CANNABIS LOANS & GRANTS ANALYST

Position Overview

Essential Functions
- Prepares and administers loan enrollments, loan payments/funding, and grant administration following the policy and procedures under the Cannabis Social Equity Program in the Office of Economic Equity & Empowerment (OE3).

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 assistance 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skills and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college, preferably within courses in business or public administration.
• Requires two years of responsible administrative experience in a public or business organization.

Specialized Skills

• Requires two (2) 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.
• Requires two (2) years of experience meeting with community leaders and stakeholders and making presentations and/or delivering training/technical assistance.
• Requires two (2) years of experience working with data reporting/tracking systems such as Excel, Smartsheets, or other related systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers two (2) 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.
• Prefers two (2) years of experience meeting with community leaders and stakeholders and making presentations and/or delivering training/technical assistance.
• Prefers two (2) years of experience working with data reporting/tracking systems such as Excel, Smartsheets, or other related systems.
• Prefers two (2) years of experience with management of grants and programs.
• Prefers two (2) years of experience with state programs and resources available to industries and communities for economic development purposes.