Job/Position DescriptionThe Grant Specialist position performs highly advanced grant development and administrative work to manage the federal grant portfolio of the Texas Department of State Health Services. This position is in the Funds and Coordination Management Branch in the Chief Financial Officer Division located in Austin, Texas. The Grant Specialist will be eligible for 100% telework (based on performance). Primary Responsibilities:- Manages multiple grants across their lifecycle: ensuring workflow, deliverables, timelines, and due dates are met and grants are developed and submitted successfully.- Review grant documents, obtains approvals, assist agency staff to submit proposals to federal partners, provide technical assistance to agency staff, and negotiates and distributes the grant award.- Provides support to the Tobacco Settlement Permanent Trust Account Pro-Rata Share Distribution Program.This position will work closely with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. Candidates must be adaptable, emotionally intelligent, work well with teams, and have excellent verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, and active listening skills. The required and preferred qualifications for this position are listed in the Initial Screening Criteria Section below. Essential Job Functions(45%) Manage the Federal Grant Portfolio:Actively monitors grants within the portfolio and provides technical assistance and consultation to program staff regarding procedures, approvals, documents, and activities to be completed for successful submission of grant actions. Researches, reviews, and analyzes federal grant funding opportunities and distributes key decision-making information, documents the application decision and initiates the application process, identifies stakeholders that will have primary responsibility for developing the grant, convenes and chairs a meeting to establish the grant development timeline and approach for documentation preparation, monitors progress and recommends solutions when potential barriers are identified, coordinates the grant deliverables and their due dates, and reviews and endorses the finished grant proposal for DSHS Executive Leadership approval prior to submission to the federal agency. (25%) Tobacco Settlement Permanent Trust Account Pro-Rata Share Distribution Program:Provides support to the Tobacco Settlement Permanent Trust Account Pro-Rata Share Distribution Program which includes organizes and maintains information in support of the annual distribution of tobacco settlement proceeds. Authors, compiles, and publishes the materials for the annual solicitation of unreimbursed healthcare expenditures and calculates each subdivisionand#146;s distribution of the pro-rata share. Ensures all expenditure data is accurate and complete, creates and publishes reports for internal and external stakeholders, and coordinates and maintains program files. Solicits and prepares expenditure statements and supporting documentation for randomly selected audits.(20%) Data, Reporting, and SharePoint Administration:Compile and analyze reports to illustrate individual project grant revenue, expenditures, state match, and maintenance of effort requirements to facilitate decision making and fiscal oversight for internal and external stakeholders. Review, and analyze data, reports, etc. to facilitate decision making and fiscal oversight for internal and external stakeholders. Organize and maintain agency records and files. Publish pro-rata https://jobshrportal.hhsc.state.tx.us/ENG/CareerPortal/job_profile.cfm?szOrderID=608674 Copy the URL in the preceding sentence to an Internet Explorer browser to apply to the job directly through the Texas Health and Human Services Career Portal.