Maternal and Child Health Section Grant Coordinatior

Career Opportunities:
Maternal and Child Health Section Grant Coordinatior (21005)

Posting 21005
-Posted
- Dept of State Health Services
-M&CH Title V Health Res Dev

- Community and Social Services

- Eligible for Telework
-c. $5000 - $6999 per month

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Employee Benefits:

DSHS offers insurance coverage and other benefits available through the State of Texas Group Benefits Plan administered by the Employee Retirement System of Texas (ERS). To learn more about all the benefits available to you as a DSHS employee and other DSHS opportunities for early career pathways, visit the DSHS Careers Page .

Functional

Title:

Maternal and Child Health Section Grant Coordinatior

Job Title:

Grant Specialist V
Agency: Dept of State Health Services
Department: M&CH Title V Health Res Dev
Posting Number: 21005
Closing Date: 09/18/2026
Posting Audience: Internal and External
Occupational Category: Community and Social Services
Salary Range: $5,797.66 - $7,652.91
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Salary Group: TEXAS-B-25
Shift: Day
Additional Shift: None
Telework: Eligible for Telework
Travel: Up to 20%
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full Time/Part Time: Full time
FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt
Facility

Location:


Job Location City: AUSTIN
Job Location Address: 1100 W 49TH ST (RDM)
Other Locations: None
MOS Codes: No military equivalent

Brief

Job Description:

Performs highly advanced grant development, coordination, and administration work under the supervision of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Section Operations Director. Performs highly advanced MCH grant planning, implementation, and cooperative agreements. Reviews federal funding announcements to determine MCH section program eligibility for compliance with grant requirements and standards. Oversees internal and external partner work groups to coordinate MCH grant applications.

Responsible for coordinating, tracking and reporting of grant-funded activities, and oversees the development and monitoring of all MCH grant-funded budgets. Monitors the implementation, management, evaluation, and closeout of all MCH section grants and grant budgets. The position requires professional and effective communication (written and verbal) and interaction with agency program staff, subcontractors, federal, state, and local officials, and other stakeholders.

Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs):

Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.

This position identifies new sources of MCH section grant funding in discussion with MCH program subject matter experts in the section to provide a MCH grant summaries to the MCH Section Director. This position oversees the preparation of all MCH letters of intent, grant application and reporting materials, work plans, and evaluation plans. In coordination with DSHS Funds Coordination and Management Branch, this position oversees the creation and coordination of MCH section grant timelines and processes for obtaining date information within the MCH section and across the agency as needed.

This position tracks activity completion and progress made on goals to grant application completion including submission. This position responds to relevant ad-hoc MCH grant information requests from internal and external stakeholders including grant funders and agency leadership. This position liaises with federal grant funders to confirm compliance with grant requirements. This position oversees MCH section grant closeouts including final reporting to grant funders.

This position coordinates with agency partners to collaborate on key MCH grant projects. This position researches and identifies MCH grant trends and emerging MCH grant issues. This position applies project management skills and techniques to confirm timely MCH grant application development and submission. This position oversees MCH grant meetings and webinars for agency and statewide partners. This position reviews responses to division, agency, or enterprise MCH grant requests for information.

This position oversees MCH section grant priority needs implementation and development of state and national performance…