Dir of Grants​/Grant Compliance

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville (“Habitat”) is a cutting-edge non-profit housing and community development organization creating simple, decent, affordable homes in partnership with low-income families, volunteers, and the communities of the Greater Charlottesville region. We are advocates, promoting innovations and policy solutions designed to increase the affordable housing supply across the communities we serve. Home construction capacity is multiplied by a volunteer labor force including homeowner families, corporate, civics, and faith groups.

Habitat is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International (“HFHI”), a global ministry working to end housing poverty  2013, Habitat completed construction at Sunrise, the first trailer park transformation in the nation without resident displacement. Currently, Habitat is redeveloping the Southwood Mobile Home Park with similar objectives. Southwood is the area’s largest single concentration of affordable housing and its greatest remaining redevelopment opportunity.

When complete, the redeveloped Southwood will be unprecedented in scale nationally. Habitat has also partnered with the Piedmont Housing Alliance and the City of Charlottesville to purchase the Carlton Mobile Home Park. In the short term, our plan is to manage the park responsibly while helping residents develop the collective capacity to be leaders in the eventual redevelopment of the property into a mixed-income community without resident displacement.

Habitat is a national pioneer in mixed-income community development. To date, Habitat has contributed to 12 mixed-income neighborhoods and built and sold almost 400 homes.

POSITION SUMMARY The Director, Grants & Grant Compliance (DGGC) reports to the Chief Advancement Officer (CAO) and directs the affiliate’s public and private grant seeking activities, while actively managing all active grants and funding contracts. In this role, the DGGC jointly supervises the Advancement Communications Manager (ACM) and leads the team’s collaborative, lifecycle approach to grant seeking and grant management. The DGGC manages all public and private grants to maximize contractual deliverables and reimbursement, from the time of award through closeout.

The DGGC also ensures affiliate compliance with all applicable grant terms and conditions, and provides Habitat’s funding partners with timely and accurate reporting. The position is simultaneously strategic and operational, requiring the DGCG to understand the affiliate’s role in the broader housing ecosystem, while advancing key funder relationships and managing the detailed work of grant administration.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Maintain awareness of and evaluate potential federal, state, municipal, and private funding opportunities for the affiliate

Lead the Grants team, providing guidance and direction from opportunity identification and proposal development through award management and grant close out Jointly supervise and work closely with the ACM to ensure seamless coordination of all pre-award and post-award functions, including proposal submission, draws, and coordinated hand-off with funders

Write compelling grant narratives tailoring each proposal appropriately for the audience and opportunity

Craft and/or review all budgets prior to submission, with an eye toward post-award compliance, and prepare necessary budget amendments or scope modifications after award has been granted

Partner with responsible program manager(s) to collaboratively write and prepare grants and reports

Review all grant award documentation and comply with specific requirements and timelines, ensuring that award/contract terms match intended agreement

Prepare required contracts, MOUs, and all necessary…