Supervising Grants Administration Manager Agency for Human Rights (1825) at City and County of San Francisco

Supervising Grants Administration Manager Agency for Human Rights

The Agency for Human Rights (AHR) is seeking a highly experienced and equity-driven grants administration leader to serve as the Supervising Grants Administration Manager. This position is a senior-level analytical and managerial role responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing the full lifecycle of complex, multimillion-dollar community grant portfolios with significant fiscal, operational, and policy implications.

Reporting to the Director of Grants Administration, the 1825 operates with a high degree of independence and discretion, exercising judgment on matters with substantial financial impact, compliance risk, and public accountability. The position plays a critical role in institutionalizing sustainable grant administration systems, strengthening compliance and monitoring frameworks, and advising leadership on funding strategy, risk management, and performance outcomes.

The Supervising Grants Administration Manager supervises professional grant staff, collaborates across City departments, and represents AHR in interactions with oversight entities. The role ensures that AHR's grantmaking practices are transparent, compliant, analytically rigorous, and aligned with the department's mission and Citywide equity goals.

Key responsibilities include:

• Planning, directing, and overseeing the administration of all grant funding, including the development of grant opportunities, application review processes, award recommendations, and fund distribution to nonprofit partners.
• Managing and overseeing a portfolio of highly complex, equity-focused grant programs serving historically marginalized communities, including multi-year and multi-source funding streams.
• Ensuring grants are aligned with AHR's strategic priorities, fiscal controls, and applicable City, state, and federal requirements.
• Developing, implementing, and refining grantmaking protocols, including RFPs; technical assistance strategies; proposal evaluation frameworks; and contract execution processes.
• Providing senior-level oversight of grantee onboarding, training, and ongoing support to strengthen organizational capacity and ensure effective program delivery.
• Designing, implementing, and overseeing robust grant monitoring systems encompassing fiscal compliance, programmatic performance, and outcome reporting.
• Interpreting and applying complex regulatory, contractual, and policy requirements; resolving compliance issues with significant fiscal or operational implications.
• Serving as lead for audits, monitoring reviews, and corrective action processes related to grant-funded programs.
• Ensuring timely, accurate, and analytically sound reporting to the Controller's Office, Mayor's Office, Board of Supervisors, and other oversight entities.
• Providing expert guidance to funded organizations regarding compliance expectations related to fiscal management, governance, and reporting.
• Supervising, mentoring, and evaluating a team of professional analysts responsible for grant administration, fiscal oversight, and compliance monitoring.
• Planning and assigning complex analytical work; reviewing work products for quality, consistency, and adherence to established standards.
• Supporting staff development, succession planning, and continuous improvement within the grants administration function.
• Coordinating internal workplans to ensure alignment across grant cycles and departmental priorities.
• Serving as a senior liaison to internal and external partners, including the Office of Contract Administration, Controller's Office, City Attorney, and other City departments.
• Representing AHR in meetings, negotiations, and discussions involving complex grant, fiscal, or compliance matters.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with grantees, advocates, and community stakeholders to ensure funding strategies reflect community needs while maintaining accountability.
• Identifying operational risks and inefficiencies within grant administration workflows and leading the development of corrective and preventative solutions.
• Contributing to strategic planning for new funding initiatives, policy changes, and department-wide operational improvements.
• Advising executive leadership on grant portfolio performance, compliance risk, and resource allocation strategies.

Minimum qualifications include a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and seven (7) years of full-time equivalent experience performing professional level analytical work. Additional experience may substitute for the required degree on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of 2 years.

Desirable qualifications include extensive experience managing complex community-based grant portfolios in a government or large nonprofit environment, demonstrated ability to independently lead high-impact initiatives and supervise professional staff, strong working knowledge of San Francisco City contracting, fiscal controls, and compliance requirements, advanced analytical, strategic thinking, and written and oral communication skills, and demonstrated commitment to racial equity, social justice, and accountable public administration.