{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"88a2de30345ff887912e6ae7","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/88a2de30345ff887912e6ae7","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/88a2de30345ff887912e6ae7","title":"Program Specialist #1","description":"Program Specialist #1\n\nHighPoint professionals focus on helping government agencies and companies implement their most critically strategic initiatives. The role of Program Specialist #1 contributes to HighPoint by serving as a senior program and grants management advisor responsible for strengthening recipient capacity, supporting federal grant competitions, and enhancing program performance across DCDDP discretionary and demonstration grant programs.\n\nJOB RESPONSIBILITIES:\nLead the design and delivery of targeted technical assistance and training (T&TA) strategies that strengthen recipient capacity, improve performance, and address compliance risks across DCDDP grant programs.\nDevelop and implement standardized processes for identifying high-risk recipients, assessing technical assistance needs, matching subject matter experts to recipients, and measuring engagement outcomes.\nProvide specialized consultation, coaching, and capacity-building support to grant recipients, including one-on-one engagements and customized assistance plans.\nServe as a subject matter expert on discretionary and demonstration grant programs, providing strategic guidance and recommendations to federal leadership, program staff, and external stakeholders.\nSupport the development, revision, launch, and administration of Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs), including funding announcements, briefing materials, applicant guidance, and grant competition communications.\nPlan and execute outreach initiatives, webinars, workshops, and educational resources that expand awareness of funding opportunities and increase participation among underserved communities.\nManage and support grant competition activities, including reviewer recruitment, reviewer and panel manager training, panel operations, technical reviews, application assessments, funding recommendations, and applicant eligibility reviews.\nProvide programmatic, policy, and grants administration support, including drafting guidance documents, policy memoranda, federal notices, grants communications, standard operating procedures, and other program documentation.\nOversee grant portfolios by monitoring recipient performance, supporting risk-based monitoring frameworks, conducting portfolio reviews, and ensuring compliance with federal regulations and program requirements.\nSupport organizational operations through stakeholder coordination, executive support activities, event planning, process improvement initiatives, and compliance with federal information security and records management requirements.\nKNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:\nAdvanced knowledge of federal grants management, discretionary grant programs, NOFO development, recipient monitoring, and compliance oversight.\nExpertise in technical assistance delivery, capacity building, organizational development, and performance improvement strategies.\nStrong understanding of federal policies, regulations, and guidance related to grant administration, program implementation, and risk management.\nExceptional written communication skills with experience developing policy documents, funding announcements, reports, briefing materials, federal correspondence, and operational guidance.\nDemonstrated ability to design and facilitate trainings, webinars, workshops, and technical assistance engagements for diverse stakeholder groups.\nExperience conducting program assessments, risk analyses, portfolio reviews, and performance evaluations to support informed decision-making.\nStrong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across federal agencies, grant recipients, consultants, and community partners.\nAbility to analyze complex programmatic and operational challenges and develop practical, results-oriented solutions.\nStrong project management, organizational, and leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously.\nKnowledge of federal information security requirements, records management practices, and compliance standards, including FIPS 199 safeguards.\nEDUCATION AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:\nBachelor's degree in Public Administration, Public Policy, Business Administration, Nonprofit Management, Community Development, Political Science, Communications, or a related field.\nMaster's degree preferred.\n7+ years of experience in federal grants management, program administration, technical assistance, capacity building, community development, or federal program operations.\nAbility to travel up to 10-20% as needed.\nA reasonable estimate of the current range is $120,000-132,000\n\nABOUT HIGHPOINT:\nHighPoint is a growth-oriented firm that provides a unique, differentiated employee culture relative to our Federal market peers. We leverage this growth-oriented and employee-focused culture to attract and retain a higher grade of talent than our peers to be an employer of choice.\n\nHighPoint helps government agencies elevate the citizen experience (CX) by improving the touchpoints through which citizens interact with government. We were founded in 2006 by Ben Lanius with the spirit of transforming how agencies connect with and empower citizens to deliver on mission-critical objectives.\n\nAt HighPoint, our focus is on delivering results that matter. We support and modernize our federal customer’s mission critical systems and functions. Agility is at our core: it is the mantra that drives us to succeed. We work quickly, analytically and deliver on agency priorities.\nHighPoint is a privately held company with a team of over 130 passionate professionals spread across 12 states in the U.S.