Grants & Knowledge Management Associate

Description and Requirements
Position : Grants & Knowledge Management Associate
Job Location: New York, NY
MetLife Foundation:
MetLife Foundation is committed to driving inclusive economic mobility for underserved and underrepresented communities around the world. We collaborate with nonprofit organizations and provide grants aligned to three strategic focus areas - economic inclusion, financial health and resilient communities - while engaging MetLife employee volunteers to help drive impact. MetLife Foundation was established in 1976 to continue MetLife's long tradition of corporate contributions and community involvement. Since its founding, MetLife Foundation has contributed $1 Billion to strengthen communities where MetLife has a presence.

• Economic Inclusion : Empowers young people and adults to develop workforce skills and an entrepreneurial mindset to be competitive in the digital and new economy, advance in a chosen career pathway, and earn family sustaining wages.

• Financial Health: We help people manage household budgets, recover from the unexpected, and plan for the future. We use research insights to create and deliver safe, affordable, and convenient financial services through new technologies, innovation, and on the ground with partners around the world.
• Resilient Communities: positively impacts communities through grants that support the development of a healthy and vibrant ecosystem to address physical and mental well-being, environmental causes, arts and culture.
• Employee Engagement & Volunteerism: MetLife employees play an important role by acting as mentors to fintech companies and pro bono consultants to our grantees, and helping families build their greatest asset - their home.
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The Role : The Grants and Knowledge Management Associate will be a core member of the Foundation Program team and work in partnership to coordinate domestic and international grantmaking processes, review the grant application materials to ensure compliance with Foundation and IRS requirements, and assist with management of grants management systems, processes and database.
Guided by our Purpose, "always with you, building a more confident future," this team member will build relationships across internal teams and with our grantee partners, managing information about and from multiple program areas, creating, ensuring existing tools and databases are strategically used, recommending improvements to how we capture and understand data for learning purposes, and leveraging knowledge shared by our partners and the field to inform how MetLife Foundation refines its work to achieve its mission.
In today's constantly changing environment, we have an opportunity to challenge ourselves to think boldly about how to deliver greater social impact to our communities and build on our core business strengths and commitments. The successful candidate will blend energy and passion with strong business acumen and the ability to make connections across a diverse global portfolio to identify common themes for an intentional, forward-thinking approach and structured delivery to grantmaking. This person will be part of a team to help MetLife Foundation advocate for and achieve measurable change in communities around the globe.
Key Responsibilities for Grants & Knowledge Management Associate:

• Review all grant applications for completeness and adherence to legal requirements and internal grantmaking guidelines, for domestic and international grants including OFAC regulations, UN Sanctions Lists, Terrorist Exclusion list, and/or Internpol Notices.
• Conduct due diligence reviews of applicants' organizational and financial capacity.
• Serve as a point of contact for grantee partners, providing technical assistance for application and report submission, responding to inquiries on financial due diligence requirements and verifying information.
• Ensure integrity of data and accurate coding and information is entered in the grantmaking system.
• Maintain grants management procedures, including but not limited to due diligence procedures, grant reporting, award letters, grant agreements.
• Communicate with grantees regarding grant materials: missing application items, budget issues, etc., as well as answering questions about the application/grantmaking process.

• Prepare reports on grantmaking activity, as requested. Including regular and ad hoc grantmaking reports and perform data analysis.

• Assist in training staff and grantees as needed on technology or policy issues and procedure changes.
• Work with Grants Management department on implementation of the department's strategic plan, including technology and process enhancement.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as requested.

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:
Required:

• HS Diploma
• Minimum three years of relevant professional experience in philanthropy, grants administration and management in a foundation.
• Flexible and eager to contribute to a new strategic approach at MetLife Foundation and lean into an "all hands on deck" approach in a demanding environment.
• Strong computer skills, including proficient use of the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel and Powerpoint) and with grants management systems and databases required including Salesforce and Fluxx.
• Verbal and written communications skills combined with a customer service approach for internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to synthesize data and "find the story" in large and complete sets of data.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize work and manage multiple priorities.

MetLife:
The wage range for applicants for this position is $51,100 to $75,000. This role is also eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. MetLife offers a comprehensive benefits program, including healthcare benefits, life insurance, retirement benefits, parental leave, legal plan services and paid time off. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
MetLife is a proud Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer dedicated to attracting, retaining, and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at MetLife without regards to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.