Title: Recovery Grants Administrator #00623

State Role Title: Financial Services Specialist I

Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience and qualifications (Up to $56,260)

Pay Band:

Agency: Dept of Emergency Management

Location: 9711 Farrar Court N. Chesterfield, VA 23236

Agency Website: www.vaemergency.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management is seeking qualified candidates to join our Grants Division as a Recovery Grants Administrator!

The Grants Administrator position will plan, allocate, and monitor federal funding to localities and state agencies. The positions will provide technical assistance and consultation regarding the respective grants program. The Grants Administrator will also be responsible for providing guidance and training to sub-grantees and emergency management professionals. The incumbents will be required to conduct site visits, effectively communicate in various forms, and ensure compliance with grant rules and regulations. Additionally, the Grants Administrator will develop resources, policies, and procedures as required for specific disaster-related grants.

The Recovery Grants Administrators will also have the duties of supporting the Infrastructure Branch Director during operations at the Joint Field Office, as needed. The Recovery Grants Administrator is required to coordinate requests for public assistance, exploratory calls, recovery scoping meetings, and site visits. Site visits may require in-state travel and overnight stays, as needed for recovery operations.

All VDEM employees are designated as essential personnel and may be required to work during emergency situations such as inclement weather and natural or man-made disasters/events as directed. This may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee’s official Employee Work Profile/job description.

Minimum Qualifications

• Considerable working knowledge of grant management, accounting, business management, department administration.
• Demonstrated experience interpreting policies and procedures.
• Experience reading and interpreting grant guidelines and contracts; preparing budgets and monitoring fiscal actions.
• Ability to provide technical assistance to localities and state agencies to plan, allocate and monitor federal assistance.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), customer service skills organizational skills, and decision-making skills
• Valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record required.

Additional Considerations

• Working knowledge of post-disaster recovery programs.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Applications will only be accepted on-line through the State Job website. Applications must include all work history and references. The decision to interview an applicant is solely based on the information provided in the application materials. Therefore, it is essential to provide enough information to make this assessment.

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a fingerprint-based criminal history background check, Division of Motor Vehicle check, employment reference check, and E-Verify. The selected candidate must complete a State of Personal Economic Interests as a condition of employment, if applicable (Va. Code 2.2-3114). Other financial, credit, driving, or degree verification checks prior to employment may be required for certain positions.

The salary for this position is negotiable up to the maximum hiring range listed in this posting. Offers will not be made outside of the hiring range. This is a restricted position due to funding sources.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, and people with National Service experience are encouraged to apply.

VDEM does not provide sponsorship to prospective or current employees. Applicants applying for a position with our agency must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of employment and for the duration of employment. 

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management is an Equal Opportunity Employ

Contact Information

Name: Human Resources

Phone: (804) 912-7254

Email: recruitment@vdem.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.