• Job Description

  Req#: 55877
  
  CDR Lavaca Bldg FL8 (305TX-LAVACA 8)
  504 Lavaca St
  Austin, 78701
  
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  The Texas General Land Office primarily serves the schoolchildren, veterans, and the environment of Texas. The agency does so by preserving our history, maximizing state revenue through innovative administration, and through the prudent stewardship of state lands and natural resources. This position is with our Community Development of Revitalization – Grant Management area of the agency.

  Grant Specialist II: Performs complex (journey-level) grant development and administration work. Works under general supervision, with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Employees at this level may work more independently than those at the previous level and may routinely assist other staff in performing job duties of greater complexity.

  Grant Specialist III: Performs highly complex (senior-level) grant development, coordination, and administration work. Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Develop policies, rules, or regulations; coordinate guidance provided to staff and the community regarding grant administration, compliance, policies, and procedures; and resolve related issues and concerns. Initiate and coordinate cross-functional work groups composed of internal and external stakeholders to develop program objectives, work plans, and budgets.

  Grant Specialist IV: Performs advanced (senior-level) grant development, coordination, and administration work. Works under minimal supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Develop and implement procedures for activity development and determine grant worthiness. Monitor the implementation, management, evaluation, and close-out of grants according to rules and regulations.

  Military Crosswalk information can be accessed at:

  Military Crosswalk for Occupational Category - Property Management and Procurement (texas.gov)

  In order to receive Veteran's preference, a copy of the DD #214 is required at the time of interview.

  Benefits:

  • Free Parking
  • Defined Retirement Benefit Plan
  • Optional 401(k) and 457 accounts
  • Medical Insurance - State pays 100% of the health plan premium for eligible full-time employees and 50% of the premium for their eligible dependents. State pays 50% of the eligible part-time employee’s premium and 25% for eligible dependents.
  • Optional Benefits such as dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Minimum of 96+ Hours of Annual Leave a year **Annual leave increases with length of service.
  • LinkedIn Learning access to on-demand online learning to develop your technical and soft skills.
  • Telework policy

  Essential Job Elements:

  • Monitor grant and/or contract budgets for timely expenditures; review requests for payment for eligible and compliant expenditures; approve requests for payment within allotted time; coordinate revisions/resubmission; work with appropriate subrecipients and their representatives to achieve compliant processing of requests for payment and expenditures.
  • Monitor, evaluate, and review eligibility and compliance at all stages of assigned grants from application to closeout; provide feedback and coordinate with GLO partners and external stakeholders as needed to ensure compliance; provide technical assistance to prospective applicants and subrecipients in accordance with program guidance.
  • Perform grant management and initiate oversight including develop review and approve contract change requests; review documentation for program compliance including reports, start-up documentation, procurement files, labor standards documentation, construction change orders, and other required documents; take action as needed to facilitate program compliance.
  • Support Disaster Recovery program by completing timely and thorough application reviews for project eligibility and program compliance; prepare requests for information, provide technical assistance as applicable during application phase; compile final application documents; draft scopes of work, budgets, and other contractual documents, as assigned.
  • Serve as a liaison and representative for the GLO-CDR program with elected officials, their assignees, constituents, vendor representatives and the general public; participate in agency outreach efforts.
  • Prepare timely community specific reports, correspondence, and special projects; collect and prepare material for executive reports, legislative inquires, and public information requests.
  • Provides technical assistance to facilitate the work of other staff members utilizing knowledge and experience in grant management of the CDBG program.
  • Initiate and coordinate in a subject matter team cross-functional division responsibilities across CDR.
  • As it relates to the position, obtain proficiency in TIGR, using it to create and complete all applications, projects, project sites and budgets as required by CDR Management.

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  Minimum Qualifications:

  Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in public administration, business, or closely

  related field, and experience in the administration, development, coordination, and monitoring of grants.

  Experience and education may be substituted for one another.

  Salary and classification are dependent on qualifications:

  Grant Specialist II - More than one (1) year and less than two (2) years of professional work experience.

  $3,770-5,100 monthly

  Grant Specialist III - More than two (2) and less than three (3) years.

  5,250-6,000 monthly

  Grant Specialist IV - More than three (3) and less than four (4) years.

  6,250-7,000 monthly

  Preferred Qualifications:

  Experience as a grant coordinator, grant specialist, or grant manager.

  Disaster Recovery and/or community development block grant experience.

  Experience with oversight of federal funds or federally funded programs.

  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  · Knowledge of laws and regulations pertaining to grants and contract administration; of research and budgeting processes.

  · of business administration principles and practices, including financial management and accounting; and of program

  · planning and development.

  · Skill in grant preparation, development, evaluation, and monitoring; in report writing, in budget development and

  · monitoring; and in the use of a computer and applicable software.

  · Skill in effectively communicating both in writing and verbally.

  · Skill in providing exceptional customer service in person and in writing.

  · Ability to interpret guidelines, policies, procedures, and regulations; to evaluate contracts; to evaluate fiscal data for

  · reasonableness, necessity, and conformity with grant requirements; and to assign and/or

  · supervise the work of others.

  · Ability to attend work regularly and adhere to established work schedule in accordance with

  · agency leave and attendance.

  Physical Requirements:

  This position requires the employee to primarily perform sedentary office work; however, mobility (moving around the work-site) is routinely required to carry out some of the duties. normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall, and apply certain practices and policies; marginal or corrected visual and auditory requirements; constant use of personal computers, copiers, printers, and telephones; the ability to move about the office to access file cabinets and office machinery; requires the stamina to maintain attention to detail despite interruptions; frequent sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position; ability to move and transport records, documents, boxes and all related information and materials, weighing up to 20 pounds; the ability to work under deadlines, as a team member, and in direct contact with others; and the ability to remain stationary for long periods of time when commuting to and from assigned destination and when traveling on state business including field work and training assignments.

• About the company

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