Program Officer (Remote Corpus, TX or Laredo, TX)

Summary Description :
The Program Officer works closely with other members of the Community Investments team to develop, analyze, and manage one or more investment portfolios. The Program Officer assists/advises nonprofit organizations through the entire application and reporting process. They serve as the primary contact for their grant portfolio. They are expected to develop and maintain a variety of relationships across the community.
Salary:
Annual salary rate begins at $58,810.00. Mid range at $73,513.00. Actual starting rate will be commensurate with experience and education
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Duties:

• Monitors a strategically themed and aligned portfolio, ensuring strong relationships with funded partner, programmatic accountability and compliance with the grant contract and goals.
• Supports the development of trust based grantmaking by focusing on the key tenants and best practices. Develops shared goals across each thematic portfolio.
• Assists grantees with the development, evaluation and revision of program-specific deliverables and outcomes.
• Provides/utilizes expertise regarding grant program evaluation and outcome reporting.
• Evaluates grant programs in progress, ensuring programmatic accountability and compliance with grant agreement, operational guidelines, and program reporting requirements.
• Assesses solicited grant requests to include narratives, activities, outputs, outcomes, and budgets. Compares requests with prior year information to ensure soundness of grantees' proposed projections. Presents findings/recommendations to the Community Investments Manager.
• Serves as relationship builder, liaison, and primary point of contact for grantees, developing and maintaining relationships via phone, email and in-person. Provides assistance to grantees with grant agreements, reporting requirements, compliance requirements, and other information.
• Conducts site visits to build and maintain positive grantee relationships while reviewing grantee program impact, identifying programmatic issues and opportunities for capacity building.
• Stays current on grantmaking evolving practices (through guidance from grantmaking organizations) and works to incorporate those best practices into MHM's work.
• Maintains grantee database (GIFTS Online by Blackbaud or similar software), generating notices, reminders, and reports. Responsible for accuracy, and timely updated information.
• Produces statistical and program reports for leadership use with the Board of Directors and Board Committees.
• Works closely with MHM Accounting Department on details of grant terms and compliance.
• Serves as a connector, working with public and private entities, grantees, and other stakeholders to expand MHM's positive impact on health outcomes and grantee capacity.
• Interacts appropriately with all levels of staff, including Directors and CEOs. Represents MHM at community meetings and events as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Additional Desired Skills :

• Familiarity with digital equity or affordable housing strategies and programs and understanding of the dynamics and roles played by key entities.
• Familiarity with healthcare, clinical operations, and/or Social Determinants of Health
• Experience with process development, program evaluation, and impact measurement methods (e.g., logic models, theory of change, design thinking)
• Written and verbal Spanish language proficiency

Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor's Degree required. At least 3 years' related experience, including one year of work involving grants (could be volunteer). Basic knowledge of nonprofit operations is preferred. Experience managing or serving on grant review teams is preferred.
Travel:
Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to community partner sites, MHM clinic and program sites, convenings, and conferences.
Language Skills:
Able to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations. Write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Must be able to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers as well as the general public. Must be fluent in English. Bilingual Spanish preferred.
Mathematical Skills:
Able to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, and statistics. Strong data visualization/presentation skills preferred.
Reasoning Ability:
Able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Able to interpret a variety of instructions written, oral, diagrams or schedule form.
Computer Skills:
Able to demonstrate working knowledge of the Internet, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel applications. Skill in utilizing a database to store, sort, and extract user-friendly data to support a grantmaking endeavor. High level of competence with a grant management database such as Blackbaud GIFTS Online or Fluxx preferred.
Work Environment and Physical Demands:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.