Manager, Grant Project Manager

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 Manager, Grants Project Manager will manage the successful execution of secured grants, nationally funded partnerships, and sponsorships. This will be achieved through exceptional project management, including excellent verbal and written communication and multi-stakeholder collaboration. The Manager, Grants Project Manager will develop and maintain cross-functional workplans and timelines, ensuring that project outcomes and contracted deliverables are successfully completed on time. The Manager will collaborate with three core audiences: GSUSA internal stakeholders, external funders, and funded grant pilot Girl Scout councils to assure that grant deliverables are achieved. As a member of the Operations and Management team, the Manager will focus on increasing impact, measuring success, reporting successes and challenges, and being a key member of a highly effective, detail-oriented, and mission-focused team. All activities should support successful partner stewardship and GSUSA’s strategic initiatives.    

Grant & Project Management 

• Manage single and multi- year funding awards, including all funder reporting requirements. 

• Build and maintain outcome-focused work plans that achieve grant deliverables in alignment with organizational priorities.  

• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally with internal and external partners and within the Management and Operations team to achieve outcomes, mitigate risk, address barriers and deliver a positive funder experience.  

• Manage and track project budgets including allocation of grant funding, preparation of grant forecasts, invoices, and budget modifications as needed. 

• Work cross-functionally to manage and track performance metrics for all funder reporting requirements (including qualitative & quantitative measurements & financial reports). 

• Create and drive all project timelines within portfolio. 

• Administer sub-award grants to Girl Scout councils to engage councils/girls in partnerships/sponsorships/grants and to support council programming and membership. 

• Partner with GSUSA’s marketing and communication teams to amplify partnerships and funding awards via marketing and communications plans & partner-initiated opportunities. 

• Adapt and flex to support the team’s success as needed. 

Strategic Fund Development   

• Collaborate with fundraising colleagues to identify prospective, renewed and expanded funding opportunities and partnerships. 

• Communicate ideas for furthering partnerships and provide insights into the ecosystems of funding landscape. 

• Review renewal proposals that are generated by the fundraising team

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.

• Proven skills in development operations and project & grants management. 
• Experience with cross functional work. 
• Proven experience in organizing and managing multiple projects, meeting regular deadlines and working independently with attention to detail. 
• Strategic and creative thinker with a growth mindset. 
• Superb communication skills (verbal and written). 
• Solution oriented. 
• Exemplary time management skills. 
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment within both group and individual settings

Office 365 or similar suites

Competency in PowerPoint or similar presentation software

Competency in Microsoft Excel or similar software

Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience

Minimum of five (5) years  experience in project management or philanthropic environment.

SALARY RANGE: $61,900 - $100,000

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.