Training and Communications Specialist - Training and Development Specialist 2

Location: St. Paul
Telework Eligible: Yes (up to 50% hybrid telework arrangement; additional onsite attendance may be required for team meetings or as requested by management)
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Unlimited

About the role

The Office of Grants Management (OGM) works in partnership with more than 30 Executive Branch grant-making agencies, boards, and commissions to standardize, streamline, and improve state grant management practices and increase public information about state grant opportunities. We are seeking a Training and Communications Specialist to support OGM's efforts toward building the knowledge base and capabilities of state staff engaged in administration of state grant investments.

In this position, you will support planning, delivery, and evaluation of OGM's training, reporting, and communication activities that impact all state grant-making agencies, political leaders, state grantees and applicants, and the wider public. This position will develop and maintain OGM's website, analyze and compile grants data from agencies, and support the grantee performance evaluation data system and users of the system.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, delivery, and evaluation of training, reporting, and communication activities for state grant-making agencies, grantees, applicants, and the public.
• Develop and maintain OGM's website.
• Analyze and compile grants data from agencies into reports based on purpose, audience, and requirements.
• Support the grantee performance evaluation data system and its users.
• Conduct training needs assessments, manage training/event registrations, deliver training content, analyze feedback, and report on key metrics.
• Write, edit, proofread, and clearly communicate complex information to a wide and varied audience.

Requirements

• Two (2) years of experience supporting a training program, including conducting needs assessments, managing training and/or event registrations, delivering training content, analyzing feedback, and/or reporting on key metrics.
• Experience synthesizing, organizing, and customizing data into reports based on purpose, audience, and requirements.
• Basic knowledge of grants life cycle activities.
• Skilled in using technology, including Microsoft 365 applications, to develop trainings and/or reports.
• Effective communication skills to write, edit, proofread, and clearly communicate complex information.
• Interpersonal and human relations skills to collaborate with others.
• Successful applicants must pass a criminal background check and employment reference checks prior to employment. A criminal history does not automatically disqualify an applicant.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in government-based grant management and grant compliance (state, federal, municipal, and/or tribal).
• Basic knowledge of OGM's grants management policies.
• Knowledge of website design and best practices.
• Experience using Tridion.
• Experience with Articulate 360.
• Knowledge of accessibility concepts, standards, and accommodations for learners.
• Experience working with culturally diverse groups and organizations.

Pay

$29.76 - $43.69 / hourly; $62,138 - $91,224 / annually

Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 12 paid holidays each year
• Low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
• Fertility care, including IVF
• Diabetes care
• Dental and orthodontic care for adults and children
• 6 weeks paid leave for parents of newborn or newly adopted children
• Pension plan that provides income when you retire (after working at least three years)
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Tax-free expense accounts for health, dental, and dependent care
• Resources that provide support and promote physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being
• Training, classes, and professional development opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (some positions may qualify)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for work/life support, including mental health, relationship challenges, grief and loss, finances, and legal issues
• Daily Living/Convenience Services: chore services, home repair, trip planning, child/elder care

Programs, resources, and benefits eligibility varies based on type of employment, agency, funding availability, union/collective bargaining agreement, location, and length of service with the State of Minnesota.