CrowdDoing-Grants Management

CrowdDoing supports a social innovation venture lab and a portfolio of social enterprises. Both the lab and the social enterprises aim to achieve systemic change through collaboration with virtual volunteers.

The Grants Management Specialist (GeMS) is responsible for managing grants administration operations. It is the responsibility of the GeMS to: manage grantee contract requirements and performance; draft grant and other contracts; maintain grant records; monitor and report on grant strategy budgets; and ensure compliance with organizational and IRS rules and regulations. The GeMS serves as an employeeatwill of The Trust.

This is an unpaid volunteer position.

Essential Tasks:

• Supervise the small grants program and ensure that it is implemented as per program objectives and design.
• Supervise the entire grant-making process; including review of proposals, the selection process, review of grantee financial documents and program reports and closeout of small grants.
• Develop and/or modify small grants manuals.
• Ensure that Counterpart and donor rules and regulations vis--vis grants management are properly followed.

Skills:

• Extensive familiarity with grants management software and several years of experience with the software and database in a responsible position
• Demonstrated technology experience, providing administrative support to complex systems as well as overall system implementation management
• Strong knowledge of and understanding of financial statements of nonprofit organizations, and has performed financial due diligence reviews of grantees
• Understanding of the private foundation legal environment and tax-exempt status, including knowledge of expenditure responsibility requirements, and fiscal sponsor vs. fiscal agent
• Demonstrated fiscal management skills, including budget management, developing and maintaining appropriate internal controls, and grant administration policies and procedures

If you have any questions about processes for joining crowddoing as a volunteer please write to [email protected]