Grant Compliance Manager

State-of-South-Carolina; South Carolina; On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental & Life Insurance

State Retirement

General Increase

Accrue sick and annual leave

Job summary

The State of South Carolina, through the South Carolina Department of Commerce (S.C. Commerce), seeks a Time-Limited position to aid the Business Incentives Division (CCED) with grant compliance, reporting, repayments and related documents.

The role includes preparing incentive summaries, tracking commitments, verifying certifications, processing grant repayments and addressing special requests from the CCED Director and Deputy Director.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and relevant program experience.
• Experience with economic development, data, reporting and databases preferred.
• Time-limited position funded through project funds.

Responsibilities

• Providing support for GBD and CCED including preparing incentive summaries under supervision and entering commitments for grants offered.
• Tracking, documenting and reporting on company performance against commitments made by companies receiving economic development grants, including tracking compliance dates and sending reminders.
• Verifying certification materials submitted by companies in relation to economic development grants, determining next steps and communicating with the company.
• Tracking and processing grant repayments and annual maintenance reports.
• Processing applications for Port Volume Increase Tax Credit and Increase in Agricultural Tax Credits programs administered under CCED.
• Handling special requests of the Director or Deputy Director of Business Incentives Division.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Welcome to South Carolina. The new headquarters of American innovation.

The South Carolina Department of Commerce (S.C. Commerce) is committed to maintaining the state’s long-term competitiveness while building a modern economy — one that is diverse, supporting businesses at every phase of their lifecycle, while allowing people to live and work where they love.
As one of 22 cabinet agencies, S.C. Commerce is the state’s lead economic development agency. Its mission is to create economic opportunities to increase choices for all South Carolinians, which it does by supporting new and existing businesses and partnerships that fuel emerging industries such as life sciences, headquarters, and advanced energy. To drive the state’s advanced energy potential and global impact, S.C. Commerce helped organize the SC Nexus for Advanced Resilient Energy (SC NEXUS), designated as one of 31 federal Technology and Innovation Hubs in 2023. A national leader in foreign direct investment, South Carolina extends its international reach with representation in Europe and Asia, ensuring the state remains a top, global business destination from launch to legacy.

The agency’s mission is to create economic opportunities to increase choices for all South Carolinians and its vision is to embrace the future to ensure South Carolina’s sustainable advantage.

Job Purpose

This position will support S.C. Commerce's Business Incentives and Community Development division to assist the CCED with economic development grant compliance, reporting requirement, repayments and documents related to grants and incentives.

Job Responsibilities

• Providing support for GBD and CCED as needed including but not limited to preparing incentive summaries under the supervision of the CCED Counsel and entering commitments for grants offered;
• Tracking, documenting and reporting on company performance against commitments made by companies that receive economic development grants from the CCED including tracking compliance dates and sending reminders;
• Verifying certification materials submitted by companies as it relates to economic development grants, determining next course of action and communicating with the Company both verbally and in writing;
• Tracking and processing grant repayments and annual maintenance reports;
• Processing applications for Port Volume Increase Tax Credit and Increase in Agricultural Tax Credits programs administered under CCED; and
• Handling any special requests of the Director or Deputy Director of Business Incentives Division.

A bachelor's degree and relevant program experience.

Prefer extensive experience working with economic development, data, reporting, and databases.Time-Limited project positions are positions established and funded through time limited project approved or authorized by the appropriate State authority. These positions are not established FTE positions approved by the Legislature. The time-limited position will only be funded through the project funds. When funds for a position are exhausted, the position will be eliminated.

The following are eligible benefits for the Time-Limited position:

• Health, Dental & Life Insurance
• State Retirement
• General Increase
• Accrue sick and annual leave

Employees occupying time-limited positions are not eligible for the same opportunities available to state employees in an FTE position. Employees occupying time-limited positions do not have the following rights:

• FTE or probationary employment status
• Reduction in force rights
• Grievance rights

In addition, the following are applicable regarding leave and state service:

• Service time is not credited towards state service except towards Retirement Service
• Unused sick leave will be lost at time of termination
• Leave cannot be transferred to another agency

Employees occupying an FTE position with a State Agency who wish to accept a time-limited position will experience a break in service as a FTE employee, which will entail pay out of any unused annual leave accrual, forfeiture of any sick leave balance, and time in a time-limited position will not be counted as state service time should the employee return to an FTE position at a later date.