Sr. Manager, Grants

The Sr. Manager, Grants is responsible for CommUnityCare's Health Center funding and operating support grants for several service lines. The role balances multiple projects, proposals, and deadlines while maintaining high awareness of internal operations to identify funding opportunities. Responsibilities include managing overall grant efforts, preparing progress reports, ensuring compliance with grant regulations, and educating staff on policies and procedures for grant awards. This position supports a grant administration team that includes a grants manager, specialists, and a coordinator.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic leadership and oversight for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program funding, ensuring compliance with all program requirements, including timely scope updates and performance reporting.
• Supports a high‑performing grants team responsible for administering over $17 million in federal, state, local, and private funding.
• Supervises, mentors, and develops Grants Management staff (Grants Manager(s), Specialists, Coordinator), fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and professional growth.
• Serves as a subject‑matter expert and trusted advisor to leadership on grant regulations, compliance requirements, and funding opportunities.
• Sources reports from Finance, Project Management, Business Intelligence, and other programs to ensure timely submission of required information.
• Verifies alignment of grant expenses with grant budgets and reports, as provided by the Finance team.
• Acts as the primary liaison between the organization and funding agencies, cultivating strong relationships and ensuring effective communication with grantors.
• Contributes to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of grants management policies, procedures, and internal controls to ensure full compliance and operational efficiency.
• Builds and maintains strategic partnerships with internal stakeholders, community organizations, governmental entities, and external partners to support organizational funding goals.
• Monitors and interprets local, state, and federal regulations impacting grant funding, ensuring organizational awareness and proactive compliance.
• Oversees the effective utilization of grants management systems and tools to track funder engagement, proposals, awards, and reporting requirements, ensuring data integrity and accountability.
• Performs other related duties as assigned, consistent with the scope and responsibilities of a Senior Grants Management role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of federal, state, and local grant laws, rules, regulations, grant processes and procedures, cost principles, and uniform administrative grant requirements.
• Strong analytical and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in identifying opportunities and delivering results.
• High level of skill at building relationships within and outside the organization.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Skilled at writing, planning, and strategizing.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including persuasive ability and superior editing for content, style, and grammar.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and other commonly used software packages.
• Ability to perform responsibilities with minimum supervision, maintain quality‑control standards, and interpret, adapt, and apply guidelines and procedures.
• Skill in identifying problems and recommending clear, concise, proactive solutions, including recognition and resolution of costly errors.
• Demonstrated ability to set priorities, organize work, and ensure timely completion of tasks.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) grant processes and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) programs.

Minimum Education

Bachelor’s Degree (higher degree accepted) in Business Administration, Accounting, Public Policy, Public Health, or a related field.

Minimum Experience

• 5 years experience managing cross‑functional grants and/or programs for governmental or non‑governmental organizations.
• 2 years demonstrated leadership experience managing and developing a team.