CSP Grants Specialist IV (Hybrid)
State of Colorado - Lakewood, CO
posted 4 days ago
About the position
The purpose of this position is to analyze, monitor, and report on programmatic and financial activities of state funded grant programs. Programmatic responsibilities include assisting with or implementing grants administration oversight from pre-award, award, post-award, monitoring, and closeout activities. Financial management includes, but not limited to, making payments or charges to internal and external grant customers, monitoring monthly accruals and notifying grant project manager of any budget issues, preparing quarterly financial reports, ensuring proper documentation and records are maintained for audits, assisting in audit preparation, entering grant statistics into a local database, preparing data for grant reporting, and performing other programmatic and financial grant duties as assigned. This position provides programmatic and financial support, leadership, and technical assistance to internal grant project directors, and applies state grant guidelines to ensure compliance. This position assists with special projects as assigned. This position operates independently in performing programmatic and fiscal accounting duties. This position applies judgment and guidelines to solve daily problems related to grants management. This position anticipates and analyzes possible consequences of programmatic and fiscal grant decisions.
Responsibilities
- Oversee grant programmatic duties including administering assigned grant programs and ensuring compliance with applicable grant provisions, regulations, and statutes.
- Conduct meetings to inform organizations and individuals of the availability of funds for programs and projects, soliciting grant applications and requests.
- Review a variety of applications and recommend and/or approve funding for grants or projects.
- Create, provide materials and assist the Director of CATPA with project and contract negotiations as well as audits.
- Monitor grant programmatic implementation to ensure compliance with state and federal statute, rules, and regulations.
- Prepare quarterly and final reports, enter data into an internal tracking database, and perform grant reconciliation.
- Analyze data, provide statistics and graphics for grant applications, and prepare budget modifications and grant extensions.
Requirements
- Seven years of professional grant management and fiscal management experience that included planning, coordinating, monitoring or managing grants or other restricted funds.
- Bachelor's degree in any field AND three years of full-time professional grant management and fiscal management experience that included planning, coordination, monitoring or managing grants or other restricted funds.
Nice-to-haves
- Knowledge of grant compliance.
- Experience with government contracting.
- Experience with grant writing and issuing grants to partner agencies/sub recipients.
- Experience with process improvement, project management, and accounting.
- Proficient communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
- CORE accounting system experience.
Benefits
- Medical and dental options for permanent employees and their dependents.
- Short and long-term disability coverage, and life insurance that includes legal resources and discounts.
- State contribution into Health Savings Account when enrolled in HDHP.
- Job protected medical leave under FMLA and the State of Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (FAMLI).
- Paid medical leave benefits provided by the State of Colorado.
- Eligibility for hybrid or other flexible work arrangements based on the nature of the role.
- Unmatched retirement benefits including mandatory PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans.
- Generous time off including 11 paid holidays annually and accrued annual and sick leave and four annual wellness days.
- Employee Assistance Program (C-SEAP) available in every region of the state.
- Tuition reimbursement and reduced college tuition at CSU Global and DeVry University.
- Credit Union of Colorado membership eligibility.
