Grants and Contracts Specialist at State of Connecticut Executive Branch

• The State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service. Clickhere for more information;
• Professional growth and development opportunities;
• This position is full‑time, following a first shift schedule, 40 hours per week, based in Wethersfield, CT, with occasional statewide travel for meetings, training, site visits, inspections, and other activities.
• After successful completion of the working test period, the role may offer a hybrid telework schedule, providing greater work flexibility.
• In this essential role, you will be responsible for overseeing the entire lifecycle of requests for proposals (RFP), grants, and contracts for both facility and community‑based health and human service programs.
• Your work will ensure compliance with policies and regulations, facilitate the development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), prepare contracts and agreements, manage payments, and oversee budget allocations to maximize program effectiveness.

The Connecticut Department of Correction is a diverse agency with a wide variety of employees from Correction Officers, to Educators, to Managers and Skilled Professionals. We value differences that make us stronger as a team and support our mission statement.

The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The agency operates 13 correctional facilities. It has its headquarters in Wethersfield. The DOC protects public safety by ensuring offenders serve their sentences of imprisonments in facilities that are safe, human, and provide re‑entry programming.

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction is a unified system; all sentenced and unsentenced offenders are supervised by the DOC. The Department also provides supervision for offenders on parole, community release, and other discretionary release programs.