DCF Grants & Contracts Manager - Limited Service

Overview

Do you like to write? Work with numbers? Have a good eye for detail? Enjoy working with budgets, spreadsheets, and performance-based data? Have a knack for developing tracking systems? Do you want to have an impact on healthy development, safety, well‑being, and self‑sufficiency of Vermonters? Then the Grants and Contracts Unit of the Department for Children and Families may be just the place for you!

We are looking for a new member to join our close‑knit team based out of the Waterbury State Office Complex. While this position is based in Waterbury, there is the opportunity for a hybrid (in office/remote) schedule; some travel, mostly in state, may be required.

The DCF Grants and Contracts Unit comprises twenty‑one staff working closely with internal and external partners to support DCF's initiatives. This position should have an understanding of the life cycle of an agreement, which may include a grant, contract, memorandum of understanding, and statement of work, for example. It is anticipated that this position will have a primary focus on supporting agreement drafting, monitoring, and/or compliance efforts across the Department.

Great attention to detail, an understanding of financial reconciliation and budgeting, strength‑based customer service, excellent written and oral communication skills, proven ability to work independently and juggle competing demands, flexibility, and a willingness to learn are some key qualifications for this position. Experience with and/or working knowledge of Uniform Guidance, the Agency of Administration's Bulletins 3.5 and 5, quality control and assurance, audits, agreement drafting or development of detailed scopes of work, and programs and services of the Department for Children and Families a plus!

This position,
DCF Grants & Contracts Manager - Limited Service (Job Requisition #54518), is open to all State employees and external applicants.

If you would like more information about this position, please contact Leslie Bergeron geron.

Resumes will not be accepted via e‑mail. You must apply online to be considered.

Duties are performed primarily in a standard office environment as well as in the field, for which private means of transportation must be available. Some evening and weekend work may be necessary. Considerable tact and diplomacy will be required for effective performance. Extensive interaction with a broad range of community groups, service providers, advocacy groups, and other state and federal agencies will occur.

Stress may be encountered from deadlines and from operating in a highly publicized and public setting.

Bachelor's degree or higher AND two (2) years of work experience that includes one or more of the following: (a) administration of grants/contracts as a funder and/or recipient; (b) collaboration with community partners in the delivery of social services; (c) enforcement of provider agreements; OR (d) management of financial affairs or a governmental accounting system.

OR

Four (4) years of experience that includes one or more of the following: (a) administration of grants/contracts as a funder and/or recipient; (b) collaboration with community partners in the delivery of social services; (c) enforcement of provider agreements; OR (d) management of financial affairs or a governmental accounting system.

As a State employee you are offered a great career opportunity, but it's more than a paycheck. The State's total compensation package features an outstanding set of employee benefits that are worth about 30% of your total compensation, including:

• 80% State paid medical premium and a dental plan at no cost for employees and their families
• Work/Life balance: 11 paid holidays each year and a generous leave plan
• State Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI)
• Two ways to save for your retirement: A State defined benefit pension plan and a deferred compensation 457(b) plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Flexible spending healthcare and childcare reimbursement accounts
• Low cost group life insurance
• Incentive‑based Wellness Program
• Qualified Employer for Public Service Student…