Grant Administrator

Springs Rescue Mission•Colorado Springs, CO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Every challenge prepares the way for renewal. At Springs Rescue Mission, we’ve strengthened our foundation, clarified our direction, and embraced the future with hope. If you’re looking for a place where your professional calling can flourish with stability and purpose, we invite you to be part of what God is doing here. SUMMARY OF POSITION: Springs Rescue Mission considers every position one of ministry and a vital and valued part of our team. Therefore, it is essential that all employees of SRM have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and subscribe to our Statement of Faith and Core Values. The Springs Rescue Mission (SRM) Grant Billing Administrator helps bring clarity and streamlined solutions to cross-departmental grant administrative functions. A qualified candidate must be highly attentive to detail, work effectively across teams, have strong organizational skills, and easily adapt to a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required, college degree or equivalent desired
Prior experience working with state, federal, and/or private grants strongly preferred
Data tracking experience is highly desirable
Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Office
High comfort level in working in an autonomous office setting
Collective and/or collaborative problem-solving skills a must
Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and is a constant witness. Christ-centered and compassionate attitude in dealing with people including the homeless and faithfully upholds and exemplifies SRM’s Statement of Faith.
Maintain a passion for SRM’s mission, able to work well with diverse groups of people, exhibiting compassion and Christ’s love while treating all people with dignity and respect.
Serves as an advocate for the homeless and raises awareness of the needs and concern for the addicted and those in poverty, engaging others within one’s influence of greater involvement and effectiveness on behalf of this population in Colorado Springs.
Exceptional communication, time management, and organizational skills
Expert written and verbal communication skills.
Expert time management skills for the completion and submission of monthly client tracking data.
Well organized, detail oriented, and able to effectively multi-task
Comfortable with data entry and client tracking and working with Excel spreadsheets
High comfort level in working in an autonomous office setting
Collective and/or collaborative problem-solving skills a must
Ability to adapt to a fast-paced work environment.
Works effectively across teams and departments
Occasionally = 1%-33%; frequently = 34%-66%; continuously = 67%-100%.
Typical office working environment with routine movement throughout the campus of SRM.
Occasionally: climbing stairs, must be able to lift up to 25 pounds
Frequently: sitting, walking, talking, standing, reaching, bending, carrying, manual dexterity
Continuously: adequate vision and hearing, frequent computer screen usage, good mental condition to withstand consistently medium to high levels of stress.

Responsibilities

Completing data reporting for major grants (to include CBMS for Employment First, Neighborly for other government contracts, and others as assigned)
Attends grant partner meetings and webinars to serve as the SRM resource on relevant grant partner updates.
Working alongside the Director of Philanthropy and Stewardship, provides relevant updates to other departments/teams.
Provides training for other departments related to grant contract execution.
For Employment First, this would include assessing existing knowledge gaps, prioritizing and sequencing training topics, and delivering training to serve program teams with clarity and streamlined solutions.
Develop tools to serve program teams with executing grant program requirements.
Use insights from data reporting to help identify solutions that would help accomplish improved billing capacity and improved program execution of grant requirements
Assists cross-departmental team in executing grant requirements as needed.
Gathering paperwork for billing functions as needed.
Bring organization, evaluation and consistency to SRM contracts.
Assist Director of Philanthropy and Stewardship in the grant administration functions of both public and private funders.
Attend all required meetings and review SRM emails regularly.
Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.

Benefits

medical benefits with SRM paying 85% of the medical premium
voluntary Dental, Vision, Allstate Accident Plan
SRM-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D
8 paid holidays
21 days of accruable PTO
paid “Soul Care Retreat” days (up to 4 depending upon availability)
Pay-on-Demand
a 403b retirement plan with SRM-match after one (1) year, 100% vested beginning DOH
(Benefits are subject to change based on reevaluation or benefit plan changes annually.)
Benefits begin at 1st of the following month after completing a full 30 days of employment (I.E. start date 4 January