Description: Are you an experienced professional passionate about financial stewardship and strategic planning? We are seeking a dedicated Grant Analyst to join our vibrant team. Apply today! Exciting Career Opportunity
The City of Palo Alto is looking for a dynamic, proactive leader with a passion for public service to a serve as a Grant Analyst in the Administrative Services Department. Successful candidates are well-rounded, agile, top performers with experience in grant management practices. Individuals with excellent interpersonal skills and is an accomplished financial professional with fiscal analysis and project management skills, experience developing new policies and has a highly collaborative management approach will be successful in this role. This is the position for you if you are a high performing individual contributor and interested in establishing central oversight of grant programs across the City.
The City of Palo Alto Administrative Services Department (ASD) provides proactive financial and analytical support the City departments and decision-makers, to safe-guard and facilitate the optimal use City resources. ASD provides excellent customer service to decision-makers, the public, employees, and City departments; provide analytical, organizational, and administrative support for a wide variety of projects; records, monitors, and protects City assets in a responsible manner; provide essential financial management and forecasting reports; and prepares and presents financial report to various committees and City Council.
The Position
The Grant Analyst will be responsible for performing professional level work and works in close collaboration with City departments and the City’s grant consultant to understand service and program needs to effectively assist departments with seeking, implementing, and complying with grants. This position reports to and works in coordination with the ASD Assistant Director to ensure the accurate accounting, ongoing monitoring and reporting, and compliance for grants throughout the City. The Grant Analyst is responsible for managing the City’s grant consultant contract, who primarily assists with identifying and matching, grant writing and applications, and advocating grant awards on behalf of the City. This position centrally coordinates grant administration functions, including tracking; planning and conducting training programs; reporting; and compliance activities. Successful candidates will possess the ability to manage and administer a broad range of assignments simultaneously that include building and improving the City’s policies and process for the overall grant program, understanding department functions and priorities, and exercising independent judgment to perform a variety of detail grant management functions.
Great fit for a proactive team player dedicated to achieving impactful results and enhancing financial excellence in grant management. The Ideal Candidate
The
ideal candidate will possess the following attributes:
- Sound decision maker with the goal of balancing the needs of the organization and essential job function requirements; willing to regularly dive deep into the details and think strategically with the best interests of the City and the public.
- Demonstrated complex critical thinking and analytical skills; fiscal competency to effectively manage grant financial activities.
- Bring a customer service and collaborative approach with an ability to look at issues in a creative way; ability to positively influence decisions, diffuse conflict, and come to a compromise after diligent consideration of all perspectives.
- Ability to interpret contracts; requirements; policies and procedures; and applicable laws, rules and regulations relating to grants; ability to prioritize and coordinate work to ensure that deadlines are met.
- While analytical, the successful candidate will also be an excellent communicator both written and verbal; craft concise and comprehensive written reports as well as interact successfully with department staff, department directors, the City Manager, and City Council including presentations to staff, public, and/or elected officials.
- Strong team player with a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and a focus on organizational impact and enthusiasm to learn and take on new tasks.
Benefits: Fantastic benefits package! To learn more, click
HERE . Compensation (Management): Comprehensive compensation plan.To learn more, click
HERE . Schedule: Enjoy a hybrid 9/80 work schedule (with e very other Friday off) and up to 2 remote days per week.
Essential Duties:Essential and other important responsibilities and duties may include but are not limited to following, depending on assigned operations and functional areas: - Provide centralized administration and coordination of grant activities throughout the City, including accurate accounting, maintaining grants master list; timely and reporting; and financial and program compliance, as required by the grant award and federal, state, and local regulations.
- Keeps abreast of all regulatory compliance and other related requirements.
- Makes recommendations for program development, implements enhancements and improvements to the City’s policies and procedures relating to grants; collaborate with stakeholders to implement financial and/or operational tools.
- Facilitate acquiring funding/grants to support the City’s programs, in collaboration with the City’s grant consultant and departments.
- Analyze grant financial data; work closely with Accounting and Office of Management and Budget to ensure that grant administration and accounting confirm to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS).
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HERE . Minimum Qualifications:Sufficient education, training and/or work experience to demonstrate possession of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities which would typically be acquired through: - Bachelor's degree in a related field and three years of professional experience in public or business administration, public affairs, or a related field; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.
- Certified Grants Management Specialist (CGMS) designation from the National Grants Management Association is highly desirable .
Special Requirements:
- Valid California Driver's License
Supplemental Information:The Selection Process:
- Applicants will receive recruitment status notifications via email. Governmentjobs.com account also has notification status updates.
- Applicants will be screened throughout the posting process and highly qualified candidates may be invited to interview at any time.
- The screening process for this position typically may include a virtual recorded interview and/or panel interviews preceding final interviews with the hiring manager or their designee.
Our online application system is provided by NeoGov. If you have problems while applying online, please contact NeoGov's Live Applicant Support at (855) 524-5627 between 6:00 AM and 5:00 PM Pacific Time, Monday - Friday. The City of Palo Alto is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
The City of Palo Alto offers its employees a generous benefit package, featuring family medical coverage, retirement, life insurance, plus 12 paid holidays per year. - Participation in a Governmental 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
- Fully paid employee and dependent Dental Plan
- Fully paid employee and dependent Vision Plan
- Fully paid Life and AD&D insurance equal to annual salary
- CalPERs sponsored medical plan with City flat rate contribution
- Fully paid Life Insurance equal to one-times annual salary
- Voluntary Supplemental Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability plan
- 12 annual paid holidays
- Two to five weeks vacation annually depending on years of service per MOA
- 96 hours annual sick leave
- Direct Deposit
- Flexible Spending Account for Healthcare and Childcare expenses
- Paid Parental Leave- Six weeks of Parental Leave at 100% of salary, for the first twelve-month period, immediately following the birth, adoption or placement of a child with the employee.
Some Management classifications may qualify for
- 80 hours of Management Leave
- Professional development reimbursement
Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS)
- 2% at60 formula for Classic Misc Employees, one-year calculation for final compensation
- 2% at 62 formula for New Misc CalPers Members, three yearcalculationfor final compensation
- 3% at 50 formula for Classic Safety Employees, one-yearcalculationforfinal compensation
- 3% at 55 formula for New Safety CalPersMembers, threeyearcalculationfor final compensation
- Retiree Medical benefits for employee and dependents according to Retiree Medical Group
Please note: The City does not participate in CA State Disability Insurance (SDI) or Social Security.Since they City does not participate in SDI, City employees are not eligible to claim against the State's Pregnancy Disability Leave or Paid Family Leave programs.
Closing Date/Time: 8/4/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
