Post Award Project Support Specialist

Corner Alliance is a dynamic, growing consulting firm that devotes itself to providing an enriching employee experience while working in meaningful ways to create results for the government. We are currently seeking a Post Award Project Support Specialist with 2+ years of experience to join our team and fully embrace our commitment to deliver, grow and thrive. 

About the Role:

As a Post Award Project Support Specialist supporting our Federal government client, you will be trusted to develop and implement project deliverables, including SOPs, communications, handbooks, and factsheets. This role will entail tracking and monitoring Federal grant-funded projects, reviewing, assessing, and conducting data entry into multiple online platforms, and providing overall administrative support.

Key Responsibilities include (but are not limited to): 

• Implement practical solutions and methodologies
• Applying quality standards to work products
• ​Sending communication reminders for three different report types with rolling deadlines, guidance regarding grant compliance, and guidance for research requirements
• Develop agendas for client-facing meetings
• Provide knowledge capture
• Track action items
• Follow up on tasking of the action items for the client
• Develop and implement project deliverables including SOPs, communications, handbooks, and factsheets
• Track and monitor project-specific award conditions (SACs) and revision requests (RRs) within the GEMS eRA and SharePoint systems
• Conduct initial reviews for recipient-submitted report forms
• Collect and extract the data from Baseline, Annual, and Semi-Annual performance reports to be uploaded into dashboards
• Organize, validate, and monitor the data of over 200 grant recipients
• Support site visit and desk review preparation
• Develop training material and provide one on one support to a group of Federal Program Officers (FPOs) on post-award priorities
• Carry out our Commitments to Deliver, Grow, and Thrive

Location:

You will work as part of a dynamic team remotely. You will work at the client site dependent on contract requirements. 

Required Experience/Skills: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field or has equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 2 years of consulting and/or directly relevant industry experience
• Knowledge and experience with federal and/or state grants management
• Experience developing detailed SOPs for critical processes, including grants administration (post-award)
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality assurance
• Ability to be flexible and maintain professionalism while balancing multiple projects, deadlines, and supervisor and/or client direction/feedback
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment by communicating effectively
• US citizenship and the ability to pass public trust clearance or suitability

Preferred Experience/Skills:

• Monitoring and evaluation techniques, knowledge capture, project management, grant monitoring preparation, and facilitation

Don’t think you have everything for this role but are still very interested? Please don’t hold back from applying because you may not have it all. You can learn and grow with us. We're looking for someone who is coachable, unflappable in navigating challenges, resourceful in learning new skills, innovative in challenging the status quo, excellent in writing, analytical in thinking, skilled in prioritization, and a rapport builder with clients and colleagues.

About Us:

Corner Alliance offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for full-time employees including 401k matching (4%), PTO (3 weeks to start, 4 weeks (2-5 years) and 5 weeks (5 years+)), health, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, FSA accounts, 4 weeks of paid parental leave, 11 paid holidays (including your birthday off), fitness & cell phone reimbursements, monthly all hands update meetings, annual in-person all hands team building day and evening out, regular check-ins for professional growth goals, semi-monthly one on one performance manager meetings, a social team that coordinates monthly events, use of technology like Slack to keep us connected and collaborative, and overall, a company culture dedicated to a highly engaged team. 

Corner Alliance is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. We are dedicated to building a diverse and talented workforce that reflects the strength of our society and our shared commitment to excellence and inclusivity. We make a steadfast commitment to actively seek, recruit, and hire qualified candidates from these groups for our open positions. 

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Corner Alliance please call (202) 754-8120 or email [email protected]. 

Corner Alliance participates in the E-verify program and will provide the Federal Government with Form I-9 information to confirm work authorization in the U.S.

Visit us at www.corneralliance.com to learn more.

*Approximate Salary Estimate: $60,000.00 - $70,000.00 annually

*The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have, and comparison to other employees already in this role.

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