Lead Grants Manager
King County
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Education
Posted on August 29, 2024
Salary
$113,235.20 - $143,520.00 Annually
Location
Seattle - Regional area, WA
Job Type
Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week
Job Number
2024-22021
Department
DNRP-Natural Resources & Parks
Division
Parks
Opening Date
08/28/2024
Closing Date
9/11/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA
Exempt
Bargaining Unit
Z3 : KC Personnel Guidelines
Full- or Part-Time
Full Time
Hours/Week
40 hours/week
About the Role:
Join a dynamic team dedicated to transforming communities across King County by leading a group of skilled grant professionals. As the Lead Grants Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of recreational programming, aquatic center upgrades, land acquisition, and other key initiatives, which will have a lasting impact through strategic investments in our region's vital community priorities.
In this role, you will play a crucial part in enhancing park and recreation access by managing multiple grant programs and fostering strong collaborations with grantees for contract execution, payments, and closeouts. You'll oversee a dedicated team of grant staff, ensuring adherence to procedures, improving processes, and handling compliance with federal funding requirements. Additionally, you'll consult with King County offices on risk management and legal reviews, while supporting the grant application and evaluation processes. Your leadership will drive continuous improvement and ensure seamless operations within a dynamic grants environment. This position performs work remotely and onsite.
About the Team:
The Parks Division of the Department of Natural Resources and Parks connects community and jurisdictional partners with grant funding opportunities that increases and improves access to parks, recreation, and open space throughout King County.
The Parks Community Investments and Engagement Unit provides grant funding for a variety parks and recreation portfolios including programs, land acquisition, and capital projects. There are multiple grant programs housed in this unit which are: Aquatic Facilities; Parks Capital and Open Space; Open Space - River Corridors; Healthy Communities and Parks Fund; Youth and Amateur Sports Fund Grants; and Community Partnerships & Grants.
Commitment to Equity, Racial and Social Justice: King County, named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is a diverse and vibrant community that represents cultures from around the world. Our True North is to create a welcoming community where everyone can thrive. We prioritize equity, racial and social justice, making it a foundational and daily expectation for all employees. As a Lead Grants Manager you will actively apply these principles in all aspects of your work. Learn more about our commitment at http://www.kingcounty.gov/equity .
Apply now for a rewarding career at the Parks Division of King County Department of Natural Resources & Parks (DNRP). Join our talented workforce in protecting and restoring the natural environment and promoting more resilient, sustainable, and equitable communities. Enjoy training, comprehensive benefits , and growth opportunities.
What You Will Be Doing:
Qualifications You Bring:
Who to Contact: For more information regarding this recruitment, please contact Crystal Yost - cyost@kingcounty.gov .
Discover More About the Parks Division: Visit our website and check us out at Facebook , Twitter , Instagram and Flickr .
Discover More About DNRP: Visit our website , explore an interactive map of our recent accomplishments and check us out at Facebook , X (formerly Twitter) , LinkedIn , TikTok , Instagram , YouTube and Keeping King County Green News .
Sign up for Job Alerts to be notified of additional career opportunities with King County. Select the Natural Resources category for DNRP opportunities and explore other categories of interest.
Forbes named King County as one of Washington State's best employers.
Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.
Guided by our "True North" , we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.
King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer
No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
To Apply
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.
King County offers a highly-competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and support our employees' health and well-being. Eligible positions receive the following benefits and have access to the following programs:
This is a general description of the benefits offered to eligible King County employees, and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. If any information on this document conflicts with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the CBA prevails.
NOTE: Benefits for Term Limited Temporary (TLT) or Short Term Temporary (STT) positions, including leave eligibility and/or participation in the pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, will vary based upon the terms and details of the position.Short Term Temporary positions are not eligible for an ORCA transit pass.
For inquiries about the specifics of this position, please contact the recruiter identified on this job posting.
$113,235.20 - $143,520.00 Annually
Location
Seattle - Regional area, WA
Job Type
Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week
Job Number
2024-22021
Department
DNRP-Natural Resources & Parks
Division
Parks
Opening Date
08/28/2024
Closing Date
9/11/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA
Exempt
Bargaining Unit
Z3 : KC Personnel Guidelines
Full- or Part-Time
Full Time
Hours/Week
40 hours/week
Summary
About the Role:
Join a dynamic team dedicated to transforming communities across King County by leading a group of skilled grant professionals. As the Lead Grants Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of recreational programming, aquatic center upgrades, land acquisition, and other key initiatives, which will have a lasting impact through strategic investments in our region's vital community priorities.
In this role, you will play a crucial part in enhancing park and recreation access by managing multiple grant programs and fostering strong collaborations with grantees for contract execution, payments, and closeouts. You'll oversee a dedicated team of grant staff, ensuring adherence to procedures, improving processes, and handling compliance with federal funding requirements. Additionally, you'll consult with King County offices on risk management and legal reviews, while supporting the grant application and evaluation processes. Your leadership will drive continuous improvement and ensure seamless operations within a dynamic grants environment. This position performs work remotely and onsite.
About the Team:
The Parks Division of the Department of Natural Resources and Parks connects community and jurisdictional partners with grant funding opportunities that increases and improves access to parks, recreation, and open space throughout King County.
The Parks Community Investments and Engagement Unit provides grant funding for a variety parks and recreation portfolios including programs, land acquisition, and capital projects. There are multiple grant programs housed in this unit which are: Aquatic Facilities; Parks Capital and Open Space; Open Space - River Corridors; Healthy Communities and Parks Fund; Youth and Amateur Sports Fund Grants; and Community Partnerships & Grants.
