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The City of Richmond Police Department is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Grants Coordinator. This position will aid in the management and compliance for all grants awarded to the Richmond Police Department. The incumbent will perform grant writing services in an internal consultant capacity, including identifying grant opportunities; facilitating meetings with stakeholders; delegating tasks and deliverables to project team members; writing, editing and submitting grant documents; soliciting approval to submit grants; obtaining necessary signatures from departmental executives and City leadership; and serving as the primary liaison to the Richmond Police Foundation. The incumbent will provide advanced level analysis, policy support, and program/project administration that requires independent evaluation and analysis of issues related to the performance of multiple tasks.

Duties include but are not limited to:

Analyzing complex issues to facilitate and execute programs/projects.
Managing department-wide programs.
Serving on committees/task forces and exercising independent voting authority.
Drafting and revising documents.
Overseeing financial transactions and performing complex financial analyses.
Serving as a department liaison or official representative to senior staff, external agencies, and the public.
Managing events.
Researching, developing, writing, and editing complex reports and plans.
Preparing grant financial forecasts, reports, and budgets.
Coordinating and grant budget preparation.
Compiling and analyzing statistical data.
Overseeing and processing complex financial transactions.
Managing grants and contracts.
Conducting programmatic operational reviews and preparing reports of findings and recommendations.

Supervision Exercised/Received:

Exercised: This classification typically supervises other employees.
Received: This classification typically reports to the Police Deputy Director of Finance. (Note: Other reporting relationships may apply.)

Successful completion of an interview, thorough background investigation, which may include a polygraph exam and drug/alcohol screening, is required. Please note that the Police Department background process may take up to 60-90 days. An applicant disqualified from the Police background process may reapply a year after disqualification.

Qualifications, Special Certifications and Licenses:

Minimum Training and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in business/public administration or field related to assignment.
Three years of journey-level professional experience in grant writing or grant management.
An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the classification.

Licensing, Certifications, and/or Other Special Requirements:

None required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Typical Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge (some combination of the following):

Analysis and reporting of financial data.
Federal Grants Management, including the relevant OMB Circulars.
Project planning.
Grant writing methods and strategies.
Federal and state funding landscape.
Grant management.
Economic and accounting principles.
Social science research methods.
General financial reporting.
Principles for providing customer service, including meeting quality standards for service and customer satisfaction.
Basic statistical methods.

Skills (some combination of the following):

Analyzing complex issues.
Communicating with various internal and external departments.
Drafting and revising documents.
On-line research methods.
Conducting key informational interviews and group discussions.
Oral and written communication.

Abilities (some combination of the following):

Adapt.
Analyze information.
Make important decisions.
Multi-task.
Problem solve.
Work in teams.
Manage multiple priorities and deadlines.