Temporary Grants and Contracts Program Specialist

Idaho Department of Lands

Temporary Grants and Contracts Program Specialist

Applications will be accepted through 11:59 PM MST on the posting end date.

Description

To monitor subgrantees, grantees, or contractors for quality-of-service delivery and compliance with grant or contract agreements and regulations; provide technical assistance; perform related work. To provide a variety of office support functions which require in-depth knowledge of assigned program areas; perform related work.

Position Responsibilities:

• Analyzes financial reports to determine if expenditures are in compliance with grant or contract guidelines.
• Reviews payment requests or expenditures and recommends approval/denial.
• Monitor subgrantees for completion of goals and objectives, for compliance with contract/grant agreements and regulations, and audit financial expenditure records.
• Develop and prepare narrative, financial, and statistical program reports.
• Responds to inquiries regarding grant or contract availability, requirements, and guidelines.
• Provide technical assistance for fiscal and grant management and interpretation of grant guidelines and regulations.
• Performs and completes grant related special projects.
• Maintain program records systems, billings, and payments.

Minimum Qualifications:

Some knowledge of grant or contract administration; bookkeeping.

Experience: interpreting, applying and explaining laws and regulations; interpreting narrative or demographic or statistical reports to ensure compliance with laws, regulations or requirements; collecting, organizing and evaluating data and writing a narrative report of findings.

Desired Qualifications:

• A desire to build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external customers to fulfill the department's mission, goals, and values.
• Good knowledge of rules of effective business English usage, spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
• Experience: using alphabetical, numerical, or subject filing systems to include determining file names, setting up new files, classifying, labeling, filing, and retrieving; reviewing documents for compliance with established procedures; using a computer to enter and retrieve information.
• Excellent technical writing and critical thinking skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office and SharePoint.
• Detail oriented with strong organization skills.

EEO/ADA/Veteran:

The State of Idaho is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, political affiliation or belief, sex, national origin, genetics, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The State of Idaho is committed to access and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, auxiliary aids and services are available upon request. If you require an accommodation at any step in our recruitment process, you are encouraged to contact (208) 334-2263 (TTY/TTD: 711), or email ada.coordinator@dhr.idaho.gov.

Preference may be given to veterans who qualify under state and federal laws and regulations.

About the Idaho Department of Lands:

Become part of an organization where you will work with dedicated people who are committed and skilled in managing and protecting Idaho's natural resources.

The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) believes in its employees and values stewardship, service, accountability and cohesiveness. Our goals emphasize our people and processes, financial stewardship, and customer focus. We strive for a culture in which leadership equips, entrusts and expects employees to make decisions in fulfillment of our mission. View our Strategic Plan here.

Under the direction of the Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners, IDL manages more than 2.5 million acres of state endowment trust land under a constitutional mandate to produce maximum long-term financial returns for public schools and several other State of Idaho institutions. Leases and other contracts are used to authorize revenue generating activities such as timber harvest, grazing, farming, mining, commercial use, residential use, and conservation in a prudent and sustainable manner.

Managing endowment trust lands is only part of our story. We also protect public resources such as water quality, fish, wildlife habitat, and recreation on navigable waterways, and ensure the protection of water quality and other resources by overseeing forestry and mining practices across all ownerships in the state. We also work to reclaim abandoned mines in Idaho. One of our most important resource protection responsibilities is fire prevention and suppression. We also aid landowners in managing their forest lands, work with communities to plant trees in urban settings, help keep working forests working through the Forest Legacy Program, and work with many partners to promote healthy forests on a landscape level. IDL also is the administrative arm of the Idaho Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.