Community Impact Specialist

Community Impact Specialist

Reports to: Community Impact Administrator

FLSA Status: Exempt - Administrative

Classification: Personnel System;
Must successfully complete a six month probationary period.

Pay Grade: 117

Safety Sensitive: No

The purpose of this job is to support the department’s Community Impact division, which is tasked with managing federal and local funding for homelessness, affordable housing, community development and youth development projects; coordinating grant funding to address poverty in Athens-Clarke County, including needs assessment, research, proposals, procurement, partnership development, and program management; coordinating all grant applications submitted by Athens-Clarke County Housing and Community Development;

developing and managing a nonprofit capacity building program; and coordinating community stakeholders to support these activities.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 to 5:00.

Position eligible for hybrid remote work.

May be required to work on religious holidays.

Regular and predictable attendance is required.

Must work cooperatively with others.

When requirements include vehicle operation, responsible for the safety, readiness, and operation of the vehicle and must abide by ACC's safe driving policy.

Minimum Training & Experience Required to Perform

Essential Job Functions:

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Public Health, Communications, Public Administration, Criminal Justice, Sociology, or a related field with two years of experience developing, implementing, and/or evaluating community-serving programs and/or grant management of both federal and private funding; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Grant Writing Experience 2 years preferred. Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Increases Capacity of Community Partners.

Identifies federal, state, local, and private funding opportunities and supports the development of grant applications to secure additional resources for continuous support of local non-profits addressing poverty in Athens and assists other ACCGov departments in securing grant funding.

Coordinates the application submittals and mandatory reporting for grant-funded programs and assures the program activities and procedures are in compliance with state and Federal rules and regulations and ACCGov policies and procedures.

Coordinates with funding agencies to monitor compliance.

Manages and leads a program to build organizational capacity among nonprofit organizations.

Supports HCD in the allocation and management of federal and local funds focused on homelessness, affordable housing and youth development, including RFP development and dissemination, application review, contract development, etc.

Participates in development of strategic plans, including stakeholder and community outreach, writing high-quality plan narratives, and presenting findings in public settings.

Enhances Communication With Stakeholders.

Coordinates the FC‑CIS’ Neighborhood Leaders program, including administering funding, monitoring for compliance and community impact, serving as a liaison to ACCGov, and analyzing program data to direct funding to areas of most need in the community and/or to further ACCGov strategic goals.

Supports the department in strategic communications through electronic and printed media.

Works with the department to conduct community meetings, workshops, and training.

Assists with engaging the community in establishing funding priorities through the development of the Consolidated Plan and the Annual Action Plan.

Assists ACCGov in Securing External Funding for Strategic Initiatives.

Writes high-quality grant proposal narratives, budgets, applications, contracts, communications, performance reports, and supporting documents in collaboration with HCD staff and appropriate external stakeholders.

Leads and coordinates the approval and submittal of HCD applications for public and private funds.

Facilitates the application process as needed, and researches, acquires, and maintains statistics and resource information to support grant applications and to meet…