Grant Project Manager

Duration: October 2026–February 2027 Our client, a higher education non-profit dedicated to increasing the graduation rates. seeking a highly organized Grant Project Management Consultant to provide short-term project management support across our grant-funded portfolio. Working closely with UIA leadership and cross-functional teams, this role will help ensure grant initiatives are well-planned, clearly assigned, and progressing on schedule. The schedule is flexible, with employees located in various time zones but the work will need to be performed during core business hours and this person will be asked to attend a staff meeting that occurs on Thursdays at 4 pm EST.

Qualifications: Experience with project management, grant delivery, or grant-funded initiatives. Experience using Asana and Salesforce to track projects, milestones, grants, or implementation progress. Exceptional organization, attention to detail, follow-through, and communication skills. Ability to coordinate effectively across teams and work with colleagues at all levels. Comfortable facilitating meetings and keeping teams accountable to deadlines and deliverables.

Key Responsibilities: Build and maintain grant project plans in Asana, including tasks, milestones, owners, dependencies, and deadlines. Track grant progress and implementation milestones in Salesforce, ensuring information is accurate and up to date. Conduct weekly reviews of active grants, identify overdue or at-risk work, and follow up with task owners. Translate grant workplans and deliverables into clear, actionable tasks and timelines. Coordinate across programs, operations, finance, development, evaluation, and communications teams. Support grant-launch and weekly team meetings, including agendas, follow-up, decisions, and action tracking. Identify risks, dependencies, and stalled work and escalate issues when needed. Provide concise updates to UIA leadership on progress, upcoming milestones, and areas requiring attention.