Director, Development Grant Management

Girl Scouts of the USA

Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls and the leading authority on their healthy development. Millions of Girl Scout alums across the country and the world have gone on to achieve incredible things and make a tremendous impact in fields ranging from public policy, medicine, journalism, and athletics to international relations, science, technology, art, and entertainment.

As a mission-driven organization, Girl Scouts of the USA champions girls as they explore their worlds, try new things, and develop the courage, confidence, and character to make the world a better place. From stargazing during a first overnight camping trip to building robots, navigating a rocky hiking trail, working together on a community project, and learning about the importance of environmental stewardship, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can unapologetically be themselves as they rise to meet new challenges and discover the issues that matter most to them. Along the way they learn the power of friendship, connection, and teamwork.

Girl Scouts are doers, innovators, problem-solvers, creators, and dreamers, and the GSUSA team is here to center, support, and inspire them, working with 111 local councils across the country and USA Girl Scouts Overseas to deliver our life-changing Girl Scout Leadership Experience.

We seek out, explore, cultivate and secure strategic partnerships and launch new ventures that significantly increase investment in girls through the Girl Scouts Movement. The investments our partners make are critical to fulfilling Girl Scouts' mission. We cultivate relationships through traditional philanthropy, corporate partners, government support and through leveraging the brand for alternative revenue streams. We also lead the charge in identifying, engaging and activating our more than 50 million alum. We steward and lead out on the activation of all funded national partnerships. We build and encourage collaboration between councils and GSUSA to leverage the Movement's existing and potential investors to further the transformational leadership experiences of more than 1.7 million girls and 750,000 adults.

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The Director, Development Grant Management works with the Operations and Management team to provide operational support by leading grant management within Development activities. The Director is responsible for the management of all Project Managers within the Development team and will maintain their own grant/project management portfolio. The Director will supervise the day-to-day operations of their team in the successful management of all programs, initiatives, and activities that fall within the scope of the Development team.

The Director, Development Grant Management will be accountable to VP, Development Management & Operations and to the funders, collaborating and having shared accountability with staff across the Development community and larger GSUSA organization. The Director will work closely with direct reports to develop a complete management plan for all projects, including tracking and reporting throughout the activations. This work includes compliance with grant specifications in monitoring partnerships, reporting, tracking metrics and budgets, utilization of funds, and Development organizational reporting.

The Director, Development Grant Management will execute and approve project management budgets including staffing& freelance support, sponsorship marketing and recognition, product development, and asset development. This role will provide senior level support for the alliance, ensuring fair and rapid conflict resolution, facilitate executive support and communication, and conduct results and operations reviews.

The Director Grant Management will work closely with Programs, Marketing and Communications while adhering to legal and HR policies and practices. The role includes research and application of best practices in operations and partner management.

Oversee Grant Management for all Development activities. This work will include but not be limited to:

Manage projects fully as assigned.
• Oversight of Grant Management including:Plan the project: scope, workbacks, resource requirements, scheduling, development of objectives and reporting.
• Staff the project: assign and monitor projects to team members, time and capacity management and prioritization, team training and ongoing learning, management of external consultants and contractors as required.
• Implementation oversight with CORE team: Execute based on project plan, develop and update reporting assets and tracking resources, manage project administration, ensure communication across team and relevant parties (including GSUSA Communities, Councils, and external partners), quality control and general oversight.
• Controls: Write and deliver reports to Development leadership team and relevant supporting partners, report as required, manage budgets and financial reports.
• Evaluation: Oversee assessment and evaluation of projects, and report milestones as required.

• Skilled at working across teams to find solutions.
• Build and maintain relationships with key personnel across GSUSA.
• Financial reconciliation and reporting for Development activities as it relates to Project Management.
• Develop Board & Committee reports as required.
• Track and report on Council engagement and fund transfers for projects.
• Provide sponsors and/or grantors with a consistent form of measurement of their return on investment; work cross-functionally to identify qualitative and quantitative metrics to inform project outcomes to develop interim and/or final reports to be shared with GSUSA, councils, and the funder.
• With VP, Development Management & Operations, manage the performance and development of individual team members, establishing clear performance measurement criteria with regular check-ins (including quarterly and mid-year check-ins) to enhance their performance, development, and engagement.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Decision-Making
• High Accountability, maintenance and growth for the Community
• Strong people leaders, leading major sub-communities or major initiatives projects that have substantial long-term implication for the organization/ movement
• Strong fiscal responsibility
• Lifelong learner with a focus on financial and data analytics systems and collaboration best practices.
• Exemplary professionalism; must meet regular deadlines and be very well organized and detailed oriented, with strong time management and business process improvement skills.
• Exceptional project management skills and experience.
• Superior communication, negotiation and collaboration skills.
• Superior and demonstrated business consultative skills with a focus on internal collaboration and relationship building.
• Must thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment by multi-tasking and making beneficial sponsorship connections, acting as a focused team leader and strong contributor on team projects.
• Strategic and creative thinker; ability to spot patterns, initiate best practices, and use innovative techniques to evolve and move programming forward.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; ability to write clearly, demonstrating a structured and articulate message, strong editing skills; good listener and able to convey ideas in an effective and timely fashion.
• Strong project management skills; including a defined knowledge of a collaborative workflow process, internal and external correspondence and leading efforts to meet all funder goals.
• Strong command of Microsoft Office, including Word and PowerPoint, and a comfort in developing presentation materials for assigned reporting and collaboration tasks.

Office 365 or similar suites

Competency in PowerPoint or similar presentation software

Competency in Microsoft Excel or similar software

Project Management accreditation is a plus

Bachelor's degree or relevant experience

Five+ years sponsorship, project management, partnerships, sales, advertising, grants management, or marketing experience

Knowledge of the fundraising grants life cycle, including digital program and experience development

Five (5) years prior experience in data, analytics, development or finance staff position with responsibility over multidisciplinary functions

SALARY RANGE: $80,500 - $140,000

This represents the present low and high end of the pay range for this position. This pay range is only applicable to NYC Metro-based employees, on a hybrid schedule. Actual pay will vary based on various factors, including but not limited to experience.

FEATURED BENEFITS:

What We Offer:

Girl Scouts is powered by people, and we encourage our team members to be their best selves in and out of the office. We place a high priority on flexibility and offer a competitive employee salary and benefits package that includes:

Paid Time Off:

GSUSA offers 20+ days of paid time off, 2 floating holidays, as well as 9 workplace holidays per year. GSUSA staff also enjoy a paid holiday year-end office closure between Christmas and New Year's.

Other Benefits:

• Medical and Behavioral Health Coverage

• Plan options with individual and family coverage which includes wellness, hospitalization, and fertility assistance.
• Both plans include GSUSA partial subsidy of premium costs
• Dental and vision coverage

• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) including Health, Dependent Care, and Limited FSA for those with Health Savings Accounts
• Company-paid life insurance
• Flexible work arrangements
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• 401(K) with company match
• Short- and Long-Term Disability for salary continuation
• Health and Wellness Classes and Activities throughout the year
• Access to Employee Engagement Groups

WORK ENVIRONMENT: This job operates in a professional office environment.

Position Type: This is a full-time, hybrid position with 2 days on site. GSUSA is based in New York City.

AAP/EEO Statement: GSUSA is an equal employment opportunity employer.