Senior Associate Public Grants MN

Saint Paul, MN - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 12 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Who We Are:

Trust for Public Land (TPL) is the leader of a movement to connect everyone in America to the outdoors. A national nonprofit TPL partners with communities to create high-quality parks and protect public landsespecially in communities that need them mostto improve public health create social cohesion strengthen historic and cultural connection to place and increase climate resilience. Since 1972 TPL has protected more than 4 million acres of public land created more than 5500 parks trails schoolyards and iconic outdoor places generated over $112 billion in public funding for parks and public lands and connected nearly 10 million people to the outdoors. To learn more visit .

Position Summary:

The Senior Associate Public Grants - MN position provides critical program technical and administrative support in the management of publicly funded grants for Trust for Public Lands Minnesota/Northwoods office (TPL-MN/NW). TPL-MN/NW manages 20-25 multi-year public grants (for a total of about $10 $12 million annually) from State and Federal sources; primary funding sources include Minnesotas Outdoor Heritage Fund and Minnesotas Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. This position supports the land protection staff as well as finance staff by organizing and tracking grant deliverables budgets contracts and reports to ensure proper compliance with the rules associated with these public grants. Additionally the position is a critical link in delivering TPLs mission of conserving land for people by utilizing well-established nonprofit land acquisition techniques and sound business practices to advance landscape-scale conservation in Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan.

Essential Functions:

Public Grant Management: 60%

Provide support and ensure quality control for grant proposal submission process. Ensure required documents are included with grant submission and appropriately filed in TPLs electronic filing systems.
Ensure compliance with grant standards and requirements lead record-keeping processes and routinely monitor grant folders for compliance documentation. Confirm that staff follow the compliance guidelines.
Ensure new grants and grant amendments are set up in accounting time-keeping and other filing systems. Create and/or maintain internal standardized processes and document for tracking and potential audit review purposes.
Manage grant reporting requirements including tracking and compilation of outcomes/deliverables for use in project reports status updates and final reports. Facilitates manages and co-leads engagement with program partners in these tasks.
Assist as needed with the submission of the acquisition packet to the funder.
Create and maintain grant calendar. Work with land protection staff and partners as well as TPL finance staff to create a shared grant calendar; enter key dates for all new and existing grants; and monitor existing grant reporting and other key dates.
Review reimbursement requests prepared by finance department before submission to the funder to confirm backup documentation and sufficient funding. Work with land protection and finance staff to maintain and update grant budgets and tracking systems.
Other duties as assigned

Program and Project Support: 20%

Assists project staff in project research administration and coordination of non-negotiating real-estate functions of project development. Assists with such administrative tasks as drafting letters memos and overall help with presentations including preparation of graphic materials and other project-related graphics work.
Assists project staff in acquisition closing functions with TPL finance staff as it relates to real-estate transactions including coordination with title agents state & federal grant staff and private foundations
Leads coordination with TPLs Marketing team in the creation and on-going maintenance of program and project specific materials.
Assists land protection staff in land acquisition projects and programmatic initiatives including project research; landowner outreach; collaboration with local governments agencies partners and community groups.
Attends community meetings builds relationships with partners and garners support for projects as needed.
Work with project team to identify track and attend key regional and state convenings workshops and training opportunities on various topics and initiatives including wildlife and forest management water conservation and management Indigenous and tribal matters and agency and private funding.
Other duties as assigned

Other support and activities: 20%

Assist with the development preparation and submission of grant applications for other local state and federal public agency funding.
Assist program staff in monitoring grant proposals following submittal to funding agencies; gather and provide additional information as needed.
Assist in administrative support including meeting scheduling and minutes for Land Protection staff and MN State Director.
Assist in other activities as directed by Minnesota / Northwoods Land Protection staff.

Qualifications:

Strong commitment to TPLs shared values (Belonging Creativity Collaboration Impact and Hope) to effectively work across the organization.
Minimum of two years experience in a professional setting.
Minimum of two years experience with government/public grant requirements knowledge of Minnesotas Clean Water Land and Legacy Funds preferrable.
Bachelors Degree preferred; Course work or experience to include real estate environmental studies grant management public policy or related areas.

Special Knowledge and Skills:

Strong written and oral communications skills.
Ability to work under pressure juggle multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
Ability to work independently or as a team member as appropriate.
Ability to take initiative be creative and make recommendations to solve problems.
Interest in TPLs mission as it relates to land conservation community and equitable access to nature and healthy communities.
Computer skills: MS Office spreadsheets project tracking tools graphics and internet research techniques. Experience with GIS mapping and project management tracking tools is a plus.
Excellent organizational skills with a desire and ability to work on complex projects and manage multiple priorities.
Demonstrated capacity to develop track and advance projects with accuracy and efficiency.
Ability to take initiative make suggestions be creative and solve problems.
Strong people skills with the ability to engage constructively with people of diverse backgrounds.

