Block Grant Coordinator: Contracts, Compliance & Training

Tennessee Department of Human Services; Tennessee; On-site; USD 44,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is seeking a DHS Block Grant Coordinator to manage statewide grant operations and contract administration. You will lead invoicing reviews, monitor compliance, and coordinate contract amendments with leadership and providers.

Your role involves developing policy procedures to align with federal requirements, preparing reports for federal partners, and guiding staff through the grant lifecycle to improve efficiency and service quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and three years of professional full-time experience in public policy development, budgeting and invoicing, monitoring or compliance of a state or federally funded program, auditing, accounting, and/or social or human services grant or contract coordination.
• Substitution of Experience for Education: Additional experience in one of the above fields may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
• Substitution of Graduate Education for Experience: Graduate course work in business administration, public policy, public administration, social or human services, mathematics, statistics, accounting, or finance may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of two years.

Responsibilities

• Develops and facilitates a statewide learning community based on best practices, that evolves to meet the needs of providers and customers they support through a customer centered approach and a process of continuous quality improvement.
• Audits and processes invoices by collecting and compiling regular service reports from providers, reviewing and approving invoices and budget revisions to facilitate payment by defined deadlines.
• Monitors provider adherence to policy and provides Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) based on identified areas of non-compliance or upon request by internal and external entities. Reviews program and provider activities, to verify information and confirm accuracy through the course of intermittent site visits.
• Facilitates the annual contracting process through consultation with leadership, team members, and provider staff regarding needed changes to contracts and facilitating the amendment process, as needed.
• Reviews, writes, and develops Block Grant policies and procedures based on federal requirements to improve the quality and effectiveness of services provided by DHS.
• Contributes to the development of annual reports to federal partners and drafts memoranda to providers in response to findings and other notifications as needed.
• Assists in the development and implementation of long-range objectives and strategies to achieve program goals to increase efficiency. Reviews and makes recommendations for changes to program delivery and services to enhance compliance with federal requirements.
• Resolving provider and/or client complaints regarding block grant services and refers to appropriate staff for resolution.

Skills

Public policy development

Budgeting & invoicing

Monitoring & compliance

Grant/contract coordination

Auditing

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Graduate education substitution

Job description

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is seeking a DHS Block Grant Coordinator to manage statewide grant operations and contract administration. You will lead invoicing reviews, monitor compliance, and coordinate contract amendments with leadership and providers.

Your role involves developing policy procedures to align with federal requirements, preparing reports for federal partners, and guiding staff through the grant lifecycle to improve efficiency and service quality.