Director of Grants and Federal Affairs - Healthcare

About McAllister & Quinn:

McAllister & Quinn is a federal and foundation grants consulting and government relations firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. We offer our 200+ clients a unique blend of comprehensive grant consulting, strategic advising, and government relations services. Specifically, McAllister & Quinn provides our clients with the knowledge and skills to seek federal and private foundation grant opportunities that strategically fit their organization’s priorities. We support our client’s efforts in crafting competitive applications; developing or increasing funding streams through the congressional appropriations process; and facilitating public-private and international partnerships that further their mission.

Healthcare Practice:

Our Healthcare Practice works with hospitals, health systems, integrated medical research practices, academic medical centers, and other research-intensive organizations to support, expand, and diversify sponsored research activities. M&Q provides an array of research support services to these institutions, including gathering strategic intelligence on funding opportunities, professional development services, and project execution/proposal development support. Programmatic funding is competitive. Increasingly, sponsors are requiring collaboration across multiple organizations, a commitment from the applicant institution for sustainability and clear plans for innovative solutions in healthcare delivery. As such, applicants must demonstrate their ability to develop and execute plans to enhance healthcare delivery in a community-focused and sustainable manner. McAllister & Quinn’s Healthcare Practice team is diversifying to address these new expectations. 

The Director will specialize in grant consulting and strategic advising in the fields of community health, population sciences, healthcare delivery programs and health workforce delivery programs.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

The Director will support the execution of grant seeking strategies for clients within the practice area. The Director will be expected to deliver quality results with strong attention to detail in a fast-paced environment with fixed and shifting deadlines. The Director will help maintain solid professional relationships with firm clients and will emphasize and focus on customer service. The Director is also expected to have a proactive problem-solving mentality, positive attitude, confident presentation skills, and diligent client interaction capabilities. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

Grantsmanship Strategy and Project Management:

• Work closely with program directors and organizational leadership to identify research strengths, assets, and opportunities to pursue grant funding. 
• Retain working knowledge of the most client-relevant grant programs across federal agencies including HRSA, NIH, AHRQ, SAMHSA, CDC, PCORI, USDA, DOD, ACF and others.
• Develop a working knowledge of Healthcare Practice client strengths and interests (programmatic and research) and prospect for grant opportunities to support tailored strategic research plans based on clients’ interests.
• Manage proposal development teams (e.g. subject matter experts, grant writers and reviewers, editors, scientific illustrators, etc.), coordinating with principal investigators and research teams to produce proposals to federal grant opportunities which may include complex, center-level grants with budgets greater than $20 million. 
• Identify and track emerging and evolving trends in healthcare delivery and training funding, policy, and legislative trends including appropriations and authorizing legislation for federal research and development programs. 

Client Management:

• Assist with onboarding new clients and developing memos of funding opportunities that align with clients’ strengths, mission and strategic plan.
• Prepare for regular updates with client points of contact. This may include developing agendas and preparing the client team for monthly leadership calls; preparing materials for annual updates; etc. 
• Oversee project and client-focused research, development, planning, and execution of grant seeking strategies for assigned clients in the firm’s Healthcare Practice.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with team members to streamline and maintain workflow visibility.
• Occasional client-related travel outside of Washington, D.C. will be required, including on-site client visits and conference participation (<20%).

• A passion for improving underserved communities by strengthening healthcare delivery programs.
• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Three to six years of prior work experience. 
• Familiarity with federal grant programs, federal grant funding databases, and grant seeking strategies.
• Project management skills demonstrated through experience or certifications such as PMP, APMP, or others.
• Superior research skills, including critical thinking; problem solving; synthesizing; and attention to detail. 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; including abilities to report and deliver information to diverse audiences, identify and communicate grant solicitation requirements, review technical content, and provide edits and feedback to strengthen messaging of written documents. 
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, with focus on Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe, and Teams.
• Language requirements: English 

Preferred Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a life- or health science-related discipline (preferred).
• Prior experience in Research Administration or Research Development in healthcare or higher education setting. 
• Past federal agency proposal development experience.

Compensation & Benefits 

• Normal work hours are 8:30 am through 5:30 pm Monday through Friday EST (for local staff)
• Location: Negotiable - remote or in-office (Washington, D.C.). 
• Flexible work arrangements available for remote hires in other time zones
• Competitive 401(k), healthcare, dental, long-term disability, dependent care FSA, HSA/FSA, and transit benefits.
• Salary consideration will be commensurate with experience starting at $80,000 annual base salary.
• Flexible vacation and leave policy.

At McAllister & Quinn, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we open ourselves to new possibilities, inspire innovation, and allow us to achieve the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience & engagement that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone in our team.

Application Instructions

Please submit a cover letter and resume file along with your application through our careers page: https://jm-aq.com/careers/. The cover letter should speak to how your education and/or work experiences integrate with the role and why you are the best fit for the position.