Grants Project Specialist
Job in
Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi, 39569, USA
Listing for:
Jackson County - Mississippi
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-02-06
Job specializations:
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Government
Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting
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Business
Financial Analyst
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Position Overview Responsible for researching and analyzing local, state, regional, and national grant-making organizations to identify funding sources for specific non-disaster related projects and programs; developing and preparing reports for grants and programs; compiling, writing, and editing grant applications exhibiting exceptional writing skills; tracking revenues and expenditures to ensure compliance with all applicable regulations, policies, and procedures established by both Federal and State Governments and Jackson County Boards of Supervisors.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities Research and identify, apply for, administer, and monitor non-disaster related federal, state, local and private grants, as assigned.Write and prepare grant proposals, budgets, and applications for federal, state, local and private funding agencies, as assigned.Assist department heads in writing applications, editing draft applications for accuracy, completeness, and clarity, as assigned.Prepare and submit grant agenda items for Board of Supervisors approval to Board Attorney’s office through Civic Plus for board approval, as assigned.Ensure applications are submitted in accordance with all grant requirements.Work closely with the Finance Department and other county departments to ensure all grant-related accounts are created, tagged, and coded correctly in Work Day for grant awards, as assigned.Assist with grant program/project implementation and policy recommendations for grant funded activities to ensure compliance, as assigned.Monitor grant funded activities to ensure compliance with applicable local, state, and federal law, regulations, policies, and guidelines.Review all grant awards and grant budgets to ensure that expenditures are within budget and program/project period of performance and closeout timelines.Track, record, and update monthly grant expenditure reports, requests for reimbursements, pay requests, invoices, and payments received, as assigned.Research and retrieve all pertinent back up needed for reimbursement requests and reporting, as assigned.Submit all reimbursement requests and required compliance reporting documents to funding agencies in a timely manner, as assigned.Review vendor contracts to assure all fees and activities are directly and correctly related to program/project scope of work and contractual agreement (formulas, percentages, job descriptions, salaries, etc.), as assigned.Review and evaluate the performance of grant projects and programs, recommend and/or take appropriate action required to achieve the desired goals and objectives.Notify the Grants Director of any grant revenue not received, and/or any issues or challenges that may occur throughout the grant life cycle of each award, in a timely manner.Work closely with all county departments, local city municipalities, private, state, and federal funding agencies to ensure all grant awards are monitored, tracked, and reported accurately within each respective grant/financial reporting system.Assist with maintaining the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA), as it pertains to information required by auditors; federal grantors, pass-through grantors, program title cluster, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number, and pass-through entity identifying numbers.Assist with providing the Finance Department with an accurate SEFA Report, annually, for auditing purposes.Prepare periodic reports on fiscal and performance measures of grants and other resource programs related to grant programs/projects, as assigned.Assist with writing Grant Contracts, Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO’s), Request for Proposals (RFP’s), and Request for Qualifications (RFQ’s), as assigned.Participate in preparation of the annual revenue forecast relative to grants…
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