Job Description

Description

The Behavioral Health (BH) area of Health and Human Services is seeking a Grants and Contract Manager who is a strategic leader to develop, implement, and manage the area’s grant and contract strategy. In this position, you will work with finance and contract service areas, to create a sustainable structure for the area’s $60 million in public aid and 200+ contracts, and creating efficiencies for BH program leaders, staff, and residents. You will be responsible for recommending and developing approaches that leverage funding, partnerships, and opportunities to maximize resident services in a sustainable way for the organization. As a leader in the BH Policy, Planning, and Analytics (PPA) area, you will have opportunities to lead with both relationships and technical skills.

Location and hours:

This position is hybrid and will be performed both on-site at various Hennepin County locations, and remote as job duties require. Work hours will be Monday through Friday, with typical hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. While this position is designated as hybrid, based on current requirements hires must reside in or relocate to Minnesota or Wisconsin.

About the position type:

This is a full-time, benefit earning position. You must be a current regular or probationary employee of Hennepin County to apply for this position. Limited duration employees not eligible.

This position is internally classified as an Administrative Assistant, Principal.
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In this position, you will:

• Engage and facilitate finance partners, contract management service partners, BH program staff, and community organizations to recommend, implement, and manage a grant funding and contract management infrastructure for BH.
• Oversee grant and contract coordination, monitoring, and reporting.
• Work with PPA leadership peers to leverage data reporting functionality, engagement of community, and local collaboratives.
• Provide analysis of the current and future funding and contracting environment and outlining strategies for moving forward.
• Serve as a member of the BH PPA leadership team, engaging in the overall development and supporting efforts of the PPA area.
• Supervise grant administrative staff to operationalize funding and contract infrastructure.
• Provide leadership and guidance to project managers and data analysts by supporting the grants and contracts management infrastructure.
• Develop and manage contracting and grant management roles and responsibilities with external partners and providers, and Hennepin County partners, providers, and internal BH roles.
• Research, analyze, and interpret county, state, and federal grants management policies and procedures.

Need to have:

• One of the following:
  • Nine or more years of experience in *general administrative work relating to the management of departmental/organizational operations or in a specialty area appropriate to the position.
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in business administration, public administration, or another field appropriate to the position and five or more years of experience in *general administrative work relating to the management of departmental/organizational operations or in a specialty area appropriate to the position.

• General administrative work is defined as the administration and/or management of programs, policies, and/or budgets.

Nice to have:

• Experience:
  • Developing programs and strategic approaches to leverage resources and create efficiencies.
  • Leading, managing, and/or supervising a team.
  • Leading and engaging in disparity elimination approaches within administrative functions.
  • Practicing and shifting leadership and partnership approaches to engage staff and partners in a learning and growth environment.
  • Managing contracts from service design to execution and accountability.
  • Designing and managing public funded human services grant programming by demonstrating the ability to understand county, state, and federal grants management policies and procedures.
  • Utilizing community engagement and disparity elimination strategies to inform business decisions and approaches.
  • Engaging teams with effective writing, communication, and human relations skills to foster collaborative relationships with colleagues, partners, and customer groups.
  • Analyzing data to develop policy and program recommendations, identify alternative solutions to complex issues, and communicate to diverse audiences.
• Knowledge of:
  • Public-funded human services and public health funding streams and policies.
  • Leadership approaches for engaging various staff, community members, and partners.
  • Hennepin County finance, contracts, disparity elimination, community engagement, and data analytics systems.
  • Grant funding processes, and strategies for braiding and blending available funding.
• Ability to:
  • Communicate complex information to a variety of audiences.
  • Identify and recommend opportunities for leveraging and maximizing available resources.
  • Apply research, interpret applicable regulations and laws, and synthesize community feedback to clarify complex and ambiguous problems to create a course of action.
  • Continuously expand knowledge of tools and techniques and developing strategies for adjusting in a shifting environment.
  • Build relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences and work with partners to identify program objectives.
  • Implement complex projects involving multiple programs and stakeholders.
  • Sponsor and/or oversee projects and follow up and follow through to completion.
  • Create foundational structure accounting for complex steps.

About the department:
Human Services delivers a variety of services to individuals or families that assist with basic needs or encourage client change around specific objectives. We work with individuals as well as systems and communities in order to develop policy and advocate for the people we serve. The people we serve and our communities are connected. By helping one, we help the other.



About Hennepin County:
Hennepin is the largest county government organization in Minnesota. Our employees work every day to improve the health, safety and quality of life for our residents and communities. All of our jobs align with our mission to serve residents through transformative services that eliminate disparities, eliminate inequities, and create opportunity for all and our vision of a community where all people are healthy, all people are valued, and all people thrive.


Our employees receive a combination of competitive benefits and positive workplace culture not found at other organizations. This includes meaningful work that impacts our community, competitive pay, work-life balance, a variety of benefits and opportunities to grow. Learn more at The Bridge(login as Guest).


Hennepin County envisions an organization where our commitment to diversity and the elimination of disparities is fundamental in providing excellent service to our community.


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This posting may be used to fill current and future vacancies.



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Invitations to interview will be based upon an assessment of education and experience. Final candidates may be required to complete a background check.



If you have any questions, please contact:

Taylor Dahlberg

taylor.dahlberg@hennepin.us
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Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Local area, Remote work, Relocation, Monday to Friday, Shift work,

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