Summary
Description
Description of Job
This work unit exists to improve the physical and emotional recovery of Colorado’s crime victims and to restore victims’ confidence in the criminal justice system. To achieve this goal, the unit conducts the following statewide activities:
• Development, implementation, and enforcement of the Standards for the administration of victim programs;
• Investigation, mediation and enforcement of compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements to protect the rights of crime victims;
• Development of public policy initiatives for victim services in Colorado, including coordination and collaboration with state and local public and private non-profit and governmental victim service agencies;
• Training and education;
• Administration of federal formula grants, federal discretionary grants, and a state grant program;
• Staffing of the Crime Victim Services Advisory Board, which has statutory responsibilities and funding recommendation responsibilities;
• Data collection and reporting to the legislature, the general public and the federal government;
• Administration of the Sexual Assault Victim Emergency payment program; which includes the review and authorization of payments for forensic medical exams and medical costs in certain situations; and,
• Staffing of the Human Trafficking Council, which has statutory responsibilities for policy recommendations to the General Assembly.
About the Job
Financial monitoring of grantee agencies
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Responsible for working with the Grant Monitoring Coordinator to periodically monitor grantees that receive State VALE, VOCA, VAWA, or SASP funding to facilitate a grantee’s compliance with federal and state rules regarding grant funds.
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Monitoring includes desk reviews as well as on-site visits with the agency.
- Assess the adequacy of grantees financial reporting systems;
- Determines appropriate modifications of grantees’ systems or programs to comply with federal and state laws, rules and regulations;
- Provides direction to agencies to assure resolution of problems with project implementation and administration;
- Assists in the determination of the priority of monitoring schedule of grantees; and
- Determines if grantees are demonstrating compliance with federal and state rules through monitoring and site visits.
Programmatic monitoring of grantee agencies:
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Periodically monitor grantees that receive State VALE, VOCA, VAWA or SASP funding to facilitate a grantee’s compliance with federal and state rules regarding grant funds.
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Monitoring includes desk reviews as well as on-site visits with the agency.
- Assess the adequacy of grantees programmatic reporting systems;
- Determines appropriate modifications of grantees’ systems or programs to comply with federal and state laws, rules and regulations;
- Provides direction to agencies to assure resolution of problems with project implementation and administration;
- Determines priority of monitoring schedule of grantees;
- Determines if grantees are demonstrating compliance with federal and state rules through monitoring and site visits.
Provision of technical assistance to grantees
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Monitoring, various technical assistance documents, or micro-trainings for grantees
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Responsible for providing more intensive technical assistance to build the capacity and infrastructure of grantees that may have less experience managing state and federal grants, especially organizations that provide victim services in underserved communities as all or part of their mission.
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Review new special conditions in federal grant awards and determine what information should be passed down to grantees and the best mechanism to share the new information.
- Based on desk monitoring or in-person monitoring,
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
NOTE: To be considered for this position, you must meet one of the following options for consideration.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
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Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or other related field, and four (4) years of specialized professional experience in grant management performing grant management duties that included monitoring budgets and reviewing applications.
- Excellent reasoning and analytical and problem-solving skills;
- Strong leadership skills;
- Collaborative, professional, enthusiastic, positive attitude, able to collaborate, communicate and cooperate with multiple cross-functional partners.
- Execute good judgment and acumen in solving problems. Building strong working relationships and responding to the needs of partners and stakeholders.
- Ability to work and successfully navigate in a highly politically charged environment at times; ability to maintain relationships.
- Office, sedentary.
- This position will work within a hybrid model of home and office (located in Lakewood, CO), with minimum of two days required on site.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
- Requires successful completion of a background investigation that includes a polygraph exam and fingerprint based criminal history search.
If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for the position, you may protest the action by filing an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the date you receive notice of the elimination. Also, if you wish to challenge the selection and comparative analysis process, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the receipt of notice or knowledge of the action you are challenging. Refer to Chapters 4 and 8 of the State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, 4 CCR 801, for more information about the appeals process. The State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures are available at www.colorado.gov/spb. A standard appeal form is available at: www.colorado.gov/spb. If you appeal, your appeal must be submitted in writing on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative, and received at the following address within 10 days of your receipt of notice or knowledge of the action: Colorado State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director, Attn: Appeals Processing, 1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. Fax: 303-866-5038. Phone: 303-866-3300. The ten-day deadline and these appeal procedures also apply to all charges of discrimination.
Supplemental Information
All correspondence regarding your status in the selection/examination process will be via email. Include your current working email address on your application and check your email frequently as you could receive time sensitive correspondence regarding this position. We highly recommend that you set up your email to accept messages from "state.co.us" and "info@governmentjobs.com" addresses. It is your responsibility to ensure that your email will accept these notices and/or review your junk mail and spam filtered email.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY – RECRUITMENT TIMELINE INFORMATION
- Applications are considered complete and accurate at the time of submission. Therefore, additional information may not be solicited or accepted after your application has been received.
- All applications that are received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications may proceed to the next step. Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process.
