Methodist Healthcare Ministries
Program Officer (Remote Corpus, TX or Laredo, TX) (Finance)
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:
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.