Grants Manager

About the Bronx River Alliance

The Bronx River Alliance serves as a coordinated voice for the river and works with 100+ partners—including NYC Parks—to protect, improve, and restore the river so that it is a healthy ecological, recreational, educational, and economic resource for all communities through which the river flows. Since being founded in 2001, we have engaged over 24,000 volunteers; nearly 27,000 people have paddled with us; we have improved 26 acres of parkland; secured and coordinated over $250M; and created 22 acres of new parkland.

The Bronx River Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. People of all identities are encouraged to apply.

Position Overview

The Grants Manager serves as the central coordinator for the Bronx River Alliance’s awarded government and private grants and contracts, ensuring that grant commitments, budgets, deliverables, reporting requirements, and compliance obligations are effectively managed across the organization. Working within the Development team and in close partnership with Programs and Finance, the Manager provides dedicated post-award oversight of the Alliance’s institutional funding portfolio, with particular responsibility for complex government grants and contracts. A key priority will be leading the transition of existing grant tracking into Salesforce as the Alliance’s centralized grants-management system.

Key Responsibilities

Government Grants, Subawards & Compliance

• Oversee compliance, risk management, and reporting for federal, state, and local government grants, contracts, and subawards (including Uniform Guidance requirements).
• Navigate government portals (Grants.gov, NYS platforms, NYC PASSPort) and maintain organizational registrations, certifications, and compliance documentation.
• Coordinate the administration of grant-funded subawards and partner agreements, including scopes, budgets, deliverables, reporting, and closeout requirements.
• Support organizational audits, monitoring visits, and funder reviews by organizing grant files and responding to inquiries.

Grant Management, Deliverables & Reporting

• Maintain clear, centralized tracking of awarded government, foundation, and corporate grants, deliverables, reporting deadlines, and funder commitments.
• Partner with program teams through regular check-ins to monitor project implementation, keep deliverables on schedule, and resolve challenges.
• Lead post-award reporting in collaboration with program staff, compiling narrative and quantitative data to ensure accurate, timely funder submissions.
• Maintain audit-ready grant files (agreements, budgets, reports, invoices, amendments) and serve as primary contact for funder administration inquiries.

Budgeting & Financial Coordination

• Develop and maintain grant budgets and financial tracking tools in partnership with Finance and program staff, ensuring alignment with funder approvals.
• Monitor grant expenditures, revenue, and salary allocations across funding sources; reconcile variances and track reimbursement submissions.
• Coordinate invoicing for reimbursement-based grants with Finance, ensuring proper supporting documentation and follow-up.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Lead the migration of grant tracking from existing spreadsheets and shared files into Salesforce.
• Structure Salesforce to track awards, deliverables, reporting deadlines, and compliance metrics, developing dashboards to increase visibility across departments.
• Translate technical financial and regulatory requirements into practical guidance for staff.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 3–5+ years of relevant experience in post-award grants management, government contracts, nonprofit finance, or compliance.
• Grant Oversight: Proven background managing complex grant portfolios, compliance, post-award financial and progress reporting, and funder communication.
• Financial Management: Proficiency building grant budgets, tracking expenditures, monitoring salary allocations, and coordinating grant invoicing/reimbursements.
• Systems & Technical Skills: Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills and hands-on experience working with databases or CRM platforms (Salesforce preferred).
• Communication: Exceptional written communication for funder reporting and strong cross-departmental collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing NYC and NYS government grants and contracts (e.g., NYC PASSPort, NYS portals, Grants.gov).
• Experience managing private grant awards (Foundation, Corporate).
• Experience administering subawards, MOUs, subrecipient monitoring, or consultant contracts.
• Additional development experience (grant writing, progress report narratives.
• Familiarity with project management tools (e.g., Asana).
• Experience working within an environmental, community-based, conservation, or environmental justice nonprofit organization.
• Bilingual proficiency in Spanish or another language spoken by Bronx communities.

Apply

Please send cover letter and resume to [email protected].

Pay: $80,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bronx, NY 10459