What is Oasis?

Oasis is a national not-for-profit organization promoting healthy aging in and empowering the lives of older adults through lifelong learning, fitness and health education, and volunteer opportunities.  Our national office is located in St. Louis, Missouri and we offer programs in more than 200 communities across the country through a national network of over 800 partners in 33 states.  The national office operates an annual $4-$5 million budget and additionally serves select administrative needs of Oasis Centers across the country.

What is Oasis’s Relationship to the BJC HealthCare System?

After operating for many years as part of Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH), in September 1998, The Oasis Institute incorporated as an independent Missouri nonprofit public benefit corporation. The Institute and BJH still maintain a close relationship. The organizations entered into an agreement that provides for Institute staff in St. Louis, Missouri to be employed by BJH and utilized by the Institute. That means BJC’s benefit package is Oasis’ benefit package!  The Institute reimburses BJH for 100% of the associated employee salary and benefit costs.  In addition to this employment arrangement, The Institute is a key strategic partner with BJC’s Community Health Improvement department (CHI), offering Oasis programs to older adults throughout BJC’s catchment area, with a particular focus on the under-served communities in the BJC footprint as a part of BJC’s overall strategy to reduce disparities in health outcomes. If you are interested in applying for this position, you will be directed to apply through the BJC HealthCare System’s (BJC) job application portal.

 

Purpose:

Oasis seeks to hire an experienced, high energy, Grant Accountant to assume responsibility for post award grant accounting, ensuring compliance with funding source guidelines, timely receipt of revenue, accurate and timely submission of financial reports, and orderly closure of projects.  This position performs grant accounting and budgeting activities for The OASIS Institute (the national office), two supporting organizations, and other OASIS Network locations.  This position reports to the Senior Accounting Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Performs the accounting functions related to grants/restricted and unrestricted funding of OASIS business lines including:
  – Assisting program managers in the financial reporting and other administrative requirements of their grants/contracts and Memorandum of Agreements.
• Monitoring/tracking the status of each project through its life cycle; and
• If applicable, preparing, reviewing, and coordinating Single Audit work.
• Prepares, reviews and advises on all accounting entries related to projects (unrestricted and restricted funds).
• Prepares invoices/billings and draws down funds for the support of restricted fund expenditures.
• Prepares all applicable fiscal reports for funded projects and ensures the timely submission thereof.
• Attends professional development training and stays abreast of the Office of Management and Budget Circulars and their applicability to grants management related to the Uniform Guidance.
• Assists with the organization’s preparation for its annual Single Audit.
• Assists in the closing of Oasis’ fiscal year end books as needed.
• Assists with pre-award grant proposal budget preparation as needed.
• Directly consults with all stakeholders (program managers, accounting staff, funder contacts, etc.) concerning the grant funded programs and other restricted accounts as they relate to financial administration of grants. This includes interpreting federal requirements and granting agency guidelines of such grants.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Other:

• Works with minimal supervision.
• Works as an effective member of the OASIS Accounting Department team.
• Communicates effectively orally and in writing.
• Manages time well and follows through on commitments.
• Willingly adapts to new work demands and new work roles.
• Separates critical issues from inconsequential ones when problem-solving.
• Seeks and uses feedback.
• Organize and maintain key records/documents.

Required and Preferred Qualifications

Required:

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline.
• Knowledge of personal computer-based applications including Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint); expert user of Microsoft Excel.
• Knowledge of general accounting and fiscal management principles.

Preferred:

• Demonstrates understanding and/or knowledge of Uniform Guidance and other federal regulations in the context of federal grants and contracts.
• Experience with accounting for non-profit entities.
• Familiarity with Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT.
• Experience managing client response to audits.

Salary Range:

$39,145 – $62,462

Benefits:

Health, Dental and Life Insurance
401(k) w/ Employer match
Defined Benefit Pension Plan (vested after 5 years)
Paid Vacation
Opportunity to work from home and in-office

To apply:

As described above, employees of The Oasis Institute are leased from Barnes-Jewish Hospital, part of the BJC HealthCare organization.  If interested in this position, please submit your resume and complete the on-line application through BJC’s on-line portal by clicking on the following link:

Grant Accountant in Saint Louis, Missouri | Careers at The OASIS Institute AWS (icims.com)

What is Oasis?

Oasis is a national not-for-profit organization promoting healthy aging in and empowering the lives of older adults through lifelong learning, fitness and health education, and volunteer opportunities. Our national office is located in St. Louis, Missouri and we offer programs in more than 200 communities across the country through a national network of over 800 partners in 33 states. The national office operates an annual $4-$5 million budget and additionally serves select administrative needs of Oasis Centers across the country.

