Government Grants & Compliance Manager

Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County seeks a Government Grants and Compliance Manager to coordinate funding opportunities and ensure compliance with grant requirements.

About the role

This office-based position researches and pursues local, state, and federal funding opportunities; maintains relationships with government funders and public partners; and manages grant activities from application through award administration, reporting, monitoring, and closeout. The manager collaborates across departments to communicate funding requirements, coordinate deliverables, maintain documentation, and support compliance with grant terms, regulations, and internal procedures. The role also provides recommendations to leadership regarding funding opportunities, compliance risks, and grant-management needs.

Responsibilities

• Research, identify, and evaluate local, jurisdictional, state, and federal funding opportunities aligned with the organization’s mission, programs, priorities, capacity, eligible uses, financial considerations, and compliance requirements.
• Cultivate and maintain productive working relationships with government funders, municipalities, housing agencies, jurisdictional partners, public officials, and other public-funding stakeholders in coordination with leadership.
• Maintain current knowledge of applicable regulations, public-funding requirements, affordable-housing policies, compliance standards, and funding priorities.
• Manage the preparation, writing, coordination, and submission of government grant proposals, including complex or highly regulated applications.
• Develop accurate, project-specific budgets, narratives, scopes of work, compliance plans, timelines, performance measures, and supporting materials.
• Coordinate proposal development across departments, including timelines, documentation, data collection, internal approvals, budget development, and submission materials.
• Coordinate the review and finalization of grant awards, contracts, agreements, subcontracts, memoranda of understanding, and other funding-related documents in collaboration with leadership, finance, legal counsel, and other stakeholders.
• Review and interpret grant agreements, funding regulations, award conditions, local codes, state and federal requirements, and compliance obligations; communicate requirements clearly to stakeholders and escalate risks to leadership.
• Provide guidance, training, and support to staff regarding grant processes, documentation standards, reporting expectations, compliance procedures, funder requirements, and allowable uses of funds.
• Monitor grant-related activities for compliance with programmatic, financial, administrative, procurement, reporting, documentation, reimbursement, monitoring, and closeout requirements.
• Identify potential compliance concerns and coordinate corrective actions with appropriate staff and leadership.
• Collaborate with internal teams to develop and maintain systems, workflows, documentation tools, technology, and internal controls supporting grant tracking, compliance, data management, drawdowns, reimbursement requests, and reporting.
• Maintain accurate and complete grant records, reports, documentation, correspondence, funder communications, and compliance files.
• Coordinate data collection and prepare timely reports, status updates, compliance summaries, and funding analyses for funders, leadership, and other stakeholders.
• Support tracking of grant-related metrics, including funding outcomes, compliance, program performance, efficiency, and community impact.
• Represent the organization at meetings and discussions related to government grants, affordable housing, compliance, jurisdictional planning, and public-funding opportunities.
• Provide cross-collaboration and support for other members of the grants department as needed.

Requirements

• Commitment to the Habitat for Humanity mission and purpose.
• Bachelor’s degree in public administration, non-profit management, business administration, finance, affordable housing, communications, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in government grants, public funding, grant administration, compliance, affordable housing funding, nonprofit grants, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience researching, writing, submitting, and securing local, jurisdictional, state, or federal government grants.
• Experience managing complex or highly regulated funding sources, including grant agreements, reporting requirements, documentation standards, compliance obligations, and closeout processes.
• Experience working with local, state, or federal government agencies, municipalities, housing agencies, public funders, or jurisdictional partners.
• Experience developing grant budgets, tracking funding requirements, supporting drawdowns or reimbursement requests, and coordinating financial documentation.
• Experience interpreting grant terms, funding regulations, eligible-use requirements, procurement standards, and compliance expectations.
• Must obtain Anti-Money Laundering certificate within the first 90 days and maintain annually; training provided by Habitat.

Skills

• Excellent writing skills, with demonstrated success preparing government, public, or jurisdictional grant applications.
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to work effectively with government funders, public agencies, municipalities, jurisdictional representatives, and community partners.
• Strong working knowledge of government grants, public-funding requirements, applicable regulations, reporting obligations, and compliance standards.
• Ability to understand, interpret, apply, and clearly communicate complex grant requirements, award conditions, and compliance obligations.
• Strong project-management skills, including managing multiple grants, deadlines, deliverables, and competing priorities.
• Experience developing, monitoring, and reporting grant budgets and related financial information.
• Strong attention to fiscal responsibility, financial controls, eligible costs, reimbursement requirements, documentation, and allowable uses of funds.
• Sound judgment, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills, including identifying risks and recommending practical solutions.
• Ability to work independently within established policies and procedures while keeping leadership and stakeholders informed.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, accurate, and thorough in documentation, tracking, compliance management, and follow-through.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional work, facilitate collaboration, and build alignment among internal stakeholders.
• Strong verbal, written, presentation, and public-speaking skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, and the ability to organize and analyze data.
• Knowledge of database management, reporting, and queries; Salesforce experience preferred.
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative, office-based work environment.

Schedule

This is a full-time, salaried position with office hours of Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Some early mornings, evenings, and weekends may be required.

Pay

Starting at $75,000 per year based on experience.