DHS BLOCK GRANT COORDINATOR - 10082024 - 62209

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to three years of full-time work in one or a combination of the following: public policy development, budgeting and invoicing, monitoring or compliance of a state or federally-funded program, auditing, accounting, and/or social or human services grant or contract coordination.

Substitution of Experience for Education: Additional experience in public policy development, budgeting and invoicing, monitoring or compliance of a state or federally-funded program, auditing, accounting, and/or social or human services grant or contract coordination may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of four years (one year of experience is equivalent to 45 undergraduate quarter hours)

Substitution of Graduate Education for Experience: Graduate course work from an accredited college or university in business administration, public policy, public administration, social or human services, mathematics, statistics, accounting, or finance may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of two years.

OR

Experience equivalent to four years grant coordination, grant management, or grant operations work as a state employee or as an individual under contract with the State of Tennessee.

Summary: Under general supervision, is responsible for human services block grant program evaluation, coordination, consultative, and operational work of considerable difficulty and program, policy/procedure development work of moderate difficulty; and performs other related work as required.

Distinguishing Features: An employee of this class is responsible for activities specific to the operations of the Departments Social Services Block Grant and Community Services Block Grant, including grant contract procurement, management of invoicing, program coordination and monitoring, policy and procedure drafting, and the provision of technical assistance through statewide travel and electronic means as necessary. This class differs from that of DHS Program Specialist in that an incumbent of the latter evaluates program delivery or interprets policy and procedures for subordinate staff and may receive technical assistance from an employee in this class. This class differs from that of DHS Program Manager in that an incumbent of the latter supervises policy and procedure development.

Competencies:

1. Customer Focus
2. Problem Solving
3. Conflict Management
4. Decision Quality
5. Business Acumen
6. Written Communications
7. Functional/Technical Competency
8. Presentation Skills
9. Learning on the Fly
10. Managing Vision and Purpose

Knowledge:

1. Law and Government
2. Economics and Accounting
3. Customer and Personal Service
4. Education and Training
5. Clerical
6. Communications and Media
7. Mathematics
8. Administration and Management
9. Computers and Electronics

Skills:

1. Critical Thinking
2. Judgment and Decision Making
3. Management of Financial Resources
4. Learning Strategies
5. Mathematics
6. Writing
7. Speaking
8. Monitoring
9. Service Orientation
10. Time Management

Abilities:

1. Fluency of Ideas
2. Problem Sensitivity
3. Deductive Reasoning
4. Written Comprehension
5. Written Expression
6. Inductive Reasoning
7. Number Facility
8. Oral Expression
9. Information Ordering
10. Flexibility of Closure