Assistant Economic and Community Development Agent

Job Title

Assistant Economic and Community Development Agent – Hartford, CT

Date posted: 01/27/2026 | Expire date: 02/27/2026 | Salary: $65,979 - $83,953/year |

Employment type:

Full Time

• Full time, 40 hours per week
• Monday through Friday schedule
• First shift hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm
• Location:
  
  450 Columbus Blvd, Hartford, CT 06103
• Hybrid opportunity: combination of in‑office and telework, in accordance with the Telework Policy

The Office of Community Development, within the Department of Economic and Community Development, administers capital funding grants through various state funding streams including Urban Act and the Community Investment Fund 2030 (CIF). The Assistant Economic Community Development Agent will work in outreach, grant application review, and contracting for state‑funded capital grant projects.

The Department of Economic and Community Development is the state’s lead agency responsible for strengthening Connecticut’s competitive position in the rapidly changing, knowledge‑based global economy.

• Five (5) years of experience in corporate marketing and business development or business experience including residential and/or commercial financing, leveraging financing, strategic planning, financial planning and analysis, or project management in industrial, environmental, housing or community development, including public financing or urban planning and development.
• College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equaling one‑half (1/2) year of experience, to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor’s degree.
• A Master’s degree in a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.