• Job Description

  Req#: R-29991
  Senior Grants Specialist

  The Senior Grants Specialist will join the Contracts and Compliance team at Land O’Lakes Venture37 and be responsible for excellent grants and contract management and record-keeping. In this role, you work with colleagues based in Minnesota and Washington, D.C., as well as our project offices in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, to ensure that grants and procurements are made in accordance with organizational processes and documented correctly. This involves training, monitoring, and regularly following-up with our staff, as well as commitment to, and enthusiasm for, keeping quality organizational records using our awards management system database. In addition, with support from the Contracts and Compliance team, you will accurately and precisely communicate with our US government and private foundation donors on compliance matters and provide guidance to our project teams on compliance questions as needed.

  This position is located at our facility in Arden Hills, MN or Washington, DC. (hybrid work arrangement each week)

  Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensure all agreements comply with donor rules and regulations, including the Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR 200.

  • Ensure all subawards and contracts contain the necessary provisions

  • Serve as point of contact for compliance inquiries for a portfolio of funding agreements.

  • Review new contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements for accuracy.

  • Become an expert user of the awards management system, Cobblestone, and serve as a focal point for the Cobblestone optimization initiative

  • Configure and maintain the awards management system database and train colleagues to use it.

  • Train operational and technical staff on compliance requirements.

  • Monitor and reinforce the processes our field-based projects use to issue grants and purchase goods and services.

  • Collaborate with the Contracts and Compliance team to periodically review and refine these business processes to deliver best value and maximize impact.

  • Collaborate with field-based project teams to draft subaward agreements and service contracts.

  • Communicate with donors on compliance matters.

  • Report accurately and on-time to donors through the FSRS online system when required.

  • Set up new tailored contract templates in Cobblestone for new funding agreements.

  • Provide guidance on subaward and contract closeouts.

  • Periodically provide project management support.

  • Maintain excellent records. Up to 5% international travel.

  Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree with at least one year of experience working with US Government funded projects.

  • Three to five years of prior grants and procurement management experience strongly desired.

  • Excellent computer skills (including MS Word, MS Access or other computer databases).

  • Automated grants management system experience desired.

  Competencies:

  • Meticulous attention to detail, as well as outstanding critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a member of a team.

  • Demonstrated ability to generate risk-based solutions, handle multiple tasks simultaneously, and remain calm under pressure.

  • Knowledge of and ability to adopt industry best practices to enhance organizational checks and balances to mitigate risk.

  • Demonstrated ability to negotiate and communicate with colleagues and external parties in a professional and succinct manner.

  Preferred Experience:

  • Prior experience with USAID, USDA or international development programming and practices

  About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

  Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

  
  We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.

  Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

  Neither Land O’Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.

• About the company

  Land O'Lakes, Inc. is a member-owned agricultural cooperative based in the Minneapolis-St.

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