Grant Program Manager

Position Title:   Program Manager

Supervisory Relationship:   Controller

Work Location:  1818 South Paulina, Chicago, IL 60608

Organizational Description: The Resurrection Project (TRP) has grown to become a powerful and effective social enterprise that seamlessly blends community development, community organizing, and advocacy with human service delivery to create vibrant, healthier, and involved communities. TRP, started with an initial seed capital of $30,000, and its efforts have leveraged over $600 million in community investment.

The organization’s entrepreneurial spirit has transformed its success into a model that strengthens the social fabric of troubled neighborhoods'. TRP’s model includes three-pillars:

• Community Ownership: Provide tools and skills for self-advocacy.
• Community Wealth: Enable financial stability to induce economic mobility.
• Stewardship of Community Assets: Build and preserve assets to revitalize neighborhoods.

Division Purpose:  The purpose of the Public Funding & Partnership Department is to manage all The

Resurrection Project’s (TRP) governmental contract relationships including sourcing, compliance, reporting, subgrantee relationships, and vouchering. Over the past three years, TRP has expanded its partnerships with a wide variety of local and regional not-for-profit organizations to help deliver immigration, housing, and financial wellness programming. These partners serve as subgrantees contracted by TRP to support programs funded by the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois.

Primary Role/Responsibilities:    The Program Managerwill serve as primary source of technical assistance and support for TRP’s subgrantees. This includes overseeing contracting and budgeting; reviewing and submitting subgrantee vouchers for payment; providing training and support on applicable policies, procedures, and technical systems (i.e., Sales Force). The program manager will also oversee a team of program associates.

• Provide day-to-day technical assistance and support for TRP subgrantee program partners accessing financial voucher portal, answering questions, troubleshooting submission errors, and corresponding system access permissions
• Review monthly subgrantee vouchers, working with partners as necessary to make corrections, and submit approved vouchers to the accounting department for reimbursement
• Provide direct supervision to a team of program associates, who will support all activities related to subgrantee voucher reviews and reimbursements
• Work with applicable program directors to review and revise subgrantee budgets, as well as prepare and execute contracts/MOUs
• Provide training and support on applicable program policies, procedures, and technology – in particular, TRP’s Sales Force-based subgrantee voucher portal
• Monitor subgrantee budget vs. actuals and work to ensure timely submittal of vouchers by partners, as well as spend down of awards; providing YTD expense reports monthly to Program Directors to determine if any action is necessary to ensure spenddown of funds and or corrective actions warranted
• Support partnerships and communication with government and intermediary institutions and sub-grantee agencies, communicating updates, changes, and any important due dates applicable to the subgrantee awards and contracts
• Perform other duties as assigned

Performance Measures:

• Provide prompt, thorough support and technical assistance to subgrantees with a wide range of programmatic experience and capacity.
• Develop effective relationships/partnerships with subgrantees, colleagues, and funding agencies
• Complete reports, and compliance tasks in a timely manner
• Maintain required records, reports, and files in an organized manner
• Maintain required job skills and core professional competencies
• Meet professional development goals
• Effectively manage assigned staff and ensure tasks and goals are met as a team

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to mission of TRP
• Willingness to meet the high standards of the organization
• Possess strong interpersonal skills that excel in cultural sensitivity and respect for differences
• Strong people skills with ability to build relationships and achieve results with others in a cross-functional team environment
• Supervisory and management skills; ability to lead and delegate tasks on special projects and handle direct reports
• Excellent verbal and written communication/presentation skills
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Ability to identify process improvements
• Experience with government and intermediary contract management and fundraising strategies
• Strong skills in project management, writing and editing
• Strong computing skills, with demonstrated experience in Microsoft Office, Adobe, Sales Force, and related programs
• Accounting, financial analysis, and/or legal sector experience a plus

Special Working Conditions:

• Must be able to work some evenings
• Ability to drive and travel occasionally within city and suburbs

Educational Requirement:    Bachelor’s Degree required. Minimum of three to five years of program management, public administration, grants management, contract management, community development or related experience.

Position Classification:                    Full-Time, Exempt. Salary commensurate with experience.

Preparation Date:                            8/20/24

Statement of Equal Opportunity:

The Resurrection Project is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation (including gender identity), military status, disability, language (any language use not related to job duties), or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Application Instructions:   Please send resume and cover letter by email or mail. No phone calls please.

Contact Information:                       Email: trpjobs@resurrectionproject.org

Mail: The Resurrection Project, Human Resources 1818 South Paulina, Chicago, IL 60608