Grants Strategy Lead for Public Works Funding

City of Long Beach; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Long Beach, Department of Public Works, seeks a Grants Administration Officer to oversee city-wide grant coordination and complex applications. You will work with external agencies and the City Manager's Office to align funding priorities with departmental goals.

The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree and at least three years of grant management experience, including one year in a supervisory role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required (proof required).
• Three (3) years of increasingly responsible professional experience managing and/or administering publicly funded projects or programs or performing other related grant management activities.
• One (1) year of the required experience must have been at a lead or supervisory level.

Responsibilities

• Seek Federal, State, County, and other agency grant opportunities and identify current or upcoming CIP projects which meet grant eligibility.
• Work with Department and City leadership to determine which grant opportunities to pursue.
• Oversee the Department's most critical and complex application efforts.
• Work in tandem with the Government Affairs Office in the City Manager's Office.
• Act as an external affairs liaison to inter-government agencies to coordinate Department of Public Works external funding sources.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The City of Long Beach, Department of Public Works, seeks a Grants Administration Officer to oversee city-wide grant coordination and complex applications. You will work with external agencies and the City Manager's Office to align funding priorities with departmental goals.

The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree and at least three years of grant management experience, including one year in a supervisory role.