Director of Grants Management

Job Title: Director of Grants Management

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

Date Revised: February 1, 2026

Organization                                                                     

Rasmuson Foundation is a private, family philanthropy that works to empower Alaskans to help each other. The Foundation invests, connects, and convenes Alaskans while awarding grants to Alaska-based nonprofits, Tribes, and other government entities. The Foundation seeks employees who are mission-oriented, provide diverse perspectives, and share the organization’s values of celebration, collaboration, community, respect, innovation, responsibility, and partnership.

Summary/Objective

The Director of Grants Management is responsible for overseeing the grants life cycle, including the grant application process, managing grant reports, and ensuring compliance with grant requirements and deadlines. This role includes oversight of the grants management system, tracking multiple deadlines, ensuring effective coordination with the Programs, Finance, and Communications groups, and providing internal support and expertise to the grants management group staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversees the administration of the grants management system for internal users and external applicants, serving as the subject matter expert on data reporting and analytics within the system.


• Ensures the grants management process adheres to legal and compliance requirements.


• Understands and implements changes to grant programs as needed.


• Uses continuous process improvement approaches to increase the quality of grants management services.


• Develops and provides needed grant reports and analysis to staff and leadership.


• Monitors operations and process performance by collecting and assessing qualitative and quantitative metrics.


• Responsible for seeking out new developments in grant management best practices and grants management system software releases and their applicability to the needs of the Foundation.

Qualifications

• Alignment with the Foundation’s mission and vision.


• A minimum of 10 years of experience handling different aspects of an organization’s grants management activities, and three years or more of management experience, including grants system oversight and report preparation for governance.


• Proven grants management expertise and ability to manage deadlines.


• Experience with grants management systems, non-profit or philanthropic experience preferred.


• Results in relationship building within a cross-functional team.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or above in an applicable discipline is desired. Experience can substitute.

Position Competencies

• Work product reflects a high degree of accuracy and understanding of how grants management tasks fit into the big picture of the Foundation’s grantmaking.


• Strong systems knowledge, with a track record of improving and enhancing existing technologies, developing new solutions, and building awareness, willingness, and skills among users to fully utilize new technologies.


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.


• High proficiency with office management systems and procedures, standard office equipment, and collaborative software, including Microsoft Office, Teams, and others.


• Self-motivated. Strong organizational skills, ability to manage several projects at once.


• Bridge-building ability to establish a network and collaborate with staff across the Foundation.


• Good judgment and integrity.


• Strong listening skills, demonstrated through problem-solving and applicable solutions.


• Occasional travel may be required.

Leadership Competencies

• A service orientation.


• A commitment to enabling individual and team success.


• Proven ability to influence vertically and horizontally.


• Role models ethics and professionalism.


• Drives staff development plan for grants management staff to assure competency in job performance, cross-training, and professional growth.


• Coaches and develops both direct reports and the broader team.

Compensation

• Job Classification: Salaried, Overtime Exempt


• Pay Range: $123,000 - $205,000