy and regulations, including 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Guidance), Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) requirements, and applicable program-specific statutory or regulatory guidance.
• Demonstrated experience working with diverse recipient populations, including low-income, rural, Tribal, or other historically underserved communities.
• US citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Moderate Risk Public Trust (MRPT) determination.

Benefits

• 401k matching (4%)
• PTO (3 weeks to start, 4 weeks (2-5 years) and 5 weeks (5 years+))
• Health, dental, vision
• Short- and long-term disability
• FSA accounts
• 4 weeks of paid parental leave
• 11 paid holidays (including your birthday off)
• Fitness & cell phone reimbursements
• Monthly all hands update meetings
• Annual in-person all hands team building day and evening out
• Regular check-ins for professional growth goals
• Semi-monthly one on one performance manager meetings
• A social team that coordinates monthly events
• Use of technology like Slack to keep us connected and collaborative