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NEOGOV · 1 month ago

Community Impact Specialist

Athens, GA

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

$51K/yr - $51K/yr

2+ years exp

Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County is seeking a Community Impact Specialist to support the Community Impact division within the Housing & Community Development department. The role involves managing federal and local funding for homelessness and affordable housing projects, coordinating grant funding to address poverty, and developing nonprofit capacity building programs.

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Responsibilities

Increases Capacity of Community Partners

Identifies federal, state, local, and private funding opportunities and supports the development of grant applications to secure additional resources for continuous support of local non-profits addressing poverty in Athens and assists other ACCGov departments in securing grant funding

Coordinates the application submittals and mandatory reporting for grant-funded programs and assures the program activities and procedures are in compliance with state and Federal rules and regulations and ACCGov policies and procedures

Coordinates with funding agencies to monitor compliance

Manages and leads a program to build organizational capacity among nonprofit organizations

Supports HCD in the allocation and management of federal and local funds focused on homelessness, affordable housing and youth development, including RFP development and dissemination, application review, contract development, etc

Participates in development of strategic plans, including stakeholder and community outreach, writing high-quality plan narratives, and presenting findings in public settings

Enhances Communication With Stakeholders

Coordinates the FC-CIS’ Neighborhood Leaders program, including administering funding, monitoring for compliance and community impact, serving as a liaison to ACCGov, and analyzing program data to direct funding to areas of most need in the community and/or to further ACCGov strategic goals

Supports the department in strategic communications through electronic and printed media

Works with the department to conduct community meetings, workshops, and training

Assists with engaging the community in establishing funding priorities through the development of the Consolidated Plan and the Annual Action Plan

Assists ACCGov in Securing External Funding for Strategic Initiatives

Writes high-quality grant proposal narratives, budgets, applications, contracts, communications, performance reports, and supporting documents in collaboration with HCD staff and appropriate external stakeholders

Leads and coordinates the approval and submittal of HCD applications for public and private funds

Facilitates the application process as needed, and researches, acquires, and maintains statistics and resource information to support grant applications and to meet funding agency requirements

Advises Manager's Office and Mayor and Commission on grant program issues, negotiations, and procedures, provides assistance and technical information to ACCGov staff, and explains grant program rules, regulations, policies, and procedures

Qualification

Grant managementCommunity developmentGrant writingPublic health knowledgeBudget managementResearch skillsCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsInterpersonal skillsPresentation skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Public Health, Communications, Public Administration, Criminal Justice, Sociology or a related field with two years of experience developing, implementing and/or evaluating community-serving programs and/or grant management of both federal and private funding; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this position

Must possess a valid driver's license

Regular and predictable attendance is required

Must work cooperatively with others