What is Oasis’s Relationship to the BJC HealthCare System?

After operating for many years as part of Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH), in September 1998, The Oasis Institute incorporated as an independent Missouri nonprofit public benefit corporation. The Institute and BJH still maintain a close relationship. The organizations entered into an agreement that provides for Institute staff in St. Louis, Missouri to be employed by BJH and utilized by the Institute. That means BJC’s benefit package is Oasis’ benefit package! The Institute reimburses BJH for 100% of the associated employee salary and benefit costs. In addition to this employment arrangement, The Institute is a key strategic partner with BJC’s Community Health Improvement department (CHI), offering Oasis programs to older adults throughout BJC’s catchment area, with a particular focus on the under-served communities in the BJC footprint as a part of BJC’s overall strategy to reduce disparities in health outcomes. If you are interested in applying for this position, you will be directed to apply through the BJC HealthCare System’s (BJC) job application portal.

Purpose:

Oasis seeks to hire an experienced, high energy, Senior Accounting Manager to direct the daily operations of Oasis’ small but mighty Accounting Department (approximately 2.5 FTE). This position will direct and assist staff in performing financial and grant accounting and budgeting activities to support the needs of The OASIS Institute (the national office), two supporting organizations, and other OASIS Network locations. This position reports to the Director of Finance and Administration.

Responsibilities:

• Manages individual(s) including but not limited to: hires, trains, assigns work, manages & evaluates performance, conducts professional development plans. Ensures that the productivity and actions of that group meet/support the overall operational goals of the department as established by department and organization leadership.
• Develops and adheres to departmental staffing, revenue and/or expenses budgets; responds to changes in the organization which may affect the ability to achieve budgetary goals.
• Ensures that financial statements, balance sheet reconciliations financial models, payroll, and other ad-hoc projects and analyses are produced accurately and timely.
• Oversees and reviews the preparation of various regulatory reporting requirements, including financial audits, the Oasis Institute’s Single Audit, funder desk audits, tax and various other reporting to regulatory agencies.
• Develops and oversees integration of financial and grant accounting and budgeting policies and procedures. Prioritizes financial and grant accounting and budgeting initiatives to ensure alignment with strategic goals across the organization.
• Ensures accounting controls are sufficient and facilitates standardization and best
• Oversees and performs a wide variety of financial analyses to evaluate actual and projected financial performance, communicates financial results of operations to senior management, makes recommendations to the Director and the President on alternate strategic choices.
• Researches, evaluates, recommends selection of, and implements systems which improve efficiency of department operations.
• Serves as liaison and collaborates with leadership, budget managers and Network location staff to ensure financial statements, grant reports and other operating metrics are accurate.
• Oversees organization and maintenance of key records/documents.
• Other tasks as

Other:

• Maintains a genuine curiosity and active interest in the content area departments of Oasis and works to understand the mission-delivery context that underpins the financial aspects of our business.
• Takes accountability for own / direct reports’ performance by making tough decisions and upholds them in the face of challenges or adversity; takes all important issues, facts and data into account when making those decisions.;
• Manages time well and follows through on
• Is aware and takes action to correct poor performance of
• Uses change as an opportunity for improvement and develops creative solutions; understands basic people dynamics of change.
• Willingly adapts to new work demands and new work
• Remains focused on work priorities during times of change and maintains a positive outlook in uncertain times/stressful situations.
• Exhibits ability to learn and apply new
• Rewards/reinforces adaptive behaviors in
• Seeks and uses
• Takes and encourages appropriate risk-taking. Pursues and supports new ideas and makes them a
• Separates critical issues from inconsequential ones when problem-
• Uses a logical approach that others can follow and anticipates problems and understands issues before others do.
• Identifies and understands how various perspectives contribute to the overall result and then integrates the various perspectives.
• Articulates clearly desired outcomes of goals, projects, and assignments so others
• Manages relationships and builds
• Works through organizational
• Develops and empowers direct reports as well as network
• Builds a customer focused
• Promotes continuous

Required and Preferred Qualifications

Required:

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline
• Progressively increasing experience in accounting and financial management roles
• Experience managing others
• Demonstrates understanding of Uniform Guidance in the context of federal grants and

• Experience with accounting for non-profit entities
• Expert User of Microsoft Excel

Preferred:

• Familiarity with Financial Edge NXT
• Experience managing client response to audits

Salary Range:

$85,000 – $95,000

Benefits:

