Community Development Coordinator

The Community Development Coordinator is part of the Community & Economic Development team at the Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA). This team carries out a variety of functions from assisting private and non-profit developers with financing tools to promoting economic development and community revitalization to assisting home buyers and homeowners with resources to be successful.

This position is open until Friday, October 30, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.

$82,337 - $92,629

Medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, retirement, paid holidays, and paid time off.

This position works primarily with federally funded programs and is responsible for applying for grants and submitting required reporting to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) along with compliance monitoring. The Community Development Coordinator also plays an important role in assisting the team with affordable housing and community development activities, programs and special projects.

The Community & Economic Development department assists private and non-profit developers of affordable housing with a variety of financing tools, and works with Dakota County cities and townships on activities that promote economic development, revitalize housing, redevelop blighted areas, and strengthen local services. The department assists home buyers and homeowners through home improvement loans, weatherization grants, homebuyer education, pre-purchase counseling, and foreclosure prevention.

The Dakota County CDA's mission is to improve the lives of Dakota County residents and enhance the economic vitality of communities through housing and community development. For more information about the CDA visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..org

• You submit an online application that includes supplemental questions
• We assign you a score based on your qualifications
• Top scoring candidates are referred to the hiring manager for interview consideration
• We conduct background and reference checks before hiring

• Complete HOME Investment Partnership, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) activity set-up, activity tracking, on-going entitlement funding and program income tracking; payment processing, compliance and reporting in IDIS and Sage
• Oversee environmental reviews for activities; complete set-up and track activities in HEROS
• Provide technical assistance to HOME Consortium members and other funding recipients
• Track each step of an activities progress toward completion and funding status
• Verify and process draw requests from all Consortium members and CDA staff; complete draw request and submit to the CDA's Finance department
• Assist with quarterly reporting to Dakota County on program expenditures for CDBG, HOME and ESG

• Assist with subrecipient management, including coordinating the annual subrecipient application process, reviewing subrecipient audits, preparing agreements, and assisting with monitoring activities
• Assist with ESG program to ensure activities are eligible, Written Standards are current with federal statutes, subrecipients' goals are met, and expenditure deadlines are met
• Oversee Environmental Review process
• Coordinate with Finance department to ensure tracking of fund balances and receipt and use of Program Income
• Coordinate monitoring activities with consultant and/or conduct monitoring activities
• Track annually subrecipient agreements according to Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) using Federal Subaward Reporting System (FSRS)
• Track and complete Section 3 reporting
• Complete quarterly reporting to subrecipients on funding and project statuses
• Maintain and update Policies and Procedures for federal grant programs
• Coordinate and/or assist with CDBG small city projects as needed
• Complete other tasks as needed to assist with federal entitlement grant program administration

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