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Grant Analyst
Salary
$57,609.00 - $89,285.00 Annually
Location
Durham, NC
Job Type
Full time with benefits
Remote Employment
Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number
23-04301
Department
Finance
Opening Date
06/29/2023
Closing Date
7/20/2023 11:59 PM Eastern

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Position Description
Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.
Hiring Range: $57,609-$87,534
Work Day/Hours: 8:00a-4:30p
Join one of the highest fiscally rated entities in the country. The City of Durham’s Finance Department (http://durhamnc.gov/456/Finance) promotes sound management and stewardship of taxpayer dollars by helping the City Council, City Manager and City departments manage their financial resources and leading risk management administration and training. If sound fiscal management is what you’re about, join our team!
This position is grant funded and will work on grant compliance initiatives related to the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which is a federal stimulus bill signed into law in 2021. The City of Durham received nearly $52 million with the funding expiring at the end of calendar year 2026. The grant analyst be a member of an ARPA Team that manages several grants and contracts with the purpose of mitigating impact from COVID-19, reducing child poverty, funding essential services, supporting hard-hit communities, and providing assistance for families and workers.
Duties/Responsibilities

• Assisting with the annual budget process and comprehensive audit.
• Performs journey-level accounting, financial analysis, and/or grant administration, including overseeing and correcting transactions, developing financial tools, maintaining and monitoring financial portfolios, setting up and managing accounts, preparing correspondence, maintaining the general ledger, preparing salary allocations, assisting with identifying funding alternatives, and ensuring compliance with financial practices, procedures, and deadlines, and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Researching complex financial issues.
• Prepares, reviews, maintains, and/or submits complex financial, analytical, and other reports, spreadsheets, records, files, and other documentation; processes checks, purchase cards, invoices, and other financial information and materials; maintains databases and online systems; researches and analyzes financial transactions, trends, cost, expenditure, revenue, and related information; and makes recommendations based on financial data.
• Supervising, training, assigning and/or directing the work of other staff.
• Creating and maintaining financial models and analyzing and interpreting financial information.
• Coordinates with, and/or serves as a liaison to, contractors and City departments and/or external agencies; provides professional assistance; trains and/or monitors staff and contractors; assists with or coordinates projects; and plans and improves department business processes.
• Assisting with financial planning and projects.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Two years of experience working with Grants or Grants Administration
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in accounting, business or public administration or a directly related field

Benefits – General Full-Time Employees

• 11-12 paid holidays per year
• 2 weeks paid military leave per year
• 12 standard work days of vacation per year
• Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
• 48 hours for volunteer work each year*
• City contribution of 10.15% into the N.C. State Retirement System
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plans
• Short and long term disability plans
• Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
• Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
• Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling
• 12 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
• Paid funeral leave
• 4 hours parental leave each year
• State and City retirement plans
• Workman's Compensation Insurance

Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)

• State retirement plan
• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)

Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)

• Health Insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan

01
Where did you first hear about this opportunity?

• Monster.com
• Employee referral
• Magazine/Newspaper
• Indeed.com
• GlassDoor
• Facebook
• Job fair
• Employment Security Commission
• Professional organization Please list the organization in "other" box below
• Walk in
• LinkedIn
• Other
• Craig's List
• Governmentjobs.com
• City of Durham Website
• Internet posting Please list the specific web site in the "other" box below

02
If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.
03
Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.

• Master's Degree
• Associates Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
• PhD or Juris Doctorate
• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)

04
How many years of related experience do you have working with Grants and Grants Administration?

• 1 year but less than 2 years related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• No related experience
• 6 years but less than 10 years related experience
• 10 or more years related experience
• 2 years but less than 6 years related experience

05
Do you have prior experience working in local government?

• No
• Yes

06
Do you have prior experience working with ARPA grants?

• No
• Yes

07
Please briefly describe your experience working with Grants: If no experience working with Grants, please put N/A
Required Question