Director of Grants

The Healthcare Foundation of Wilson seeks a personable, detail-oriented, quick learner to join the team. The Director of Grants will lead grant management for Healthcare Foundation of Wilson, which includes managing grants awarded to qualifying organizations in the Wilson community. A key component to the role is ensuring grantee compliance and overseeing the reporting process for grants issued during each grant cycle. The position will include administrative work, maintenance of records, filing, and performing due diligence for all applicants to ensure all requirements are met. This is a full-time position that reports to the Vice President.

Grants Management

• Manage workflows for grant applications and grant processes to ensure responsive and timely decisions in collaboration with the Vice President.
• Review grantee reports and modification requests.
• Analyze the information presented during the pre-award and post-award stages, following up on missing items, identifying, and addressing questions or concerns.
• Identify and review appropriate supporting documentation to verify grantee programmatic outcomes.
• Analyze potential grants for impact and fit within focus areas.
• Perform required due diligence of applicants and grantees, including tax status and fiscal review, prior to circulation for approval.
• Provide technical assistance to grantees and applicants regarding compliance and the online grant system.
• Support the Vice President with outcome reports and analysis based on grantee documentation.  
• Manage relationships with grantees.
• Identify and make recommendations to resolve grantee issues.
• Review reported expenditures from grant reports to approved budget line items.
• Develop reporting measurements for grantees.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the economic challenges and opportunities of Wilson and North Carolina’s rural economy.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Scholarship Management

• Manage workflows for scholarship applications to ensure responsive and timely decisions in collaboration with the Vice President.
• Review scholarship applications, extracting key data to share to HFW staff and board.
• Coordinate scholarship presentations at all Wilson County Schools high schools.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Communications

• Maintain HFW website.
• Maintain social networking communications, posting weekly on each platform.
• Create online and print versions of quarterly e-newsletter, online grant making campaigns and impact reports.
• Collect and organize photos and photo releases for HFW use.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

*Applicant must live in Wilson or be willing to relocate.