Grant Specialist

Grant Specialist

Job Type: Full-Time Regular

Department:
Gila River Police Department

Location:

Sacaton, AZ

Office: 637 W. Gu U Ki Street

Area of Interest:
Grant Administration

Salary: $51,874 - $77,874 (Annual)

Tribal Driving Permit

Required:

Yes

• Seeks out and researches annual and new grant opportunities for the Department. Prepares, reviews, and completes grant applications and project proposals for completeness, accuracy, clarity, and fluency.
• Provides technical assistance with internal and external grant guidance, policies and procedures, and compliance requirements to include in-kind matches, indirect costs, and budget/spending plans. Maintains program and procurement compliance.
• Receives, reviews and processes grant award contracts.
• Identifies and interprets pre and post award guidance, requirements, compliance, and special terms and conditions in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations.
• Develops budget detail and submits to grantor for approval; monitors and manages grant budget detail and reconciles expenditures and discrepancies.
• Creates and submits programmatic progress and financial reports using grant portals and in accordance with each grant’s requirements and deadlines.
• Monitors grant projects, processes extensions, appeals, revisions, amendments, and adjustments as needed.
• Prepares a variety of narratives, reports, graphs, maps, charts, illustrations, tables, diagrams, flow charts, plain text and other formats as needed pertaining to recovery projects, obligations and expenditures.
• Reconciles expenditures, resolves discrepancies, and projects completions for close-out of grants.
• Obtains, examines, and processes procurement requests for completeness to include estimated costs, research to obtain specifications, and solicitations of bids when required. (Tribal Social Services Only)
• Assists and participates in the planning of trainings, exercises, and evaluations.
• Develops, reviews, and revises standard operating procedures. Participates in grant meetings.
• Performs other related duties as assigned and assists with other departmental tasks, activities, and events.

• Knowledge of Federal, State and local Education Agencies, Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies and private or public foundations laws and codes including grants, concepts, operations, requirements and application process. (Education Department Only)
• Knowledge of Federal, State, and local victim services agencies, Department of Justice, Office of Violent Crimes, and private or public foundation laws and codes including grants, concepts, operations, requirements, and application process. (Tribal Social Services Only)
• Thorough knowledge and proper use of the English language including grammar, spelling, and punctuation to produce highly technical documents, reports, and correspondence.
• Ability to interpret grant guidance for accurate completion and to take initiative and utilize innovative techniques and ingenuity in preparing grant applications.
• Ability to exercise initiative, creativity, persistence, organizational skills and punctuality in producing required grant reports.
• Ability to exercise independent decision making, problem solving and attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational skills are imperative.
• Ability to manage workload to ensure all report timelines are met on all required deliverables without delinquency.
• Ability to develop and maintain partnerships with tribal, local, county, city, state, and federal agencies.
• Ability to act as the grant financial liaison.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to utilize equipment to include a telephone system, fax, scanner, copier, plotter, radios, computers and computer application software including Munis, Word Processing, Database, Access, Excel Spreadsheets, PowerPoint, graphs, and other specialized software.
• Ability to exercise discretion and judgment regarding complex and sensitive issues and information.
• Ability to critique proposals.
• Ability to work in extreme and stressful conditions, on multiple projects simultaneously, under pressure to meet deadlines, and be flexible…