This role is on-site based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; it is expected to be nearly full-time to full-time, with exact hours based on program needs.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Managing the daily administration and coordination of federally funded energy programs, ensuring tasks are completed efficiently and in compliance with program guidelines
- Coordinating and facilitating effective communication between program leadership, staff, and federal project managers, responding to information requests, and supporting program needs
- Reviewing and evaluating subrecipient applications, ensuring eligibility and alignment with program objectives
- Providing ongoing support to program leadership, contractors, and subrecipients, including guidance on federal and state requirements, compliance, and reporting
- Reviewing invoices and supporting documentation to ensure compliance with federal cost principles, approved budgets, and scopes of work, and identifying discrepancies or unallowable costs for resolution
- Tracking program budgets across all projects, contractors, and subrecipients, conducting monthly and quarterly reconciliations to ensure accuracy and fiscal compliance, in addition to reviewing and processing invoices submitted by subrecipients to verify alignment with approved budgets and deliverables
- Preparing and submitting quarterly performance and financial reports, summarizing progress and key metrics across all funded projects
- Conducting site visits to monitor performance and ensure compliance with grant requirements
- Monitoring program compliance and implementing corrective actions, as needed, to ensure adherence to federal and state guidelines
Minimum qualifications include:
- Bachelor’s degree in public administration, political science, business administration, or a related field
- At least two years of experience managing or supporting federally funded programs or grants
- Knowledge of managing federal energy grants considered a plus
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, particularly in budgeting and compliance monitoring
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with a variety of stakeholders, including federal agencies, program leadership, subrecipients, contractors, and internal teams
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment
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.
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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.
