Job Description
This recruitment is open to Alaska residence only.
The Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, Division of Community and Regional Affairs is recruiting for a Grants Administrator 3 located in Fairbanks or Anchorage!
What you will be doing:
Our mission at DCRA is to focus on consistent community communication and collaboration. This position will make important and lasting contributions to communities in Alaska by supporting and implementing grant programs with non-profits, private agencies, and government entities throughout the State of Alaska. This position will supervise and direct the work of two members of the grant team and will interpret, explain and apply grant related laws, regulations, or policies to grantees to ensure compliance with state and federal requirements as well as guidance to recipients on allowable costs, proper reimbursement documentation and progress reporting. This position will be filled in either our Anchorage or Fairbanks office depending on where our successful candidate lives.
Our organization, mission, and culture:
The Department assists the Governor’s vision for Alaska with a focus on outcomes, an efficient use of Alaska’s abundant resources, and putting individual Alaskans before bureaucracy.
The Division of Community and Regional Affairs (DCRA) promotes strong communities and healthy economies by providing information, technical assistance, financial assistance, and other capacity building resources to communities.
The benefit of joining our team:
At DCRA, you will be joining a team of employees who demonstrate a high level of initiative, excellent interpersonal skills, ability to adapt to a changing environment, and an interest in working with rural Alaska communities.
The working conditions you can expect:
The candidate will be part of a dynamic team of professionals who enjoy working with the communities they serve.
Who we are looking for:
- Experience with federal or state grants including grant writing, interpreting, and monitoring. The incumbent will work with grant staff and grantees to fulfill the terms on the grant and ensure compliance with federal regulations or state statutes.
- Experience auditing grants or financial information and determining allowable costs.
- Experience supervising and auditing the work of other employees and providing training/coaching as needed.
- Experience interpreting statutes, regulations or policies and procedures related to various types of grants including state or federal.
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
- Accounting: Knowledge of traditional accounting practices including accrual, obligations, and costs methods.
- Grants Management: Knowledge of requirements, practices, and procedures for soliciting, receiving, reviewing, and processing proposals, and awarding and administering grants and agreements.
- Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
- Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
- Technical Credibility: Understands and appropriately applies principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or progressively responsible experience in accounting, grants administration, budget administration, procurement, professional services contracts and/or providing administrative support to a business or organization.
Special Note:
“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.
“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.
“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.
“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.
Some positions may require procurement certification from the Department of Administration, Division of General Services.
Some positions may require frequent travel to remote areas.
Additional Required Information
Salary Information: Anchorage Biweekly Salary Amount: $3000.00
Fairbanks Biweekly Salary Amount: $3090.40
Documents to be Attached to the Application:
- Post-secondary transcripts, if using to meet the minimum qualifications.
Documents Needed at the Time of Interview:
If you are selected to advance to the interview phase of the recruitment process, you must provide the following at the time of the interview:
- 3 References (2 must be prior supervisors with current contact information); and
- Last 3 Performance Evaluations (if available).
Additional Information:
- This position may require travel.
Education:
If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts must be attached at the time the application is submitted.
Work Experience:
If using work experience in order to meet the minimum qualifications of the position and it is not already documented in your application, also provide the employer name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.
Multiple Vacancies:
This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.
EEO Statement:
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or (907) 465-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.
Contact Information:
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For specific information in reference to the position please contact the hiring manager:
Hiring Manager: Kevin Bartley
Title: Grants Administrative Manager
Phone Number: (907) 269-7985
Email: kevin.bartley@alaska.gov
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