GRANTS MANAGER

Description

SIHB Core Competencies

Core Competencies are foundational commitments and skills that all SIHB staff are expected to develop. These competencies define common measures for performance that are applied to every role in the organization.

• Commitment to Indigenous and Organizational Values: Everything we do at SIHB is centered on Traditional Indian Medicine. It is our responsibility to maintain cultural integrity in all that we do.
• Accountability: All employees of SIHB effectively manage their own work and the work of their teams. We take ownership of our actions and decisions. We all strive to deliver the highest quality work and care, while respecting our teammates and relatives.
• Collaboration: SIHB is a team-oriented organization. As team members, we share the responsibility of working toward a common purpose. We collaborate with our colleagues across the organization to deliver the highest quality of care and results in alignment with our mission, vision, values, and Theory of Change.
• Communication: We practice effective and clear communication with staff, relatives, teams, and community. We demonstrate empathy among each other and with those we serve, and transparency in our decision making.
• Customer Service Orientation: All employees of SIHB recognize the needs of the diverse community we serve. We put the needs of our relatives first by delivering the highest quality, professional, responsive, and innovative care. Our relatives come first and deserve the best.

Position Summary:

The Grants Manager provides leadership and oversight for multiple grant funded projects for the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB) and the Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), SIHBs research and epidemiology division. This position will work within the Grants and Contracts Department to oversee all project components including, but not limited to, budget development, budget updates, ongoing project management, program implementation, evaluation oversight, team coordination, logistics, and reporting requirements.

Organizational Structure/Reporting Relationships: This position reports directly to the Grants and Contracts Program Director and is a member of the Grants and Contracts team. This position has no direct reports.

Organizational Responsibilities:

• Hold Indigenous values and practices with respect and integrity
• Hold yourself accountable to the highest standard by being resourceful, innovative, creative, and solutions-oriented
• Actively participate in organizational activities with the understanding that success is achieved through teamwork.
• Recognize that communication is central to the organizations success and actively champion your words and actions to maintain respect for others, encourage constructive feedback, be open to share laughter and acknowledge differences in skills and opinions, all while keeping others best intentions in mind.
• At SIHB, we refer to our customers as Relatives. Our Relatives come first and deserve the best. Serve the needs of our Relatives first by delivering the highest quality, professional, responsive, and innovative care.

Job Responsibilities

• Commitment to the organizations vision, mission, values, and Theory of Change at all levels.
• Advise and participate in developing individual project and program budgets within the context of the overarching division and agency budget.
• Assist in developing and updating budget narratives.
• Manage reporting deadlines.
• Coordinate project teams to ensure success of individual and collective projects.
• Carry out a variety of program management duties, including preparation and monitoring of budgets, reporting, strategic planning, and resource development.
• Work with the data department to ensure accuracy of project and program outcomes.
• Maximize the potential of the program by understanding how different projects interlink and overlap.
• Regularly evaluate and document program elements to ensure performance standards/requirements are met.
• Maintain files and data-reporting systems to support related program analysis on regular, defined intervals.
• Participate in advisory meetings and/or coalitions with community partners and stakeholders. Build relationships with partners to promote and enhance coordinated, effective service delivery. Network with colleagues and promote participation in program activities.
• Expanding program offering and enhancing the quality of existing programs.
• Work with the Development Team in the identification of new funding opportunities, grant application process including design, submission, and review.
• Work with the Development Team to facilitate in Partnerships required for supporting documentation for planned Grant applications to help support the proposal toward award to include LOS, LOI, MOUs etc.
• Coordinate project activities, workshops, and events.
• Reporting on program performance to executive team and directors.
• Maintain Project Management standards for all programs to ensure that the triple restraints (Time, Budget, Scope) of programs meet all compliance measures and standards per contract.
• Work with the communications team to increase awareness of programs.
• Actively participate in internal quality-improvement teams and work with members proactively to drive quality-improvement initiatives in accordance with the mission and strategic goals of the organization, federal/state/local laws and regulations, and accreditation standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in business, social or health sciences, public policy, public administration, or other related disciplines.
• Preferred: Masters degree in business, social or health sciences, public policy, public administration, or other related disciplines.
• 2 years experience in program coordination and management, with at least one-year relevant experience in budget development and budget management.
• Preferred: 1 years experience in grant management.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and networking skills, including public speaking, writing, group facilitation, and communicating cross-culturally with diverse partners, and interacting with people of all ages and cultural backgrounds.
• Strong understanding of data and evaluation as related to grant funded projects.
• Strong coordination and group facilitation skills.
• Strong Project Management skills including development of workplans, implementation, monitoring, compliance, and evaluation.
• Set priorities and monitor progress towards goals, and track details, data, information, and activities for reporting.
• Impeccable writing skills.
• Ability to make data informed decisions.
• Experience working with the unique healthcare needs and social issues facing American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and the desire to promote the delivery of appropriate health services to this population.
• Ability to assess situations and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization.
• Adept at working independently or in a team environment, whichever is considered appropriate for the situation.
• Demonstrate cooperative behavior with supervisors, subordinates, colleagues, clients/patients, and the community in all situations.
• Knowledge of computer applications necessary to fulfill job duties.
• Work well under pressure, meet multiple and often competing deadlines.

Work Environment: SIHB staff work four (4) ten (10) hour shifts per week. Standard hours are 7 am to 6 pm, 4 days a week, with occasional extra hours for events or to meet deadline.

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT OUR BENEFITS PACKAGE, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT:  https://www.sihb.org/wp-content/uploads/SIHB-Summary-of-Benefits.pdf

Salary : $65,000 - $72,000