GRANTS AND DATA MANAGER

CLSEPA seeks a Grants and Data Manager who understands and believes in CLSEPA’s mission and is excited about accuracy, compliance, and impact of our organization’s work. The Grants and Data Manager is responsible for managing the grant lifecycle process and the data systems that support it. Currently, of our $5.3 million annual budget, the government grants portfolio is 69%, and the foundation grants portfolio is 25%. This position works with all stakeholders, including staff, clients, board members, donors, grant makers, and community partners to ensure CLSEPA can continue to provide transformative legal services to our community.

Our Values

We value Service, Equity, Humility, and Inclusion and practice:

• Working towards our mission in concert with colleagues, our clients, and community. We recognize that people come to us as whole beings. Service is inherent in treating others the way you want to be treated and recognizing we all have the power to create change.
• Acknowledging, addressing, and reducing harm that results from inequities in society and within our own organization. Working for equity involves decreasing systematic mistreatment and barriers created by systems of social inequality. It also involves working towards increasing shared access to power, privilege, and resources in the community and within the workplace
• Understanding that learning is a life-long process, and we can learn from non-traditional sources, like clients and each other. Humility is listening with active curiosity and thinking about your own reactions and judgments. Humility is appreciating other identities, expressions, behaviors and ways of being and doing that are different from your own.
• Creating an environment where everyone, including those who have been historically excluded, is valued, able to participate fully, and have a voice.

As the Grants and Data Manager, you will:

• Manage the grant lifecycle: oversee all aspects of the grant process, including establishing and maintaining a grant and project tracking system, conduct grant research and identification, draft proposals and reports, track grant contracts, and monitor budget utilization and timely reporting of our deliverables and impact;
• Data integrity: Clean, collect, and analyze data related to grants, including tracking grant performance and ensuring compliance with grant requirements;
• Lead evaluation and analysis for all aspects of our services and programs, from client experience to impact and outcomes;
• Partner with program leaders, the Director of Finance and Operations, and the Executive Director to ensure our supporters understand the impact of our work.

As the Grants and Data Manager, you have:

SKILLS:

• Excellent attention to detail and organizational proficiency
• Excellent strategic and analytical skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to embrace challenges, seek feedback, and commitment to continuous learning
• Ability to relate to and communicate with a broad range of clients and colleagues 
• Excellent time management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software suite and Google Workspace

EXPERIENCE:

• At least four (4)+ years of experience and success in grant administration and management
• Experience with using data to drive decisions, strategies, and alignment with organizational goals
• Demonstrated commitment to serving low-income populations and communities of color 
• Knowledge of governmental regulations as they apply to contracting, including local, state, and federal regulations
• Experience with learning new software systems and assisting others through the onboarding process
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within the organization, external sponsors, and in the community
• Experience with a customer relationship management system (we use Neon).
• Willingness to learn within the role and embracing the organizational values of humility and service

Compensation

This is a full-time exempt position with the following starting annualized salary ranges (dependent on experience):

• $85,000-$105,000

The ranges provided are CLSEPA’s reasonable estimates of the base compensation for this/these roles. The actual salary amount may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Benefits and Perks

In addition to a competitive compensation package, we offer competitive benefits, including health, vision, and dental insurance, a Health Reimbursement Account for mental health, 15 paid holidays, generous PTO and a 403(b).

To promote and support financial wellness, CLSEPA pays state bar dues, and malpractice insurance. This position qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (as it currently stands).

Physical Requirements

Prolonged periods of concentration while sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Location

CLSEPA is a hybrid workplace. This position is eligible for hybrid/remote domestic (U.S.) work in California or Virginia. This position requires commuting when necessary to attend in-person meetings with external stakeholders or staff. It will also require commuting for periodic team or all staff gatherings (frequency approximately once or twice per month).

A remote worker arrangement may be considered for candidates with the appropriate background and experience. Remote workers’ schedules are based in the Pacific Time zone.

CLSEPA is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees/applicants in all of our employment practices without regard to race, religion, color, sex or gender (including gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, pregnancy-and childbirth- related medical conditions), sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, uniform-service member/veteran status, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, taking/requesting statutorily protected leave, or any other basis protected by law.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, CLSEPA will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Application Process

The success of our mission is dependent on building and maintaining an organization that includes people from different backgrounds and experiences who can challenge each other’s assumptions with new perspectives. To that end, we look for a diverse pool of applicants including those from historically marginalized groups – women, people with disabilities, people of color, formerly incarcerated people, people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or gender nonconforming, first- and second-generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible by submitting a resume, cover letter, writing sample and 3 professional references using this link or email jobs@clsepa.org. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. 

Why a cover letter? We want to learn more about why CLSEPA – CLSEPA’s clientele is extremely diverse, and the majority of our clients are low-income persons of color. It is critical that our staff work effectively in all cross-cultural situations, with clients, with our coworkers, and with the community, and that we create an inclusive and respectful workplace in which differences are acknowledged and valued.

Cover Letter Prompt:

Feel free to think broadly about your response to the following question (applying various aspects of your life and personal experiences):

How do you think your personal background or experiences, professional or otherwise, have prepared you to contribute to our commitment to service, equity, humility, and inclusion amongst our staff?