Contracts/Grants Reviewer 4-Admin Services

State of Louisiana•Baton Rouge, LA

About The Position

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is hiring a Contracts/Grants Reviewer 4 to perform advanced professional contract and grant management, compliance, monitoring, audit, and technical assistance functions involving complex state and federal contracts, grants, and subawards. The role provides advanced technical guidance and oversight to ensure departmental activities comply with applicable federal and state laws, regulations, funding requirements, contractual provisions, and departmental policies and procedures. The position functionally supervises Contracts/Grants Reviewer 3 personnel, assigning and reviewing their work. It also prepares, negotiates, administers, monitors, and closes out complex agreements; advises agency personnel on contract and grant matters; reviews financial and performance documentation; conducts risk-based compliance reviews and audits; and coordinates with internal and external stakeholders to resolve issues and support oversight activities. This promotional opportunity is open only to permanent Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries employees. Selected employees may be required to accept a probational appointment. The position does not participate in a Career Progression Group. Salary will be determined based on qualifications and experience. No Civil Service test score is required.

Requirements

At least one year of the qualifying experience must be in contracts or grants management.
Meet one of the following minimum qualification pathways: five years of experience in contracts or grants management, procurement, financial management, or accounting; or six years of full-time work experience in any field plus two years of experience in one of those fields; or a bachelor's degree plus two years of experience in one of those fields; or an advanced degree in business or public administration, finance, economics, or statistics plus one year of experience in one of those fields.
For the six-year general work experience pathway, each 30 semester hours from an accredited college or university may substitute for one year, up to 120 semester hours and a maximum of four years.
This promotional opportunity is open only to permanent Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries employees.
Provide relevant, detailed education and experience information in the application; resumes are not accepted in lieu of completed application sections.
Provide transcripts for qualifying experience based on college credit or college hours.
Selected applicants must undergo a criminal background check; degrees, certificates, special licenses, and DD-214s must be verified by official documentation before hire.

Responsibilities

Functionally supervise Contracts/Grants Reviewer 3 personnel; plan, assign, prioritize, and review work for accuracy, timeliness, quality, and compliance.
Prepare, review, negotiate, administer, monitor, and close out complex contracts, grants, subawards, amendments, budgets, and related agreements.
Provide advanced technical assistance to program, fiscal, procurement, legal, and administrative personnel on proposals, scopes of work, budgets, funding availability, agreement provisions, and compliance requirements.
Review invoices, expenditures, deliverables, progress reports, performance evaluations, and supporting documentation for compliance with approved budgets, allowable-cost requirements, contractual obligations, and reporting deadlines.
Conduct risk-based compliance reviews, monitoring, and audits of agreements, expenditures, records, and program activities to identify deficiencies, questioned costs, internal-control weaknesses, and potential noncompliance.
Evaluate contractor and subrecipient performance, financial activity, supporting documentation, and compliance with approved scopes of work, budgets, deliverables, and funding restrictions.
Coordinate and support internal and external audits, federal monitoring reviews, legislative inquiries, and other oversight activities; prepare documentation and assist with responses to findings and recommendations.
Research and interpret changes in federal and state laws, regulations, funding guidance, and departmental policies, and communicate requirements and guidance to agency personnel.
Analyze monitoring results, audit findings, financial activity, and contract and grant data to identify trends, risks, recurring deficiencies, and opportunities to improve oversight and efficiency.
Prepare and maintain records, reports, correspondence, findings, and management summaries on agreement status, financial activity, performance, monitoring, and compliance.
Coordinate with agency personnel, contractors, subrecipients, auditors, and federal and state oversight agencies to resolve complex issues and support effective administration.