• Accepting Direction: The ability to be open and willing to follow guidance or instructions.
• Building and Supporting Teams: The ability to combine one's actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal.
• Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.
• Adapting to Change: The ability to demonstrate flexibility in thoughts, behaviors, and actions in response to evolving circumstances
  or unexpected change.
• Communicating Effectively: The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.

• Experience preparing, developing, and monitoring routine contracts and/or grant agreements, including applications, budgets, amendments, and sub-grant agreements, in accordance with statutory and regulatory requirements and departmental policies and procedures.
• Experience reviewing applications, reports, and records to ensure sub-grantee expenses—proposed and actual—are allowable, grants remain on schedule, and all grant terms are met.
• Experience maintaining a centralized hub of grants information, including resources related to the grant development process and tracking deadlines applicable to grants awarded by the agency.
• Experience working with administrators, officials, and other personnel to resolve grants-related issues and facilitate coordination across offices.
• Experience maintaining records and preparing reports and/or correspondence related to contracts and/or grants.
• Experience conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure newly developed applications operate as intended and meet programmatic and compliance requirements.
• Experience providing technical assistance to program staff related to grant application development and maintenance.
• Experience providing ongoing technical assistance and consultation to LEAs, sub-grantees, agency personnel, and other helpdesk users regarding grant applications and program issues.
• Experience researching issues related to grants management and advising appropriate parties on relevant regulations, guidelines, and policies.
• Familiarity with educational programs in the K–12 domain.
• Knowledge of federal grants and applicable requirements.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Workspace tools.
• Experience maintaining and tracking data.
• Strong communication skills.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties:

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Review Electronic Grant applications
• Prepare and validate load files
• FFATA Review
• Technical Assistance with LEAs
• Develop reports regarding Federal Funding and Drawdowns

Hourly: $18.04 – $35.40

Monthly: $3,127.00 – $6,136.00

Annually: $37,523.00 – $73,632.00

Hourly: $20.65 – $40.53

Monthly: $3,579.00 – $7,025.00

Annually: $42,952.00 – $84,302.00

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities.Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Louisiana Department of Education – Human Resources

PO Box 94064

Baton Rouge, LA 70804

ldoejobs@la.gov