Workforce Development Council of Seattle - King County is seeking a Monitoring and Compliance Manager to join our team! The Monitoring and Compliance Manager will contribute to the mission of system transformation and centering racial equity in workforce development. Reporting to the Director of Finance and Contracts, the Monitoring and Compliance Manager ensures proper program stewardship and monitoring for compliance requirements guided by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title 1 and other federally funded grants.
The ideal candidate has a demonstrated ability to monitor grant-related activity, is highly collaborative, detail oriented, with an ability to independently manage a robust, fast paced workload. This position is responsible for subrecipient monitoring, system evaluation, resource coordination, facilitation, and building trusting relationships in communities through exemplary customer service skills. Knowledge of the Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) federal reporting database is preferred.
This position is primarily remote with occasional on-site work required in our Seattle office.
The Workforce Development Council of Seattle - King County (WDC) aspires to lead transformative change that will evolve our region's workforce development efforts into an innovative industry, community, and outcome-driven system with racial equity at its core. As a nonprofit, grant-making organization, the WDC collaborates with a diverse set of partners to elevate job quality, economic growth, and prosperity for adults and youth throughout the Seattle-King County region.
Some of the Key Responsibilities of the Monitoring and Compliance Manager:
- Supporting the community providers, Director of Finance and Contracts, and monitoring team through the entire monitoring process.
- Maintaining an annual contractor monitoring schedule, completing monitoring reports, and conducting follow-up on any corrective action items issued to provider partners.
- Conduct monitoring in collaboration with the finance team, data team, project managers and other relevant team members to ensure quality and completeness of data.
- Execute new contractor partner onboarding and training on federal compliance requirements.
- Conduct monthly reviews of provider data and invoicing to ensure on-going compliance with federal regulations.
- Act as a point of contact with ESD on annual monitoring.
- Create and improve templates, tools, and forms.
- Serve as the organization's SME on all Monitoring and Compliance activities.
- Developing, maintaining, and modifying Monitoring and Compliance templates and processes to ensure compliance with rules and regulations.
- Provide prompt training and technical assistance to staff and contractors regarding any changes to rules or regulations.
- Maintain defined quality processes by overseeing internal controls and policies that assure conformance with federal, state and local requirements.
- Actively participate in policy updates, implementation, and reviews, as needed.
- Advise top management on operations relating to risks and any policy development as well as create, modify, update, and implement WDC's policies as necessary.
- Other duties as assigned.
What the successful Monitoring and Compliance Managerwill have:
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in public administration, finance, economics, or other field related to this work.
- Strong knowledge and experience of Federal Acquisition Regulations, Uniform Guidance, and WIOA.
- Exemplary customer service skills.
- Excellent public speaking and presentation skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and detail oriented.
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Experience in writing formal documents and reports in relation to subrecipient and contract monitoring.
- Professional level experience in follow up after performing a monitoring review.
Compensation Range:
- $94,848.00 to $104,568.00 annually, DOE
Workforce Development Council of Seattle - King County has outstanding benefits including:
- Medical and Dental Plan, employee premiums paid at 100%
- Life Insurance Plan, employee premiums paid at 100%
- Disability Insurance Plan, employee premiums paid at 50%
- 401k Retirement Plan with company match available after 90 days
- 15 paid holidays including 2 floating holidays
- 15 Vacation days per year
- 12 Sick days per year
What to learn more about Workforce Development Council of Seattle - King County?
The WDC serves as the Local Workforce Development Board, designated by the City of Seattle Mayor and King County Executive, to set policy and administer federal workforce development funds under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). In 2018, the WDC Board of Directors and its stakeholders set a new direction for the organization to:
- Advocate for system change of industry practices and address barriers to equity.
- Broker a shared regional approach of strategies that are responsive to both community and industry needs.
- Access and amplify resources by braiding funding sources.
- Incubate and innovate strategies for racial equity impact and system change.
- Analyze and use data to measure impact/drive system change.
Please visit https://www.seakingwdc.org/ to learn more!
If you are interested in this fantastic opportunity, please submit a cover letter and resume.
Workforce Development Council of Seattle King County has partnered with All Things HR, an external HR Consulting Company, to assist with their recruiting process. If you would like to be a part of this dynamic company, please apply today!