Grant Manager

Position Description: Grant Manager

Serve Wyoming is seeking a Grant Manager to organize, monitor, and strengthen national service programs. This position provides strategic guidance to staff, grantees, and project managers while promoting the organization’s mission and culture. The Grant Manager oversees grant-funded operations to ensure compliance, effectiveness, and successful outcomes.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for processing, tracking, and monitoring national service program grants and resources, including state, federal, private, and in-kind funding. This role requires strong organizational skills, knowledge of grant compliance, and the ability to develop effective strategies to support program success. Duties include monitoring grantee performance and compliance to ensure grants are administered in accordance with all applicable requirements.

Primary Responsibilities50% Grants & Financial Management

• Assist the Executive Director with financial management and compliance activities
• Collect, compile, and distribute grant proposals to the review committee and Commission for funding consideration
• Facilitate grant review meetings, including agenda development, reviewer orientation, and meeting coordination
• Monitor program progress toward established objectives
• Develop corrective action plans for programs struggling to meet compliance requirements
• Track program compliance and enforce grant guidelines related to performance and reporting
• Conduct programmatic and fiscal monitoring site visits
• Manage grant budgets and monitor federal fund expenditures
• Support the grant application review process in consultation with the Senior Program and Training Officer
• Oversee recruitment, orientation, and support of grant reviewers
• Provide technical assistance to AmeriCorps grantees regarding federal rules, regulations, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance

50% AmeriCorps Program Development & Training

• Provide technical assistance to agencies preparing AmeriCorps grant applications
• Organize, develop, and facilitate training on relevant program and compliance topics
• Establish reporting guidelines, timelines, and due dates
• Assist with conflict resolution for AmeriCorps programs as needed
• Attend and provide training at all AmeriCorps Pre-Service Orientations
• Monitor AmeriCorps programs to ensure ongoing compliance

Qualifications & Skills

• Proven experience as a Program Manager or in a related field
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain professional, collaborative relationships
• Thorough understanding of program and project monitoring methods
• Knowledge of financial management, budgeting, and grant monitoring preferred
• Knowledge of federal grant management and compliance strongly preferred
• Outstanding organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to work independently with moderate supervision and collaboratively as part of a team
• Ability to thrive in an environment experiencing growth, development, and change
• Bachelor’s degree in management, accounting, business or public administration, community or social services, communications, finance, economics, or a related field
• Willingness to travel both in and out of state
• Availability to work full-time (40 hours per week); evening or weekend hours may occasionally be required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• U.S. citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident
• Possession of a valid driver’s license

To Apply:

Please submit the following materials:

• Resume
• Letter of interest
• Three professional references (names, phone numbers, and email addresses), Letters of Recommendation encouraged.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

In your letter of interest, please explain:

• Why AmeriCorps programming and grant management interest you
• How you would approach this role
• What makes you uniquely suited to support this initiative

Please include examples of your direct experience with program management and training in a team-based environment.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000.00 - $58,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Community & Human Services Occupations: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance