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Grants Team Manager

Walton Family Foundation Arkansas $100,000-$150,000
Office/Support Staff Full Time

Job Details

Position: Grants Team Manager

Department: Grants Management

Reporting to: Director of Grants Management and Operations

Location: Bentonville, AR or Denver, CO


How to Apply:


https://weioffice-foundation.icims.com/jobs/2134/manager%2c-grants-team/job


https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4233086034/?capColoOverride=true


Walton Enterprises has an opening on the Walton Family Foundation (WFF) Grants Management team seeking a skilled, initiative-taking, and entrepreneurial individual to join as Grants Team Manager.


Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging  


We believe every associate should have access to success. Creating an environment centered on trust, respect, and bringing people together is critical to this belief. 

Our aspirations are as follows: 

-Create an environment where we hire, retain and bring to the table people with diverse backgrounds, viewpoints and lived experiences to create a more successful organization.  

-Ensure fairness, equity, and access to success for all our associates. 

-Create an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, safe, able to engage honestly. 


About the Position


This position is for a grants management professional with at least 5 years of experience. Ideally, you will have a working knowledge of the legal rules that apply to tax-exempt organizations, specifically private foundations. This role supervises the WFF Grants Management team.


-Oversee work product and develop members of the WFF Grants Management team,

-Play a key role in continuously improving grants management processes, resources, and capabilities for greater efficiency and efficacy.

-Inform and help implement requirements for processes, reporting, and software systems to support grantmaking, contracting, and other charitable activities

-Manage projects aligned to team goals and the organization’s priorities.

-Partner with colleagues and other departments to collect and report grant and charitable data

-Maintain up-to-date process and policy and documentation, as well as grantmaking tools and templates

-Help train associates on WFF grant processes and policies as well as IRS regulations relevant to private foundation grantmaking

-Serve as a resource on IRS regulations and other Federal and state laws applicable to grantmaking


Who we are looking for


Qualifications required for your success

-5+ years of grants management experience with a deep understanding of grants processes and related financial and compliance issues, with a strong preference for private foundation-related grantmaking experience

-At least 2 years of staff management experience, including proven history in staff development

-Knowledge and experience with grants management systems, data tracking, and reporting

-Strong project management skills: Ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously, with a proven record of on-time, on-budget delivery.

-Proven organization and planning/time management skills; ability to meet deadlines

-Exceptional analytical and conceptual skills

-Highly collaborative, direct leadership style

-Solid understanding of IRS rules and regulations governing private foundations


Additional Helpful Experience Includes

-Experience implementing new grants management systems

-Change management, process improvement, and stakeholder engagement experience.


Personal attributes that support your success

-You are helpful, a collaborator, and show respect while collaborating with others

-You are results-oriented and exercise sound judgment in your work

-A lifelong learner who is inquisitive and solves problems with bold thinking and innovation

-You are dedicated to achieving excellence and working with others to tackle the tasks at hand


All offers of employment are contingent on your successful completion (where permitted by state law) of a confidentiality agreement and background check. In addition, you must provide proper identification verifying your eligibility to work in the United States on your first day of work.


Salary Range: $106,000-$132,000


Benefits Information: We offer a comprehensive and generous benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401 (k) retirement plan, and paid time off.


About the Walton Family Foundation


The Walton Family Foundation is, at its core, a family-led foundation. Three generations of the descendants of our founders, Sam and Helen Walton, and their spouses, work together to lead the foundation and create access to opportunity for people and communities. We work in three areas: improving K-12 education, protecting rivers and oceans and the communities they support, and investing in our home region of Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta. To learn more, visit waltonfamilyfoundation.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.


The Walton Family Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building and maintaining a culturally diverse workplace that is free of discrimination and harassment of any kind. We encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

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