Transit Grants Specialist (ERB)

General Description:

The purpose of this class within the organization is to locate grant opportunities, develop proposals, and manage awards for opportunities that match organizational goals and objectives. This class works under general supervision, independently developing work methods and sequences.
 

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

A Bachelor’s degree in public or business administration, marketing, public relations, sociology, social work, or a related field. Requires two years in grant writing and management or closely related experience. An equivalent combination of education, training, and related work experience may be considered.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Thorough knowledge of grant research, development, and administration.
• Considerable knowledge of tracking and organizational systems designed to manage follow-up processes.
• Considerable knowledge of Federal Transit Administration and other transit related grant programs and reporting and regulatory requirements.  Experience using TrAMS system preferred.
• Skill in the operation of a personal computer and other office equipment.
• Ability to perform grant management responsibilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing while ensuring understanding and following up on completion of tasks.
• Ability to identify, analyze and develop successful proposals for funding opportunities for special programs.
• Ability to review dense informational documents to analyze requirements, determine eligibility, and to extract and summarize important points and significant details.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with staff from other departments who may have limited understanding of grants.
• Ability to learn new things from others and incorporate new knowledge into grant proposals and reports.
• Ability to effectively work under pressure, use independent judgment, and produce a quality product within tight time constraints.
• Ability to maintain positive customer-focused relationships with co-workers, supervisors, agencies, the general public, and all other internal and external customers.  Personally demonstrates appropriate customer service skills.
• Work is performed onsite.  The incumbent must be present at work to perform the essential functions of this job.

Essential Job Functions:

1. Prepares grant proposals for various funding opportunities to support needs and projects for the City of Rock Hill’s Transit division.
2. Works with other divisions, departments, and agencies to ensure Transit related efforts comply with requirements related to federal and state funding in support of the City of Rock Hill’s Transit division.
3. Manages various grant awards, including large federal grants, to include writing and submitting programmatic and financial reports according to deadlines, including SCDOT’s Operating Statistics (OPSTATS) annual report and the National Transit Database (NTD) annual report.
4. Prepares and processes grant reimbursement requests for the City of Rock Hill’s Transit division, primarily for FTA’s TrAMS system and SCDOT VTE system, while tracking project funds and status.
5. Prepares and submits reports to the Federal government, such as Milestone Progress Reports (MPR’s) and Federal Financial Reports (FFR’s) along with other reports for other agencies. 
6. Coordinates and communicates with others to identify needs and to complete and submit grant applications supporting the City of Rock Hill’s Transit division.
7. Research funding opportunities that may be applicable to the City of Rock Hill’s Transit division, being mindful of the City of Rock Hill’s strategic priorities along with funding cycles, deadlines, etc.
8. Research specific needs of the City of Rock Hill’s Transit division and related programs/services to match funding opportunities with identified needs.
9. Locates and utilizes data by analysis to identify trends, needs, gaps and to "paint a clear picture" for grant applications.
10. Assists the City of Rock Hill’s Transit division with data analysis.
11. Performs all other duties as may be assigned to meet organizational needs.
     

This Notice is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties, knowledge, skills and abilities required to do the job. This is intended only to describe the general nature of the job. A more comprehensive list of duties, responsibilities and essential job functions is available on the job description. The City of Rock Hill is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, political affiliation, disability, national origin, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), or age.