Grants Coordinator I - Grants Management & Innovation

Pima County•Tucson, AZ

12d•$56,555 - $79,164

About The Position

As a pivotal member of the cross-functional grants team, you will provide technical assistance to county departments and elected officials as they process approvals for grant agreements and grant-funded contracts and subawards. You will be essential to ensuring compliance with federal grant regulations, as well as other applicable policies. Additionally, you will have several opportunities to collaborate with all Grants Management & Innovation Divisions to learn all aspects of the grants lifecycle and grants management in the public sector.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in a program-related field as defined by the appointing authority at the time of recruitment AND three (3) years of experience coordinating, monitoring, and/or administering program activities or providing professional level administrative support for a program or specialized work unit.
Four (4) years of experience with Pima County in a professional administrative classification.

Nice To Haves

Experience writing grant applications, comparable plans, or reports.
Experience researching, analyzing data, summarizing, and presenting research findings.
Experience applying goals, laws, regulations, policies, benchmarks, and/or implementation milestones to assure program performance and compliance.

Responsibilities

Plans, organizes, coordinates, and administers the activities of a specialized program within Pima County
Assists the Program Manager or department director in developing and establishing program goals and objectives
Evaluates program effectiveness and measures/reports on program success
Supervises, trains, and evaluates staff, determines work assignments and priorities, and participates in personnel selection
Monitors program-specific legislation and ensures program compliance with applicable regulations
Performs public relations activities as a program representative, makes program-related presentations to the public, prepares, and presents news releases and other media materials and participates in the development of community awareness programs
Coordinates the development of training and informational materials to promote public understanding of program activities, services, and requirements
Establishes and maintains liaison relationships and coordinates program activities with other departments, public and private agencies, organizations, and groups
Conducts meetings to resolve problems, address issues, discuss program goals and objectives and disseminate information
Monitors grants, program contracts and/or contractor performance
Participates in the development of the program budget and supervises the monitoring and administration of program funds
Conducts program-related studies and prepares written reports and recommendations
Prepares routine and special program status reports for federal, state and county agencies
Analyzes data and prepares program activity reports and statistical materials for management review
May access or maintain specialized databases containing program-specific information to record activity or generate reports
May write and submit grant applications and prepare/review proposals