Grant Compliance Advocate

Amity Foundation, internationally acclaimed teaching, and therapeutic community is seeking compassionate and enthusiastic individuals with a desire to teach, learn and join our community as a Grant Compliance Advocate. This groundbreaking opportunity not only will allow you to work with our prison programs to help the community population but will also enhance your training and experience in the field.
About Amity:

Amity Foundation is a safe place where people can change in an environment that fosters trust; where new values can be formed; responsibility developed, and lasting relationships built. Amity is dedicated to the inclusion and habilitation of people marginalized by addiction, homelessness, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, and violence. Amity is committed to research, development implementation, and dissemination of information regarding community building.

Remembrance, Resolution, Reconciliation, Restoration, Renewal

About the Position:

The Grant Compliance Advocate position for the Third-Party Administrator project supports and monitors a network of community-based organizations and non-profits as sub-recipient/subgrantee service providers for Care First, Community Investment Funds (CFCI), and non-Care First, Community Investment (CFCI) Funds. This position manages a portfolio of grantees to ensure compliant grant administration and programmatic support. In addition, it will review fidelity to awarded service providers, service quantity and quality, licensure, certification, physical facility conditions, staff qualifications, background checks, training in data entry, data assistance, and monitoring, and staffing requirements such as adherence to COVID19 protocols, and any requirements as specified in individual grant agreements.

What You Will Do::
• Monitor and provide technical assistance to subcontracted Service Providers and activities to ensure compliance with administrative and fiscal regulations in accordance with contract provisions and grant deliverables.
• Liaise and provide direct support to the network of subcontracted Service Providers (SP).
• Provide on-the-ground evaluation and responsive support to a diverse representation of service provider organizations across Los Angeles County that experience barriers to access to traditional County funding.
• Participate with Grant Administrator and Grant Development Team in the development and issuance of grants or service contracts in accordance with Exhibit 1, Administered Programs of the TPA project.
• Work with a portfolio of subgrantee service providers to ensure access to training for monthly data entry and all grant reporting.
• Work with a network of service providers to establish ongoing quality assurance monitoring processes and reviews including ongoing quarterly meetings.
• Conduct Program Reviews of subcontracted Service Providers and supervision implementation of corrective action plans to ensure high-quality services are provided under CFCI and non-CFCI funding.
• Participate in workgroups and departmental communication to inform senior management team on matters relating to contract compliance.
• Develop, initiate, maintain, and revise policies and procedures for the general operation of the data collection, entry, required reporting, and compliance program for individual Service Provider organizations (as needed).
• Respond to alleged violations of rules, regulations, policies, and standards of conduct by initiating investigative procedures.
• Reports on a regular basis, and as directed or requested to keep the Grant Administrator, Project Manager, and senior management informed on the operation and progress of compliance efforts and grant administration.
• Maintain positive collaborative relationships with subgrantee Service Provider organizations.
• Support the needs of the Program Manager or Grant Administrator as needed.
• Additional duties as assigned.

What You Will Bring::
• Four (4) year degree in Social Sciences or related fields; AND
• Two (2) years of full-time administrative or programmatic experience working in a community-based environment delivering social services such as housing, employment support, reentry services, or other services to vulnerable populations.
• Additional experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.
• Lived experience with incarceration, addiction recovery, poverty, foster care, or other systems involvement is considered an asset.
• Experience collecting and entering data to demonstrate the achievement of deliverables to funding sources is a plus.

What We Offer::
• 100% Employer-Sponsored EPO plan
• PPO Medical, Dental, Vision.
• Paid vacation, sick time, & 11 holidays.
• 401K, HSA, & Life insurance programs
• Community-oriented workplace
• An organization committed to community action & social justice.

ADA Information::
• Physical Requirements:
• Faculty must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Frequently required to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time.
• Frequently required to type for extended periods of time.
• Occasionally required to reach, walk, climb, pull, push, grasp, stretch, stoop.
• Frequently required to talk, hear, see, and use repetitive motions.
• Frequently able to communicate in verbal and written form.
• Frequently able to use all types of vision, such as close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception, to complete daily tasks.
• Required to wear comfortable and office appropriate clothes.

• Mental Demands:
• Ability to change direction as priorities shift.
• Ability to thrive in an environment that requires one to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Ability to professionally work under pressure with difficult or temperamental students & faculty.
• Ability to handle mental and emotional stress related to the position.

• Work Conditions:
• Generally, in an indoor office setting.

• Environmental Conditions:
• The noise level in the work environment is moderate but can be loud.
• The temperature in the work environment is usually moderate to cool but can be cold or hot.

• Travel:
• May travel locally by vehicle.