What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grants Manager position at City of St. Cloud?

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Grants Program Manager

Monday – Friday | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Make an Impact. Drive Funding. Strengthen Our Community.

The City of St. Cloud is seeking a dynamic and strategic leader to oversee and elevate our comprehensive grants management program. This is more than a grants position — it’s an opportunity to shape the future of our city by securing funding that fuels innovation, infrastructure, and community development.

This position oversees and manages grant funding the city receives from federal and state agencies. This role ensures compliance with funding requirements and performance and submits required reporting.

What You’ll Lead

Oversight of the City’s full grants management program and team
Administration of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program
Development of a streamlined, strategic pre-planning grants process
Preparation of competitive capital and operational grant applications
Collaboration with City leadership, departments, project managers, community partners, and funding agencies
Alignment of all grant initiatives with the City’s strategic priorities

We’re Looking for a Leader Who Embodies Our Values

Accountability - Ensures compliance, accuracy, and timely administration across all grant activities.

Empowerment- Supports departments and stakeholders with guidance and expertise to maximize funding success.

Innovation- Identifies creative funding strategies and continuously improves grant processes.

Ownership- Takes initiative, builds strong partnerships, and drives results from application through award and reporting.

The Ideal Candidate

Highly organized and detail-oriented
Strong communicator and relationship-builder
Strategic thinker with the ability to manage multiple priorities
Passionate about community impact and public service

Why Join the City of St. Cloud?

This role offers the opportunity to directly contribute to projects that improve neighborhoods, infrastructure, and essential services. Your work will help secure resources that make meaningful, lasting change in our community.

Ready to lead with purpose and make an impact?
Apply today and become part of a team committed to excellence, innovation, and community growth.

The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this position. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the position as necessary.

Serves as the primary administrator for the grant management system.
Oversees the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and activities. Provides direct supervision of the CDBG Program Manager.
Assess new grant opportunities and applications to ensure alignment with City’s strategic priorities. Evaluate potential costs and benefits, including matching requirements, operating expenses, and potential program expansion.
Writes and develops grant proposals to secure funding from diverse programs and projects. Collaborates with external consultants hired by the City for technical or complex grant preparation.
Provides direction in the establishment of a grant planning and development program, offering support and guidance to departmental staff. Ensures robust controls and systems are implemented to uphold compliance with relevant statutes, regulations, policies, procedures, and contracts.
Provides pre-planning and technical support to City departments and community partners. This includes reviewing applications to ensure compliance with grant requirements, collaborating on narrative edits, developing timelines, facilitating communication with grantors, aligning grant proposals with City priorities, and offering guidance on budget details.
Creates, oversees, and coordinates a centralized grants management, tracking, and reporting system. Provides detailed information to City departments, and external agencies and effectively monitors all aspects of grant applications, reimbursements, reporting obligations, and performance metrics across all programs.
Administers grant program funds through program analysis and financial reporting.
Creates and manages a master file containing all information related to funding administration.
Collaborates with staff to optimize program implementation for efficient data collection, accurate and timely reporting, and achieving required outcomes.
Creates policies, procedures, and systems to ensure the effective administration of grants, focusing on compliance and robust internal controls.
Performs additional tasks as assigned or deemed necessary, which are related or logically connected to the position.

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Public Administration, Financial Management or related field supplemented by six (6) years of government and CDBG grant related experience and two years of supervisory experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license with an acceptable driving history.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Mathematics:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Language Ability:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Reasoning:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Salary : $72,115 - $102,388

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