Grants Manager - 117172

Requisition ID: 117172

Grants Manager

The Department of Government, Community & Economic Partnerships (GCE) is seeking a Grants Manager to create and implement a grants program tied to achieving the mission and vision of the Innovation Fund for Community Safety (Fund) including direction a robust grants program aimed at supporting innovative, community-led programs designed to curb violence.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Grant Management

• Maintain working knowledge of the Fund’s programs and priority funding areas and remain abreast of current research, activities, and trends in the philanthropic sector.
• Monitor Fund grantees for financial and program compliance including ensuring grant requirements are correctly documented.
• Manage the payment process and timeline to ensure that grantees are paid on time.
• Monitor and document the grantmaking workflow processes, forms, templates, reports, and data to assure full compliance with internal controls and legal requirements.
• Generate reports and data analysis for Fund leadership and Johns Hopkins University senior leadership.
• Problem-solve complex grant scenarios; consult/liaise with finance and/or Fund leadership.
• Create learning collaboratives for funded grantees providing best practices, challenges, exchange resources, and mentor and support to expand connections, ideas, and knowledge.
• Provide technical assistance through training, in-services, and webinars to ensure the standardization of reporting of programs and activities for grantees.
• Represent the Fund at external funder workgroups and committees including the Maryland Philanthropy Network and the Greater Baltimore Committee Corporate Funders Workgroup.
  
  
  

Grant Monitoring, Reporting, and Evaluation

• Establish processes to capture, access, and use grantmaking information to enhance programmatic and operational decision-making.
• Produce accurate reports of grantmaking results to effectively share with Fund leadership, Johns Hopkins University senior leadership and external partners.
• Enhance grantee/grant seeker relationships and enable learning; enhance supporting systems and tools.
• Demonstrate ability to interpret, communicate, and apply data to inform program planning and improvement.
• Effective verbal, written, and presentation skills in describing program implementation, evaluation, and outcomes to stakeholder.
  
  
  

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Must have strong written communication skills, including demonstrated success in presenting to leadership and communicating to key stakeholders.
• Must be detail oriented and be a strategic thinker in addition to having the ability to manage inception to completion and the ability to prioritize and synthesize information in an analytical and systematic manner.
  
  
  

Additional

• This description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continuous basis.
• It does not exclude other duties as assigned.
• This position is located in a fragrance-free office environment.
• This policy is a reasonable accommodation to employees with severe allergies.
• There are limited physical discomforts due to temperature, noise, dust, etc.
• This position may attend meetings and events at locations of the local government and in the community, which requires use of personal vehicle and awareness of personal safety techniques. Some required activities (meetings/events) will occur in locations that are not ADA accessible.
  
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, nonprofit management, or related field; five years of experience in grants or program management including grants monitoring.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in in business administration, nonprofit management, or related field.
• Must have seven years of professional work experience with deep knowledge or background in nonprofits or grantmaking and/or management systems.
  
  
  

Classified Title: Grants Manager

Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PE

Starting Salary Range: $73,300 - $128,300 Annually (Targeted Salary:$103,000) )

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:30a-5:00p

Exempt Status: Exempt

Location: Hybrd/Eastern High Campus

Department name: Economic Development

Personnel area: University Administration

Total Rewards

The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.

Education and Experience Equivalency

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

Applicants Completing Studies

Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

Background Checks

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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Accommodation Information

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Vaccine Requirements

Johns Hopkins University strongly encourages, but no longer requires, at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine does not apply to positions located in the State of Florida. We still require all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. This change does not apply to the School of Medicine (SOM). SOM hires must be fully vaccinated with an FDA COVID-19 vaccination and provide proof of vaccination status. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/ and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.

The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

Hybrid: On-site 3-4 days a week