\n\nHighPoint Digital, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.\n\nHighPoint Digital, Inc. will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. 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The role of Program Specialist #1 contributes to HighPoint by serving as a senior program and grants management advisor responsible for strengthening recipient capacity, supporting federal grant competitions, and enhancing program performance across DCDDP discretionary and demonstration grant programs.\n\nJOB RESPONSIBILITIES:\nLead the design and delivery of targeted technical assistance and training (T&TA) strategies that strengthen recipient capacity, improve performance, and address compliance risks across DCDDP grant programs.\nDevelop and implement standardized processes for identifying high-risk recipients, assessing technical assistance needs, matching subject matter experts to recipients, and measuring engagement outcomes.\nProvide specialized consultation, coaching, and capacity-building support to grant recipients, including one-on-one engagements and customized assistance plans.\nServe as a subject matter expert on discretionary and demonstration grant programs, providing strategic guidance and recommendations to federal leadership, program staff, and external stakeholders.\nSupport the development, revision, launch, and administration of Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs), including funding announcements, briefing materials, applicant guidance, and grant competition communications.\nPlan and execute outreach initiatives, webinars, workshops, and educational resources that expand awareness of funding opportunities and increase participation among underserved communities.\nManage and support grant competition activities, including reviewer recruitment, reviewer and panel manager training, panel operations, technical reviews, application assessments, funding recommendations, and applicant eligibility reviews.\nProvide programmatic, policy, and grants administration support, including drafting guidance documents, policy memoranda, federal notices, grants communications, standard operating procedures, and other program documentation.\nOversee grant portfolios by monitoring recipient performance, supporting risk-based monitoring frameworks, conducting portfolio reviews, and ensuring compliance with federal regulations and program requirements.\nSupport organizational operations through stakeholder coordination, executive support activities, event planning, process improvement initiatives, and compliance with federal information security and records management requirements.\nKNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:\nAdvanced knowledge of federal grants management, discretionary grant programs, NOFO development, recipient monitoring, and compliance oversight.\nExpertise in technical assistance delivery, capacity building, organizational development, and performance improvement strategies.\nStrong understanding of federal policies, regulations, and guidance related to grant administration, program implementation, and risk management.\nExceptional written communication skills with experience developing policy documents, funding announcements, reports, briefing materials, federal correspondence, and operational guidance.\nDemonstrated ability to design and facilitate trainings, webinars, workshops, and technical assistance engagements for diverse stakeholder groups.\nExperience conducting program assessments, risk analyses, portfolio reviews, and performance evaluations to support informed decision-making.\nStrong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across federal agencies, grant recipients, consultants, and community partners.\nAbility to analyze complex programmatic and operational challenges and develop practical, results-oriented solutions.\nStrong project management, organizational, and leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously.\nKnowledge of federal information security requirements, records management practices, and compliance standards, including FIPS 199 safeguards.\nEDUCATION AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:\nBachelor's degree in Public Administration, Public Policy, Business Administration, Nonprofit Management, Community Development, Political Science, Communications, or a related field.\nMaster's degree preferred.\n7+ years of experience in federal grants management, program administration, technical assistance, capacity building, community development, or federal program operations.\nAbility to travel up to 10-20% as needed.\nA reasonable estimate of the current range is $120,000-132,000\n\nABOUT HIGHPOINT:\nHighPoint is a growth-oriented firm that provides a unique, differentiated employee culture relative to our Federal market peers. We leverage this growth-oriented and employee-focused culture to attract and retain a higher grade of talent than our peers to be an employer of choice.\n\nHighPoint helps government agencies elevate the citizen experience (CX) by improving the touchpoints through which citizens interact with government. We were founded in 2006 by Ben Lanius with the spirit of transforming how agencies connect with and empower citizens to deliver on mission-critical objectives.\n\nAt HighPoint, our focus is on delivering results that matter. We support and modernize our federal customer’s mission critical systems and functions. Agility is at our core: it is the mantra that drives us to succeed. We work quickly, analytically and deliver on agency priorities.\nHighPoint is a privately held company with a team of over 130 passionate professionals spread across 12 states in the U.S.\n\nHighPoint Digital, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. 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