About the Role
Guidehouse is seeking a Grants Management Managing Consultant to lead the design and implementation of federal grant projects for state and local government clients. This role involves leveraging technical expertise, strategic thinking, and stakeholder engagement to provide full lifecycle grants management support, including financial management, monitoring, compliance, and stakeholder engagement. The position offers an opportunity to guide clients through transformative programs and contribute to an impactful mission.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with state and local government clients to establish or enhance grants management processes and procedures across the entire grants lifecycle.
- Identify and proactively address client needs by presenting potential solutions to challenges or issues.
- Facilitate client discussions and meetings.
- Effectively and concisely communicate and present information to clients and leadership.
- Develop agendas, meeting materials, and talking points in preparation for meetings.
- Develop high-quality presentations that effectively communicate key objectives and facilitate discussion across multiple stakeholders.
- Develop and ensure quality deliverables.
- Support clients with technical assistance and training on grant management topics.
- Effectively leverage project resources to accomplish tasks while providing regular feedback and coaching.
- Drive business development activities including RFP responses and proposal development.
- Lead project teams of senior consultants and consultants and provide written and verbal feedback.
- Participate in internal and external grants management-related training, knowledge management, and thought leadership activities.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university.
- Minimum of 5 (FIVE) years experience.
- Experience in grants management roles either at a federal agency, state, city or county government, university or consulting firm.
- Thorough understanding of Uniform Guidance – 2 CFR 200, including Single Audit requirements, and its application to different types of financial assistance.
- Ability to quickly understand ongoing processes to develop and implement process improvements.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and communication skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into tangible documents and/or deliverables.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
- Ability to identify and address client needs.
- Advanced proficiency in the full Microsoft Suite, including MS Teams, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills.
- Experience with facilitation and consensus building.
- Proven ability to work independently and collaborate with others.
- Ability to organize, perform, and track multiple tasks accurately in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment.
- No sponsorship is available for this position.
Skills
- Grants management
- Financial management
- Monitoring and compliance
- Stakeholder engagement
- Technical assistance
- Training
- Microsoft Suite (MS Teams, PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
- Facilitation
- Consensus building
- Analytical skills
- Problem solving
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking
- RFP responses
- Proposal development
Location
- Up to 25% travel
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Managing Consultant
Education Level
- Bachelors degree
Salary/Compensations
- $122,000.00-$204,000.00
Benefits
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
- Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Basic Life & Supplemental Life
- Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Student Loan PayDown
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
- Skills Development & Certifications
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
- Mobility Stipend
About the Company
- Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with a focus on management consulting, technology solutions, and risk and compliance services.
- Guidehouse invests in how grants work tomorrow, not just how they worked yesterday, including modernizing grants operations with data, analytics, and AI enabled tools.
- Guidehouse fosters a collaborative, mission-driven culture that values clarity, quality, and professionalism, supporting career paths that reward both subject matter depth and leadership.
Equal Opportunity
- Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
- Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
