The Role
Manage recurring grant and program activities for federally and publicly funded initiatives. Track deadlines, milestones, budgets, expenditures, invoices, subrecipient reporting, compliance, risks, and performance metrics. Prepare accurate periodic reports, maintain grant-management trackers and systems, coordinate with clients and subrecipients, resolve issues, and ensure deliverables remain on schedule. The role requires strong Excel skills, attention to detail, communication, independent judgment, and familiarity with federal grants and financial processes.
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Emergent Method’s management consultants work hand-in-hand with organizations to navigate consequential moments, implement innovative solutions for complex challenges, and connect programs and initiatives directly to the people and communities they impact.
We’re looking for an organized, detail-oriented, and proactive problem solver who is experienced in grant and program management and excited to work on large-scale, federally funded grant programs.
The Work You Can Do:
As a grant and program management consultant, you’ll work alongside experienced consultants to contribute to projects that call for recurring grant management, tracking, reporting, and follow-up activities for the firm's clients; building and maintaining effective tracking systems; and independently managing recurring workstreams with limited oversight.
Your Work May Include:
Why Emergent Method?
Our firm offers the opportunity to do meaningful work alongside team members with a shared commitment to doing it well. With projects spanning the private, public, and nonprofit sectors and a wide range of industries, there is always an opportunity to stretch your skills, learn something new, and contribute to impactful initiatives and programs.
We offer competitive salary and bonuses; comprehensive healthcare benefits; monthly technology and wellness stipends; flexible work hours and working arrangements; unlimited time off; technology equipment; and financial support and time off for training, conferences, certifications, and other professional development.
If you want to do work with real impact, take on responsibility, and grow alongside a team that cares about the result, we’d like to hear from you.
Emergent Method is a management consulting firm that helps organizations develop and implement strategies, programs, and initiatives with lasting impact. Learn more at emergentmethod.com.
Emergent Method and associated entities are equal opportunity employers. We do not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis or any protected class under federal, state, or local law.
Emergent Method’s management consultants work hand-in-hand with organizations to navigate consequential moments, implement innovative solutions for complex challenges, and connect programs and initiatives directly to the people and communities they impact.
We’re looking for an organized, detail-oriented, and proactive problem solver who is experienced in grant and program management and excited to work on large-scale, federally funded grant programs.
The Work You Can Do:
As a grant and program management consultant, you’ll work alongside experienced consultants to contribute to projects that call for recurring grant management, tracking, reporting, and follow-up activities for the firm's clients; building and maintaining effective tracking systems; and independently managing recurring workstreams with limited oversight.
Your Work May Include:
- Developing, building, and maintaining grant and project management trackers, tools, and systems to provide structure and consistency for the tracking, reporting, management, and completion of assigned grant activities
- Drafting, compiling, and reviewing project and workforce program reports to ensure accuracy, completion, and alignment with funder requirements
- Tracking project and workforce milestones, outcomes, metrics, risks, and performance measures and reporting on progress against goals
- Monitoring subrecipient budgets, spending, reporting, and documentation, reviewing invoices and coordinating directly with subrecipients to ensure accuracy, completion, and compliance with reporting requirements
- Identifying and escalating reporting, financial, compliance, or performance issues and recommending solutions to ensure program progress
- Communicating clearly and proactively with clients, subrecipients, and internal team members by sharing relevant program information and updates, documenting progress, and following up until items are resolved
- Highly organized, methodical, and capable of building and maintaining effective processes
- Has strong written and verbal communication skills
- Holds work to high standards while challenging themselves to continue learning and improving
- Takes initiative, follows through, and pays attention to the details
- Has the ability to move between projects and priorities without losing sight of deadlines
- Asks thoughtful questions, welcomes feedback, and enjoys working with a team
- Is willing to roll up their sleeves on any task — ranging from developing the big picture to getting the details right
- Has a strong understanding of how budgets and funds flow through a program, with a knowledge of budget tracking, expenditures, invoicing, and reimbursement
- Wants to build trust with clients by being prepared, responsive, and dependable
- Works effectively in a collaborative team environment and proactively shares information to keep team members informed of program progress, issues, and needs
- Is based in Baton Rouge, La.
What You'll Bring to the Team:
- A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, public administration, economics, or a related field
- Two to three years of experience in grant management, program or project management, financial analysis, or related experience that clearly demonstrates comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities
- Experience supporting federally or state-funded programs, including grant administration, subrecipient monitoring, financial tracking, reporting, compliance, or workforce development is strongly preferred
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office – especially Microsoft Excel, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and building trackers and reports from scratch
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain systems, processes, and tools that organize complex information and recurring work with an exceptional attention to detail, organized approach, and commitment to accuracy and deadlines
- Strong organization, communication, and time management skills
- Willingness to learn new skills, adopt new methodologies, and accept feedback
Why Emergent Method?
Our firm offers the opportunity to do meaningful work alongside team members with a shared commitment to doing it well. With projects spanning the private, public, and nonprofit sectors and a wide range of industries, there is always an opportunity to stretch your skills, learn something new, and contribute to impactful initiatives and programs.
We offer competitive salary and bonuses; comprehensive healthcare benefits; monthly technology and wellness stipends; flexible work hours and working arrangements; unlimited time off; technology equipment; and financial support and time off for training, conferences, certifications, and other professional development.
If you want to do work with real impact, take on responsibility, and grow alongside a team that cares about the result, we’d like to hear from you.
Emergent Method is a management consulting firm that helps organizations develop and implement strategies, programs, and initiatives with lasting impact. Learn more at emergentmethod.com.
Emergent Method and associated entities are equal opportunity employers. We do not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis or any protected class under federal, state, or local law.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, public administration, economics, or a related field
- Two to three years of experience in grant management, program or project management, financial analysis, or comparable experience
- Experience supporting federally or state-funded programs, including grant administration, subrecipient monitoring, financial tracking, reporting, compliance, or workforce development
- Understanding of program budgets, fund flows, expenditures, invoicing, and reimbursement
- Proficiency in Excel, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, trackers, and reports
- Ability to develop and maintain systems, processes, and tools for organizing complex information and recurring work
- Exceptional attention to detail and an organized, methodical approach
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including report drafting and stakeholder follow-up
- Ability to work independently, take initiative, and own timelines and work product
- Ability to multitask, shift between projects, and balance competing priorities
- Willingness to learn new skills, adopt new methodologies, and accept feedback
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, Word, and Excel
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The Company
What We Do
Emergent Method is a Louisiana-based management consulting firm focused on helping companies and organizations innovate, grow, improve their performance, and achieve their missions. We do this by bringing people and ideas together to understand opportunities, let ideas emerge and create multi-faceted solutions with results greater than the sum of their parts. We come from backgrounds of solving complex problems and implementing change, working with clients to help navigate shifting landscapes and seize opportunities – including those they had not seen before. From strategic planning and organizational design, to project management and strategic communications, we are dedicated to helping our clients adapt, innovate and grow – pushing systems, agencies, and industries to new heights, while developing strategic, systemic solutions and processes to support those goals. We opened our doors in 2012, and in 2017, we were honored as Company of the Year by the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report and Junior Achievement, a recognizable benchmark of growth – and we seek the same measures of continuous improvement for the clients we serve. By definition, we are a team dedicated to our clients as they transform, come into being, or become prominent – as they emerge – by supporting organizational growth through systematic planning and action.
