CANNABIS LOANS & GRANTS ANALYST

About the role

The Office of Economic Equity & Empowerment (OE3) Cannabis Loans and Grants Program seeks a detail-oriented, solutions-focused professional to support the administration of innovative funding programs that help build a more inclusive and thriving cannabis industry.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and administers loan enrollments, loan payments/funding, and grant administration following the policy and procedures under the Cannabis Social Equity Program.
• Serves as a subject matter expert on Cannabis Direct Forgivable Loans, Technical Assistance Cannabis Grants, and other program deliverables to potential recipients and program partners.
• Performs evaluations and analysis of projects, loans, grants, program operations, and the program's loans and grants portfolio.
• Affords guidance to OE3 Loans and Grants manager on program deliverables, compliance, stakeholder engagement, partnerships, and outreach.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Requirements

• Knowledge, skills and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college, preferably within courses in business or public administration.
• Two years of responsible administrative experience in a public or business organization.
• Two years of experience performing loan and grant management in Cannabis programming with an understanding of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (CRTA) for Adult Use Cannabis Social Equity programming.
• Two years of experience meeting with community leaders and stakeholders and making presentations and/or delivering training/technical assistance.
• Two years of experience working with data reporting/tracking systems such as Excel, Smartsheets, or other related systems.

Qualifications

• Two years of experience performing loan and grant management in Cannabis programming with an understanding of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (CRTA) for Adult Use Cannabis Social Equity programming.
• Two years of experience meeting with community leaders and stakeholders and making presentations and/or delivering training/technical assistance.
• Two years of experience working with data reporting/tracking systems such as Excel, Smartsheets, or other related systems.
• Two years of experience with management of grants and programs.
• Two years of experience with state programs and resources available to industries and communities for economic development purposes.