Compensation:

Trust for Public Land is a hybrid work environment and this role will ideally be located near a Trust for Public Land office. As a full-time employee you will be eligible for the Trust for Public Lands comprehensive benefits program which includes medical dental and vision insurance vacation and sick pay plus holidays a year end office closure and a 403(b)-retirement plan currently with up to a 7% company match. We offer competitive salaries commensurate with experience; the anticipated hiring range for this position is $31.04/hour - $32.78/hour (annualized to $64553 - $68185).
Trust for Public Lands active goal is to be an inclusive and equitable place to work and build community. As the organization actively works to eliminate racial and other disparities it welcomes candidates with diverse backgrounds and/or multicultural skillsets. We are open to the possibility that a great candidate for this job may not precisely meet all the above criteria; if you believe you are the right person for this job and can persuasively make that case we encourage you to apply.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Who We Are: Trust for Public Land (TPL) is the leader of a movement to connect everyone in America to the outdoors. A national nonprofit TPL partners with communities to create high-quality parks and protect public landsespecially in communities that need them mostto improve public health create soc...

Provide support and ensure quality control for grant proposal submission process. Ensure required documents are included with grant submission and appropriately filed in TPLs electronic filing systems.
Ensure compliance with grant standards and requirements lead record-keeping processes and routinely monitor grant folders for compliance documentation. Confirm that staff follow the compliance guidelines.
Ensure new grants and grant amendments are set up in accounting time-keeping and other filing systems. Create and/or maintain internal standardized processes and document for tracking and potential audit review purposes.
Manage grant reporting requirements including tracking and compilation of outcomes/deliverables for use in project reports status updates and final reports. Facilitates manages and co-leads engagement with program partners in these tasks.
Assist as needed with the submission of the acquisition packet to the funder.
Create and maintain grant calendar. Work with land protection staff and partners as well as TPL finance staff to create a shared grant calendar; enter key dates for all new and existing grants; and monitor existing grant reporting and other key dates.
Review reimbursement requests prepared by finance department before submission to the funder to confirm backup documentation and sufficient funding. Work with land protection and finance staff to maintain and update grant budgets and tracking systems.
Other duties as assigned

Program and Project Support: 20%

Assists project staff in project research administration and coordination of non-negotiating real-estate functions of project development. Assists with such administrative tasks as drafting letters memos and overall help with presentations including preparation of graphic materials and other project-related graphics work.
Assists project staff in acquisition closing functions with TPL finance staff as it relates to real-estate transactions including coordination with title agents state & federal grant staff and private foundations
Leads coordination with TPLs Marketing team in the creation and on-going maintenance of program and project specific materials.
Assists land protection staff in land acquisition projects and programmatic initiatives including project research; landowner outreach; collaboration with local governments agencies partners and community groups.
Attends community meetings builds relationships with partners and garners support for projects as needed.
Work with project team to identify track and attend key regional and state convenings workshops and training opportunities on various topics and initiatives including wildlife and forest management water conservation and management Indigenous and tribal matters and agency and private funding.
Other duties as assigned

Other support and activities: 20%

Assist with the development preparation and submission of grant applications for other local state and federal public agency funding.
Assist program staff in monitoring grant proposals following submittal to funding agencies; gather and provide additional information as needed.
Assist in administrative support including meeting scheduling and minutes for Land Protection staff and MN State Director.
Assist in other activities as directed by Minnesota / Northwoods Land Protection staff.

Qualifications:

Strong commitment to TPLs shared values (Belonging Creativity Collaboration Impact and Hope) to effectively work across the organization.
Minimum of two years experience in a professional setting.
Minimum of two years experience with government/public grant requirements knowledge of Minnesotas Clean Water Land and Legacy Funds preferrable.
Bachelors Degree preferred; Course work or experience to include real estate environmental studies grant management public policy or related areas.

Special Knowledge and Skills:

Strong written and oral communications skills.
Ability to work under pressure juggle multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
Ability to work independently or as a team member as appropriate.
Ability to take initiative be creative and make recommendations to solve problems.
Interest in TPLs mission as it relates to land conservation community and equitable access to nature and healthy communities.
Computer skills: MS Office spreadsheets project tracking tools graphics and internet research techniques. Experience with GIS mapping and project management tracking tools is a plus.
Excellent organizational skills with a desire and ability to work on complex projects and manage multiple priorities.
Demonstrated capacity to develop track and advance projects with accuracy and efficiency.
Ability to take initiative make suggestions be creative and solve problems.
Strong people skills with the ability to engage constructively with people of diverse backgrounds.