GOVERNMENT ANALYST II – 43005078

Requisition No: 798376

Agency: Financial Services

Working Title: GOVERNMENT ANALYST II – 43005078

Position Number: 43005078

Salary: $48,876.48

Posting Closing Date: 04/17/2023

*****OPEN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY*****

DIVISION: STATE FIRE MARSHAL

BUREAU: FIRE STANDARDS AND TRAINING

CITY: OCALA

COUNTY: MARION

SPECIAL NOTES:

Associates Degree in business or related fieldis required.

Additional requirements:

• Two (2) or more years’ experience writing grants and managing equipment contracts or accounting and budget management.
• One (1) or more years’ experience using Excel techniques.
• One (1) or more years’ experience documenting grant reimbursements and expenditures or budgetary/accounting management.

Preference will be given to applicants with:

• Experience using a grant management software system or accounting/budgetary management system.
• Experience researching grant opportunities or accounting /budgetary management.
• Experience with consensus standards for fire related equipment.
• Accreditation experience in relation to national consensus standards.

This position will be filled at the annual base salary of $48,876.48.

Employees of the Department of Financial Services are paid on a monthly pay cycle.

This position requires a security background check, including fingerprint as a condition of employment.

Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported by the State application and any omission, falsification or misrepresentation in the answering of the qualifying questions will be cause for immediate elimination from the selection process.

Minimum Qualifications for this position include the following REQUIRED ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of grant driven funding or budgetary/accounting management and ability to research grant prospects.
• Ability to work independently organizing, planning and prioritizing work to meet deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others in writing and obtains needed information for completion of projects.
• Ability to speak effectively and have skills dealing with customers and vendors.
• Ability to organize information for tracking timelines, documentation requirements, and reporting functions.
• Knowledge of principles and processes of contract management.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and practices, and the analysis of reporting of financial data.
• Ability to coordinate grant process with purchasing, administration, and legal.
• Skills to utilize technology to communicate, track, and submit paperwork following policies and procedures.
• Skills to identify essential information for obtaining and distributing grants.
• Knowledge of numbers and basic statistical principles.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities under potentially stressful conditions

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

This is a highly specialized and professional position in the field of grant writing and management. It is responsible for independently researching and analyzing grant opportunities and making recommendations on their feasibility. Responsible for the preparation of grant/program applications including writing, budgeting, and contract management in collaboration with appropriate purchasing and administrative staff and other partners. The position represents the SFM acting as a liaison with funders and collaborating agencies. The position will have a technical background in standards applying to firefighter training, equipment, and responses and assists in maintain BFST currency to assure funds used, provided and/or received a re allowable, reasonable, necessary, and allocable following guidelines and standards.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Reviews technical documents and/or contacts appropriate parties to ensure compliance with state funded grants such as grant opportunities announcements, executions, submission of reimbursements and closing activities. Provides expert advice to management on grant opportunities and application.
• Develops and administers records management program to assure compliance with program for grant management including examining final submission packets, implements and records grant tracking and reporting according to policies.
• Research current standards on specialized fire related equipment and activities to assure standards are recognized/met for grant funding.
• Analyzes adopted standards to assure SFM/BFST maintains currency/accreditation.
• Researches and recommends mission-aligned, long-rangeobjectives for grant funding opportunities to develop new strategies to sustain existing programs and develop federal, state, and local grant applications following timelines and adhering to application guidelines and working with IT and Finance departments.
• Prepares and presents ad hoc reports on grant office statistics and completes special projects supporting organizational objectives and other requested topics to the Safety Programs Manager.
• Develops and monitors compliance policies and procedures for the administration of grant funds including confidential information.
• Reviews and recommends updates Florida Administrative Code and Statute to reflect current grant funding opportunities and maintains currency on cancer research/equipment.

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here. All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.