Health, Dental and Life Insurance 401(k) w/ Employer match

Defined Benefit Pension Plan (vested after 5 years) Paid Vacation

Opportunity to work from home and in-office Advancement opportunities

To apply:

As described above, employees of The Oasis Institute are leased from Barnes-Jewish Hospital, part of the BJC HealthCare organization. If interested in this position, please submit your resume and complete the on- line application through BJC’s on-line portal by clicking on the following link:

Senior Accounting Manager in Saint Louis, Missouri | Careers at The OASIS Institute AWS (icims.com)

Title: Project Coordinator – Full Time

Organization: Oasis Institute

Schedule: Full Time with full benefits

Organizational Relationship:

Reports to: Supervisor National Health Projects/Community Care Corps Project Manager

Coordinates with: Oasis staff and members of the Community Care Corps Leadership Team

Essential Functions:

1. Coordinate, support and evaluate Community Care Corps grantees.
2. Develop and maintain strong relationships with national applicants, grantees, and partners;
3. Assist in providing technical assistance to grantees as needed for model development, implementation, and management;
   1. Volunteer recruitment, engagement, and retention;
   2. Volunteer background checks;

• Quarterly financial and outputs reporting;

1. Pre- and post- survey data collection;
2. Local model adaptation and modification.

1. Obtain, review, and record grantee reports;
2. Assist with quarterly reporting analysis, and grantee reimbursement;
3. Organize and maintain grantee files;
4. Assist in scheduling and conducting grantee site visits to ensure model effectiveness and impact on the local community it serves;
5. Ensure that local model data are collected and recorded for analysis;
6. Assist to develop and manage timelines and deliverables.
7. Assist with development and dissemination of the annual Request for Proposals (RFP);
8. Assist with the evaluation of applications and selection process for new grantees;
9. Assist with planning and scheduling of and participate in monthly grantee calls, grantee site visits, leadership team meetings, fiscal monitoring calls;
10. Assist in the development of replication toolkits for selected local models;
11. Ensure fidelity of data collection across applicable all Community Care Corps grantees;
12. Support caregiving advocacy, policy, and environmental change initiatives, programs, and projects;
13. Coordinate with the Community Care Corps Leadership Team to assist in promoting local models and Community Care Corps initiatives;
14. Complete other duties and participate in meetings as requested.

Qualifications:

Required:

1. Bachelor’s degree in public health, health science, social work, social science, public policy, aging services, or related field;
2. Experience working with community organizations;
3. Experience with program planning, implementation, and evaluation;
4. Intermediate written, verbal and problem-solving skills;
5. Intermediate organizational and time management skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities;
6. Intermediate Microsoft Office skills.

Preferred:

1. Master’s degree;
2. Experience as a participant and facilitator of committees, coalitions, or networks;
3. Experience working with adults, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers in community settings;
4. Experience working with underserved, under-resourced, or vulnerable communities;
5. Experience working with volunteers.
6. At least two years of full-time equivalent professional experience in grant writing, implementation, and management;

To Apply:
Please visit https://bjc.jibeapply.com/jobs/31023?lang=en-us to apply.

We often receive unsolicited emails from Oasis participants sharing their gratitude for and enjoyment of Oasis classes. This one in particular from Linda really stood out and we felt compelled to share her note. Linda’s sentiment speaks to the heart of Oasis’ mission which has been running strong for 40 years now! Thank you to Linda for her kind note. We’re so happy to hear how Oasis’ lifelong learning classes impact your life!

Oasis Everywhere has made a difference in my life because I’ve discovered many interesting topics from very knowledgeable instructors! My favorite instructor gave a course by the name of “Einstein and the Nazis.” He was fascinating! In some cases, I decide to get a book from the library to read more on topics discussed in classes I’ve taken from Oasis! I feel extremely privileged to take advantage of such interesting classes – and from the convenience of my own home! In my adult life, I’ve discovered I love history, and have therefore taken courses on our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. I look forward to more upcoming, historically based classes, on Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhauer, Critical Thinking, Black History, and The Dark Magic of Clause, (based on the original 1787 Constitution that wove slaveholder power into our branches of government). I also find instructionally based classes such as the Oasis Connections class, Google Photos very helpful. I’m intrigued by stories such as “Two True Tales of Evil: The real Dracula and Countess Bathory.” What fun stuff! In my local area of Santa Monica, CA, I take an exercise class and a cooking class, which has been a lot of fun! As you see, there’s a wide array of topics from which to choose, that are sure to pique your interest!  Don’t wait!

All best,

Linda

Santa Monica, CA