Pay Range: $54,879.00 - $71,343.00 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Monday, October 28, 2024
Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
A Contract Compliance Specialist job is available with the City of Fort Worth Neighborhood Services Compliance Division. Contract Compliance Specialists play a vital role in supporting local social service efforts that help low income residents, by administering grant awards made to child care and youth service agencies, homeless service providers, and affordable housing organizations. Compliance Specialists also ensure that all applicable rules and regulations are followed for a wide variety of federal and state grant funds.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college.
- No prior experience required.
- Valid Texas driver’s license.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to work in service to low income communities.
- Strong detail orientation and good mathematical aptitude.
- Knowledge of or experience with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
The Contract Compliance Specialist job responsibilities include:
- Maintaining relationships with external partners through excellent verbal and written communication.
- Using a variety of software applications to manage contractor reimbursements and performance data.
- Making regular onsite monitoring visits to review nonprofit agency or affordable housing property records for compliance with contract and regulatory requirements.
- Working collaboratively with multiple internal and external customers to ensure adherence to City and federally mandated procedures.
Working Conditions
Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking and repetitive motions.
Physical Demand
Light Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly having to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for the Sedentary Work category and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated Light Work.
Conditions of Employment
The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.