Grants Administrator

Located in the nation’s capital, The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is the chief legal office of the District of Columbia. The OAG enforces the laws of the District, defends, and provides legal advice to the District’s government agencies and protects the interests of the District’s residents.

This position is located within the Immediate Office.

The Immediate Office sets the direction for the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). It is responsible for establishing the policy priorities that the organization pursues and ensuring that the OAG consistently provides high quality legal services to the District agencies the OAG supports. OAG’s Ethics and Compliance Counsel is a member of the Immediate Office, and the office also manages community relations and communications for the OAG.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The incumbent serves as the Grants Administrator with primary responsibility for grants management processes to ensure programmatic success, compliance, documenting policies, procedures, recordkeeping, and reporting regarding all grant activity within a program.

Grant Administrator duties include:

• Administers parameters for grant including grantee eligibility requirements, grant activities, and transparency and reporting requirements for grantees and OAG.
• Identifies areas for improvement and enhancement in grants management and provides training and technical assistance. Sets goals and priorities.
• Manages the awarding and programmatic and financial administering of sub-grants, reviewing/approving proposed budgets and invoices, and tracking grant expenditures to ensure compliance with established grant program guidelines.
• Coordinates violence reduction program activities with colleagues, consultants, and interns within the agency, and with DC Government agencies and community-based organizations.
• Identifies alternative solutions to unique grants problems, assigned projects, integrating the work of others as a team or project, and predicts future environments or the impact on future processing.
• Researches, investigates, conducts feasibility studies, and recommends new improved grant management practices for application to the agency. Reviews and evaluates plans and projects to ensure that they are in alignment with OAG program goals, priorities, and standards.
• Monitors grants and, possibly, sub-grants to include site visits and telephone contacts, completing and reviewing financial reports, comparing actual progress with expectations and taking steps for corrective actions, where necessary.
• Participates in the development and coordination of workshops, technical training, seminars, and other special meetings relevant to grantees, community-based organizations, advisory groups and or committees about District guidelines and regulations, or at supervisor’s request.
• Prepares response(s) to requests of the City Council, Mayor, DC agencies and officials in conjunction with supervisor. Research and prepare response(s) to difficult complaints and requests for information.
• Represents OAG, as requested, at community events and meetings with individuals, community-based organizations, DC Government agencies, and reports back to supervisor on meetings attended. Conducts program outreach.
• Participates in the planning, development and implementation of policies, goals, objectives, and priorities for grant management.
• Keeps abreast of current practices and trends in grants management. Works with OAG staff to create an overall vision of grants management as a utility to a more efficient and more effective government.
• Prepares reports, correspondence, issue paper, and other technical documents, as required and necessary, to effectively administer the grant. Establishes, maintains, and retains complete records of all grant-related transactions.

QUALIFICATIONS

Incumbent must have at least one (1) year of specialized services equivalent to at least the CS-12 grade level, or its non-District equivalent gained from either the public or private sector.

SUBMISSION OF PRESCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE

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