A nonprofit organization in New York City is actively seeking a new Grants Administration Manager who can provide strategic support in grants administration and community engagement.
About the Opportunity:
- Start Date: ASAP
- Assignment Length: 6 months
- Schedule: Monday to Friday
- Hours: 9am to 5pm
- Setting: Hybrid (Tuesday to Thursday onsite)
Responsibilities:
• Provides programmatic and administrative support to Food and Benefits Access (FBA) unit
programs and initiatives, achieving FBA workplan goals in partnership with other team
members.
• Administers funding to support the services and expenses of food assistance programs and
maintain relationships with awardees of the funding: community-based organizations and
emergency food programs.
• Receives and reviews project plans, budgets, expenses and other reports for programmatic
compliance
• Adheres to internal and external administrative and reporting requirements to maintain
compliance, including liaising with finance, administration, and legal department for
vendors and CBO agreements.
• Manage and track use of grant funds by keeping excellent documentation.
• Assemble all necessary supporting materials and documents.
• Prepare progress and financial reports and ensure submission deadlines are met.
• Works independently and collaboratively with internal and external partners.
• Participates in all meetings, webinars etc. related to FBA programs as requested.
- Serves as point of contact for vendors and CBOs, EFPs and other interested constituents.
• Plans, organizes, and executes other FBA special projects, especially grants administration
tasks and administrative tasks as assigned.
• Implement detailed tracking using internal systems, and proactively communicate
regarding needs, changes, and updates if necessary.
• Serve as an administrative support for FBA team including scheduling meetings, booking
conference rooms, facilitating meeting support, etc.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in public administration, nonprofit management or related field with a
minimum of 4 years of related work experience or Master’s degree in public administration,
nonprofit management or related fields with a minimum of 2 years work experience.
• Knowledge of and experience within the sectors of NYC nonprofits or emergency food a plus
• Detail oriented with budgeting and expense monitoring skills.
• Demonstrated experience, willingness, and enthusiasm to build from the ground up and do
what is needed.
• Superb Excel skills, organized and detail-oriented/ Strong competency in basic computer
software applications, including Microsoft Excel required
• A positive, can-do attitude, adaptable and flexible.
• Team Player: Belief that communication, collaboration and accountability are key to being
a great teammate.
• Relationship-building skills and ability to collaborate with diverse groups of people
• Excellent organizational, project management, and time-management skills
• Ability to self-manage, multitask and quickly “change gears” as needed.
• Self-motivated, driven, proactive, collaborative, flexible, and good-natured
• Positive attitude and a willingness to learn
