Grants Administrator 3

at  State of Alaska

This recruitment is open to: Alaska Residents Only
Please check the Residency Definitions to ensure you meet the requirements.

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.

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 of application, submitted to the contact information below, or provided at the time of interview if you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications. If you cannot attach it to your application, email or fax it to the contact provided in the job posting.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

The incumbent of this position will serve as the Division`s Grants Program Manager responsible for implementing and managing the State´s Non-Disaster and Disaster Grants Management and Auditing Programs. Acts as program lead for federal and state grant programs. Process, oversee and approve the development, writing, and distribution or annual applications for each program which we receive grant receipts to administer. Serves as a primary point-of-contact for the division internal grant controls, auditing process, prepares applications for grant programs in accordance with the specific grant guidelines, and creates local community applications that conform with both federal and state requirements.