Grant Specialist

Come join our team at Seldovia Village Tribe (SVT)!

Hours: Full-time, 35 hour per week position.

Salary Range: $25 to $30 per hour, depending on experience

This position provides professional and administrative support, reviews, and evaluates grants for the Seldovia Village Tribe. The Grant Specialist will be responsible for completing grant proposals, agreements, and record-keeping in compliance with established guidelines and local, state, and federal laws and regulations.

What You'll Do:

• Assist with grant proposals, agreements, pertinent attachments, and tracking and timely filing of program/performance reports to the funding agency.
• Support the Grants Manager with tasks related to compliance monitoring throughout the grant cycle, generating grant documents, and ensuring grants comply with established administrative and financial policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with Grants Manager and Program Managers to streamline grants process in early stages of planning and prioritization.
• Organize project-specifc funding strategies. Research eligible grant funding opportunities.
• Consult with appropriate Program Managers on grant research, determination of asset and resource needs, identify priorities, proposal development, and project management.
• Participate in the reporting to funding sources. Work to assume responsibility for procedural reporting from the Grants Manager.
• Create grant development resources for the organization and educate staff members about grants.
• Support the Grants Manager to educate Program Managers on opportunities for developing new grant development initiatives and innovations.
• Coordinate and participate in stakeholder meeting for new grant awards.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Be able to travel as needed (day trips) to other communities including to and from Homer / Seldovia by small airplane and sometimes by boat when airplanes are on weather hold. Travel is a day trip, but inclement weather may require an overnight stay.

What You'll Need:

• Associate’s Degree in related field, required. Will accept work equivalent in addition to work experience requirements.
• 2+ years related experience, required
• Tribal experience, a plus

• Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen and a pre-employment background check including fingerprinting.

What You'll Get:

• 11 Paid Holidays per year
• 12 Days of Sick Leave per year
• 15 days (3 weeks) of Annual Leave per year (starting accrual, more days with more years of service)
• FEHB (Federal Employees Health Benefits) - Health Insurance, a variety of plans to choose from. For full-time employees, we pay 100% of employees monthly health insurance premiums! And we pay 50% of the monthly premiums for your spouse and/or children. Insurance is effective the first day of the month after we receive your enrollment form.
• Dental insurance, Vision insurance and long-term disability insurance available on the first of the month following 90 days of employment.
• Group life insurance, minimum benefit is $50,000 and up to 2x your annual salary to a maximum of $250K after 90 days of employment.
  
• Employer matching 401K, 5% match, effective January 1 or July 1, following one year of employment.
• Wellness Incentive Program, up to $300 per calendar year for full-time employees, or $150 for part-time employees, effective after 90 days of employment. Examples of items that can be reimbursed are walking/running shoes, active wear, exercise equipment, gym membership, CSA food boxes and more!

About Us:

Seldovia Village Tribe (SVT) promotes the wellness of our people and communities through healthcare, social services, economic development, education, and cultural enrichment. SVT is a federally recognized Tribe that serves everyone - both Native and non-Native - in the communities of the South Kenai Peninsula, from Seldovia and beyond, including Homer and Anchor Point.

Contact Us:

If you have any questions, or would like further information, please contact Tara at 907-435-3217 or email tkain@svt.org.