Grants Manager

NOW HIRING

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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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

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…