Grants Specialist II

The Department of Personnel & Administration is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Tamy Calahan at tamy.calahan@dmva.state.co.us or 720-250-1520.

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This is a remote position within our Division of Veterans Affairs and works to uphold the integrity of the Veterans Affairs grants program by engaging with grant applications, data management, performance tracking, and overall support of the program to provide the best available service on behalf of our Colorado Veterans. Specific duties are listed below:

• Grant Reimbursement & Compliance: Independently audits and validates grantee reimbursement requests against budgets and state rules, analyzes spending patterns to propose budget modifications, prepares reports and reviews grant reimbursements processed by the Program Assistant.
• System Technical Support: Serves as the primary technical lead for the Neighborly grants management system, implements system workflows, troubleshoots programmatic issues, and develops user manuals.
• Training & Compliance Tools: Designs and maintains functional tools for grantees—such as automated reimbursement calculators and reporting templates—to streamline submissions and maintain data accuracy. Facilitates legal tracking of all financial products to the grant for compliance with State and Federal audits and guidelines.
• ADA Accessibility: Serves as the unit’s technical resource for state ADA accessibility compliance by performing document remediation (tagging, alt-text, reading order) on templates, handbooks, and public materials.
• Technical & Operational Support: Research and updates internal manuals and the Grantee Handbook to reflect statutory changes, provides training and guidance to grantees, identifies workflow bottlenecks, and proposes process improvements.
• Other: performing other duties as assigned by the senior Grants Specialist, such as re-evaluating grant programs, reviewing applications, handling communication, proofreading, editing documents, policy and grant requirement interpretations and technical advice, as well as ensuring back-up during periods of absence.

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

Five years of demonstrated full-time professional experience in grants, accounting, or finance administration that included monitoring or administering grants of other restricted funds.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance.

AND

One year of professional experience in grants or accounting or finance administration that included monitoring or administering grants or other restricted funds.

Or

Master's degree from an accredited institution in Business, Accounting, or Finance

AND

Six months of demonstrated full-time professional experience in grants or accounting or finance administration that included monitoring or administering grants or other restricted funds.

College Transcripts:

If you are using education to qualify, a legible copy of your official or unofficial college transcript(s) must be submitted with your application. Transcripts must show the name of the school, completed credit hours, and (if applicable) that a degree was conferred. Failure to provide a transcript may result in your application being removed from consideration in the selection process for this position.

The Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) has four major operational divisions: Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Civil Air Patrol, and Veterans Affairs. These divisions utilize state and federal resources to provide our communities, State, and nation with a ready military force for national defense and State emergency response as well as providing assistance to our Colorado Veterans.

DMVA offers comprehensive benefits programs to its classified work force that includes paid holidays, annual leave, sick leave, medical, dental, life, disability plans, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, and public retirement options. DMVA also strives to assist employees in achieving a healthy work/life balance by offering compressed work weeks, on-site fitness facilities, free parking, and a variety of training opportunities!