HighPoint professionals focus on helping government agencies and companies implement their most critically strategic initiatives. The role of Sr. Analyst contributes to HighPoint by serving as a key contributor to the monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and administration of DCDDP grant programs by providing data-driven insights that support program effectiveness, compliance, and strategic decision-making.Â
- Lead and support monitoring, evaluation, and data analytics activities to assess program performance, strengthen compliance oversight, and drive continuous improvement across DCDDP grant programs.
- Develop and maintain dashboards, monitoring tools, risk assessment frameworks, and reporting processes to support grant portfolio management and performance tracking.
- Analyze, validate, clean, and synthesize programmatic, financial, and compliance data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and areas requiring corrective action.
- Prepare performance reports, data visualizations, briefing materials, congressional reporting content, annual reports, and strategic recommendations for leadership and stakeholders.
- Provide technical assistance and training to grant recipients on reporting requirements, data collection processes, and systems such as PPR, OLDC, GrantSolutions, and other approved reporting platforms.
- Support data collection and program evaluation initiatives, including the development of questionnaires, surveys, data collection instruments, and documentation required for PRA and OMB approval processes.
- Support the development, revision, launch, administration, and closeout of Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs), including drafting funding announcements, forecasts, synopses, briefing materials, and related grants management documentation.
- Develop outreach materials, educational webinars, applicant resources, and communication strategies that increase awareness of funding opportunities and expand participation among underserved communities.
- Coordinate and support grant competition activities, including reviewer recruitment, reviewer training, panel management, applicant eligibility reviews, technical reviews, risk assessments, and funding recommendation development.
- Serve as a liaison among program staff, grant recipients, reviewers, and stakeholders to support effective program implementation, compliance, reporting, and grant administration processes.
- Strong knowledge of federal grants management, NOFO development, program monitoring, performance measurement, compliance oversight, and evaluation methodologies.
- Advanced analytical skills with experience in data management, data validation, statistical analysis, risk assessment, performance reporting, and data visualization.
- Experience developing dashboards, reporting tools, performance metrics, and business intelligence products that support data-driven decision-making.
- Ability to interpret complex programmatic and performance data and translate findings into actionable recommendations, reports, and presentations.
- Experience providing technical assistance, training, and stakeholder support related to federal reporting systems, grant administration processes, and compliance requirements.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience drafting reports, funding announcements, policy documents, briefing materials, training content, and executive-level communications.
- Knowledge of program evaluation practices, Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requirements, OMB clearance processes, and federal reporting standards.
- Strong project management, organizational, and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and cross-functional initiatives.
- Ability to develop outreach strategies, facilitate webinars and trainings, and engage diverse communities to increase awareness and access to funding opportunities.
- Demonstrated attention to detail, critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and commitment to quality, compliance, and continuous improvement.
- Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Public Policy, Data Analytics, Statistics, Business Administration, Economics, Program Evaluation, Information Systems, or a related field is required.
- 7+Â years of experience in grants management, program evaluation, data analysis, program monitoring, compliance oversight, or federal program administration.
- Travel up to 10-20% may be required
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