Commitment to Equity, Racial and Social Justice: King County, named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is a diverse and vibrant community that represents cultures from around the world. Our True North is to create a welcoming community where everyone can thrive. We prioritize equity, racial and social justice, making it a foundational and daily expectation for all employees. As a Lead Grants Manager you will actively apply these principles in all aspects of your work. Learn more about our commitment at http://www.kingcounty.gov/equity .
Apply now for a rewarding career at the Parks Division of King County Department of Natural Resources & Parks (DNRP). Join our talented workforce in protecting and restoring the natural environment and promoting more resilient, sustainable, and equitable communities. Enjoy training, comprehensive benefits , and growth opportunities.
Job Duties
What You Will Be Doing:
- Supervise and Mentor Team: Oversee a team of grant managers, serve as a mentor, and assign and manage workload.
- Grant Management and Compliance: Manage a portfolio of grants, ensuring adherence to standard operating procedures and policies, including compliance, closeout, audits for federal grants. Track inactive grants.
- Grantor/Grantee Relationship: Facilitate smooth interactions between grantors and grantees throughout the grant lifecycle, from award to final reporting. Resolve any issues that arise.
- Communications Management: Handle politically sensitive inquiries, coordinate communications for the grant portfolio with Council staff, grant managers, and grantees.
- Coordination with Finance and Other Offices: Liaise with the Parks Finance team on contracting and invoicing, consult with King County offices on risk management and legal reviews, and manage escalated business decisions with Parks management.
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
Qualifications You Bring:
- 5 or more years of experience with grantmaking including grant program development, contract development and execution, invoicing, and policy compliance.
- Experience supervising with skills in directing the work of professional staff.
- Experience applying equity and social justice principles that exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices to all aspects of the work and work environment.
- Highly effective oral and written communication.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with a variety of multi-disciplinary partners.
- Optimizes Work Processes : Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
- Decision Quality: Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
- Customer Focus : Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
- Communicates Effectively : Developing and delivering multi-modal communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
- Collaborates : Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Experience with government grantmaking.
- Skilled at managing relationships with stakeholders including cities, tribes, community-based organizations, nonprofit and grass-roots coalition partnerships, and/or public entities.
- Experience with contract development and management.
- Experience in developing program(s) from inception to completion.
Supplemental Information
- Remote and Onsite Work Details: Employees in this role work remotely from a home location, with onsite reporting requirements typically 2 times per month. The frequency of onsite work is determined by business needs and may be adjusted accordingly. Onsite reporting locations may be at various King County worksites including the collaboration space at King Street Center (201 S. Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98104). This work arrangement promotes work-life-balance and reduces carbon footprint under the department's vision of Green Where We Work .
- Remote Work Location Requirement: Employees must reside in Washington State and be within a reasonable distance to King County worksites to meet onsite reporting requirements.
- Work Schedule : This full-time position works a 40-hour work week. This position is exempt from the overtime provision of the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) and is not overtime eligible. The typical work schedule for this position is anticipated to be Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with some flexibility to the start and end time.
- Application and Selection Process : We welcome applications from all qualified applicants. We value diversity, diverse perspectives and life experience and encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. Application materials will be screened for clarity, completeness and alignment with the experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skills essential for this role to determine which candidates may be invited to participate in one or more panel interviews.
- Complete Application
- Resume
- Cover Letter
Who to Contact: For more information regarding this recruitment, please contact Crystal Yost - cyost@kingcounty.gov .
Discover More About the Parks Division: Visit our website and check us out at Facebook , Twitter , Instagram and Flickr .
Discover More About DNRP: Visit our website , explore an interactive map of our recent accomplishments and check us out at Facebook , X (formerly Twitter) , LinkedIn , TikTok , Instagram , YouTube and Keeping King County Green News .
Sign up for Job Alerts to be notified of additional career opportunities with King County. Select the Natural Resources category for DNRP opportunities and explore other categories of interest.
Forbes named King County as one of Washington State's best employers.
Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.
Guided by our "True North" , we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.
King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer
No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
To Apply
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.
King County offers a highly-competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and support our employees' health and well-being. Eligible positions receive the following benefits and have access to the following programs:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage: King County pays 100% of the premiums for eligible employees and family members
- Life and disability insurance: employees are provided basic coverage and given the opportunity to purchase additional insurance for both the employee and eligible dependents
- Retirement: King County employees are eligible to participate in a pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and a 457(b) deferred-compensation plan
- Transportation program and ORCA transit pass
- 12paid holidays each year plus twopersonal holidays
- Generous vacation and paid sick leave
- Paid parental,family and medical, and volunteer leaves
- Flexible Spending Account
- Wellness programs
- Onsite activity centers
- Employee Giving Program
- Employee assistance programs
- Flexible schedules and telecommuting options, depending on position
- Training and career development programs
This is a general description of the benefits offered to eligible King County employees, and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. If any information on this document conflicts with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the CBA prevails.
NOTE: Benefits for Term Limited Temporary (TLT) or Short Term Temporary (STT) positions, including leave eligibility and/or participation in the pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, will vary based upon the terms and details of the position.Short Term Temporary positions are not eligible for an ORCA transit pass.
For inquiries about the specifics of this position, please contact the recruiter identified on this job posting.
