Financial Analyst II (Grants Administration)

The City of Dunwoody is seeking one or more contractors to provide grant writing and grant management services. This is a contract position, and it is not eligible for benefits. Most work will be completed remotely with flexible hours. To apply, please send your resume to jobs@dunwoodyga.gov.

• With access to the City’s Comprehensive Plan, Strategic IT Plan, existing City budgets and City staff, assure a firm understanding of the organization’s goals, services, plans, and capacity needs for the coming year;

• Work with City staff to develop grant proposals and applications which present the case for funding support, reflecting the programmatic goals of the City;

• Identify public and private funding sources that may be interested in supporting the City's start-up services or specific programming goals;

• Develop approach strategies and a prioritized solicitation schedule for each of the funders identified as targets;

• Prepare materials and provide assistance as needed to the City in contacting funders to request support, in advance of a proposal submission;

• Prepare full proposal documents and packages to funders that express interest and to those not previously contacted, adapting the proposal to fit with individual funders' guidelines and grant making interests;

• Advise the City on how best to follow-up and steward relationships with each funder;

• Develop budgets in appropriate formats for presentation to funders as part of proposal submission;

• Continue to monitor the public and private funding marketplace to identify additional sources of potential financial support for City priorities throughout the contract period;

• On a periodic basis, meet with City staff to evaluate resource development efforts and identify any new program or capacity needs that may emerge during the course of the contract period;

• Fully manage the process of submitting required post-award reports to funders; and,

• Design work program, prepare work plan and review with contract administrator.

Regarding reporting, findings, and recommendations:

• Maintain compliance with all grant requirements;

• Summarize findings on overall compliance with applicable grant guidelines;

• Summarize results of grant beneficiary satisfaction surveys and interviews;

• Summarize assessment of contractor performance against established grant metrics;

• Document and summarize any other compliance issues (e.g., instances of likely non-compliance, sub-par performance, waste, fraud, inefficiency or ineffectiveness); and,

• Recommend corrective measures (e.g., better project management, service contractors, beneficiary follow-up, tracking mechanism or grants management reporting).

Regarding Federal Stimulus Dollars and other similar programs which may exist now or at a later date:

• Maximize the City´s share and productive use of available federal recovery funds;

• Identify the optimal ways to overcome red tape and inject recovery funds into the state economy;

• Work with federal agencies and state agencies to facilitate distribution efforts;

• Help state agencies ensure the impact of federal recovery investments;

• Track all federal recovery dollars flowing from the State to the City, and the impact of these expenditures on established performance metrics;

• Monitor and measure the progress of the recovery program;

• Develop a communications network, using the Internet and other cost-effective tools, to keep the public informed about the progress of the federal investments and related recovery efforts; and,

• Regularly report to the Finance Director on the status of the federal recovery programs.