Grants and Compliance Manager

Job overview

The Grants and Compliance Manager role is hybrid in Mills River, NC, with an annual salary of $66,289–$73,635. The position reports to the Director of Philanthropic Engagement and supports MANNA FoodBank’s institutional funding portfolio, which is approximately $5.5 million annually. MANNA’s mission is to involve, educate, and unite people in ending hunger in Western North Carolina. The manager leads complex grant work from prospect research and proposal development through compliance, reporting, renewal, and closeout. By building a funding pipeline and coordinating with program, finance, development, and leadership colleagues, the role helps secure institutional support and ensure grant commitments are met.

What you'll do

• Build and manage an institutional funding pipeline
• research and qualify funding opportunities
• develop prospect profiles and cultivation strategies
• lead go/no-go reviews
• write and manage complex proposals, applications, renewals, and reports
• coordinate budgets and proposal workflows
• interpret award terms and compliance requirements
• establish grant-management tools
• monitor activities, expenditures, and deliverables
• coordinate reporting, amendments, audits, and closeout
• maintain audit-ready files and institutional-giving records
• prepare pipeline, revenue, status, and risk reports
• supervise and provide quality assurance for the Institutional Giving Coordinator.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

grants and compliance manager

manna foodbank

mills river nc

hybrid

institutional giving

grant writing

grant compliance

foundation grants

government grants

$66,289–$73,635/year

monday–friday

occasional teleworking

ending hunger

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HRA and HSA contributions
• FSA options
• accident and critical illness insurance
• employee assistance program
• 136 hours of first-year paid time off
• paid holidays and winter break
• paid parental leave
• 401(k) with 3% employer match
• life and disability insurance.

Why this role

Leads a roughly $5.5 million annual institutional grant portfolio and supervises an Institutional Giving Coordinator. Typical schedule is Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., with some evenings and weekends as needed; occasional teleworking is available.

About the employer

MANNA FoodBank is hiring for this role. Industry: Community Food Services. Sector: 62.