What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grants Compliance Specialist position at Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR)?
The Grants Compliance Specialist has an important role in helping to protect Minnesota's soil and water resources. As the Grants Compliance Specialist, you will implement and oversee a comprehensive grants oversight and compliance program. BWSR grants provide funding to local units of government to deliver soil and water conservation services to their communities. The partnership you develop with Board Conservationists and Clean Water Specialists will help you to better support our local governments as they deliver services to their communities.
Responsibilities include:
- Participate in financial monitoring and/or reconciliation of grant expenditures by grantees
- Represent the agency during grantee site visits to verify assurances of expenditures, performance, and assess the internal control environment
- Provide assessment and evaluation of statutory changes, updates to Office of Grant Management policies, and grant policy and procedures
- Maintain documentation from reconciliations and other oversight activities, ensure consistency in standards, formats and retrievability
- Represent the agency and give presentations at public meetings and interagency teams and address inquiries concerning grant programs so that accurate information is timely
Minimum Qualifications
Three (3) years of experience in grant administration or grant compliance for large grant programs that includes:
- Analyzing, monitoring and administering grant programs
- Reconciling grant expenditures and processing financial transactions
- Developing corrective action plans
- Giving presentations to inform and train grantees and the public
- Proficiency in the use of word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet software such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel
Substitutions: A bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration or a related field may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience. An associate's degree in accounting, business administration or a related field may substitute for six (6) months of the required experience.
This position can be located in our Brainerd, Bemidji or Detroit Lakes office locations.