Funding Specialist

 
The Funding Specialist researches, prepares, and administers grants and funding to meet the needs of municipal clients. As part of Widseth’s funding department, this individual will prepare funding requests related to engineering and community projects and perform funding compliance and administration tasks. If you have experience in grant writing and enjoy challenges, while being part of a high energy team, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Your focus will be:

• Performing online research to demonstrate need.
• Completing persuasive, high-quality written funding requests to meet agency requirements, (e.g. DEED, MnDOT and others)
• Review and understand financial documents to prepare budgets to meet funding agency requirements.
• Complete application forms and documents with minimal guidance. (e.g., Public Facilities Authority, USDA-Rural Development)
• Assembling and evaluating detailed labor compliance documentation.
• Organizing grant administration reports to ensure agency requirements are met.
• Communicating internally, as well as with clients, as part of a large integrated team.

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance, public administration, planning, or other related major.
• Proven work experience as a Funding Specialist, Grant Writer, or similar role.
• Ability to review and understand technical documents and funding guidelines.
• Community development experience.
• Exceptional organizational skills with attention to detail
• Excellent grammar, proofreading and writing skills.
• Exceptional customer service.
• Attention to detail.
• Flexibility in schedule to travel.