Agency Grants Specialist I

Introduction

When you join the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS), you join a team of more than 5,000 employees across the state dedicated to positively changing the lives of more than 1 million Marylanders each year. We do this by providing economic support, preventive services, and caring for children and adults.

When you join the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS), you join a team of more than 5,000 employees across the state dedicated to positively changing the lives of more than 1 million Marylanders each year. We do this by providing economic support, preventive services, and caring for children and adults. We aim to deliver services so that we more quickly meet the needs of the people we serve.

At DHS, we grapple with hard questions to find new ways to foster a culture of bold innovation. We do this to ensure that in Maryland, we leave no one behind.

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Maryland Department of Human Services
Office of Budget and Finance
25 S. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21202

This position and how it relates to the mission of the agency. This position is assigned to the Departments grants management function- the Cost Allocation and Revenue Management Team withing the Office of Budget and Finance. The position monitors and reports on Department grant programs. Accurate accounting, reporting and attainment of federal funds enables the Department to maximize its fiscal resources and effectively serve the Agency’s customers.

• For assigned grants, maintain up-to-date records on grant awards, expenditures, including matching expenditures, and attainment; prepare quarterly federal financial reports on grant expenditures and program income based on cost allocation results, revenue attained, and reporting requirements; analyst and reconcile actual expenditures, reported expenditures, and cash attainment.

• Maintain the Federal receipts ledger based on Federal attainment received through daily, bi-weekly, monthly, and quarterly Treasurer drawdowns and through transfers from other State Agencies.

• Advise program staff of grant obligation and liquidation periods, reporting requirements, grant activity, and over and under spending. Support the preparation of annual reports with this information, and with coordination with others.

Applicants must meet all minimum (and selective) qualifications to be considered, and to appear on the list of people eligible for hire. Please read all requirements before applying.

Experience:

Five years of experience in grant evaluation and monitoring or budget preparation, presentation and execution.

• Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and one year of experience in grant evaluation and monitoring or budget preparation, presentation and execution for the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute graduate education from an accredited college or university in accounting, business administration, economics, finance, political science or public administration at a rate of 30 credit hours for the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in the Budget Officer classifications or Financial Management specialty codes in the Budgeting field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

• One year of experience building or creating and maintaining excel work products with accuracy and efficiency.
• One year of experience in grants management within the Maryland State framework (familiarity with the grant lifecycle, reporting, etc.).
• One year of experience utilizing Federal Grant Management software.

NOT APPLICABLE.

Please make sure that you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider information submitted after this date. Successful…