Chief of Operations/Chief of Grants Management - Non-Merit

About the role

A Non-Merit vacancy exists in the Office of Budget and Finance. Current and future vacancies occurring in any Office or Department of Baltimore County General Government may be filled from the list of eligible applicants. All interested candidates must apply at this time.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily operations of the Baltimore County Grants Office which includes two full-time staff and the County’s roster of on-call grant writing contract firms, with the potential for an expanded staff roster.
• Provides guidance, direction and assistance to County agencies regarding identifying, applying for, and on boarding of Federal, State and other outside funding opportunities.
• Manages and oversees the County’s Grants Review Process, 14 Day submissions to County Council and subsequent award notices to County grant and subrecipients on an as needed basis.
• Manages and administers grants provided by the County on an as needed basis.
• Works with Executive Staff on outreach and engagement with nonprofits and the philanthropic community as necessary and working with external entities in management funds such as the Baltimore County Community Support Fund and the Baltimore County Youth Jobs fund assisting with tracking donations/contributions, expenses, partnership agreements with external entities, and grant administration run through any fund.
• Manages the County Grants Workgroup and hosts regular meetings to gather information on County-wide grant activity, disseminates information on County grants policies and procedures, and facilitates inter-agency collaboration on potential grant projects.
• In conjunction with representative of the Office of Budget & Finance and Office of Law develops a Baltimore County grants handbook and training curriculum that details the County’s official grants management protocols and procedures.
• Assists Administration and County agencies in the development of grant programs as necessary to ensure they comport with County grant, legal, purchasing and accounting procedures, guidelines and protocols.
• Manages and oversees the administration of the Community Reinvestment Fund.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree with emphasis on program development, public policy or fiscal management.
• Three (3) years of experience of working with grant related activities with emphasis on management of grant programs, fiscal administration and accountability of grant programs and assisting in, or the development of, grant programs.
• Experience successfully leading teams through completion of multi-faceted projects is required.
• Knowledge of County, Federal, and State grant processes, guidelines and fiscal monitoring procedures.
• Manage teams of programmatic and fiscally oriented staff.
• Review and interpret highly technical information.
• Write technical materials and have good communication skills.
• Analyze situations to define issues, identify and clearly present conclusions and recommendations.
• Skills in planning and managing projects, preparing and maintaining accurate records, utilizing pertinent software applications, grant writing, and grant management.
• Schedule and lead activities and/or meetings.
• Work with a diversity of individuals and/or groups.
• Work with data of varied types and/or purposes.
• Problem solve and adapt to changing work priorities.
• Work independently under time constraints, meet deadlines and schedules.
• Set priorities while performing with minimal direct day-to-day supervision.
• Work with detailed information/data.