Development Grants Coordinator; Amended

The Grants Coordinator is responsible for providing grant administration services to the Minneapolis Police Department. To secure grants for initiatives including the production of a variety of documentation required with grants, and oversight of compliance activities. This position ensures that the City is able to draw down awarded funds and is complying with all applicable policies, practices, procedures and legal requirements.

The Grants Coordinator is responsible for providing grant administration services to the Minneapolis Police Department. To secure grants for initiatives including the production of a variety of documentation required with grants, and oversight of compliance activities. This position ensures that the City is able to draw down awarded funds and is complying with all applicable policies, practices, procedures and legal requirements.

Posting amended on 10/7 to reflect the extended closing date of 10/21 and open to external applicants.

The City of Minneapolis does not sponsor applicants for work visas.

• Coordinate and supervise development, approval and implementation of annual plans to receive federal entitlement funding for the MPD.
• Design, implement and manage interdisciplinary grant management and compliance systems for the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) and other enterprise grants as assigned.
• Supervise the negotiation, review and execution of grant agreements, amendments and other related documents, so that grant funds can be properly expended and costs reimbursed on a timely and accurate basis.
• Negotiate modifications and/or extensions to existing grant agreements with the Grantors.
• Ability to research, develop and craft grant proposal and application.
• Supervise the City's comprehensive annual and periodic reporting to the Grantors pursuant to all applicable program and contract requirements.
• Prepare and process grant payment requests and close out reports from developers, including all required documentation.
• Create and maintain a grant application and administrative fee system, generate invoices, prepare deposits and track all revenues.
• Communicate or meet (in-person or virtual) with MPD management and their staff to discuss the status and information needed for their projects that have been awarded development grants.
• Communicate and negotiate with developers and their consultants regarding the form and timing of information that they need to submit to the City in order to access their project’s grant funds.
• Maintain and provide period status reports to Senior Management and City Council.
• Oversee preparation of annual/quarterly performance reports to federal, state and county agencies
• Review grant applications, as requested, prior to submission to grantors.
• Work with Grantor staff and the consulting community to develop and implement industry best-practices.
• Supervise monitoring federal, state, county, and privately funded projects to ensure compliance with federal guidelines allowing for eligible City expenditures.
• Regularly present federal funding performance and updates to Mayor, Police Chief, and City Council.
• Participate and advise in the city budget process.

Normal with daily exposure to computers.

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Public Administration, Development Finance, or a closely related field.

Five (5) years of work experience including 2 years of supervisory experience dealing with technical issues in federal grants and/or public safety grants.

An equivalent combination of education and experience closely related to the duties of the position MAY be considered.

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The selection process will consist of a rating of relevant education and experience (100%). It is important that your application show all the relevant education and experience you possess. This information will be used to determine which candidates will proceed in the selection process. A submitted application is also used to verify the answers to any supplemental questions. Only those candidates who attain a passing score (70%) on each step in the selection process will be placed on the eligible list.

The City of Minneapolis Human Resources Department reserves the right to limit the number in any phase of the selection process.

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