GRANTS ANALYST 2 – 71355

Executive Service

GRANTS ANALYST 2Department of Safety and Homeland SecurityImmigration Enforcement SectionNashville, TennesseeSalary: $3,197.00Closing Date: 10/06/2025

This is an on-site position. While this position may be eligible for Alternative Workplace Solutions, the incumbent must be available to work on-site as required, up to 4 to 5 days per week. This position may require occasional statewide travel or work after-hours.

For more information, visit the link below:
https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/safety/documents/MemoHiringProcessDuration.pdf
Background Check:

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.
Who we are and what we do:

The mission of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security is to serve, secure, and protect the people of Tennessee. The department is responsible for ensuring the safety and general welfare of the public through the operations of its four primary divisions: Tennessee Highway Patrol, Driver Services, Tennessee Highway Safety Office, and Office of Homeland Security. Headquartered in Nashville, the department maintains a presence statewide with approximately 2,000 employees working across the state.

Job Overview:

The Homeland Security Grants Analyst 2 is responsible for professional grants analytic work of average difficulty; and performs related work as required. This is the working level class in the Grants Analyst sub-series. An employee in this class performs a variety of analytic work in developing, reviewing, monitoring, and reporting on grants to the state and to other entities receiving grant monies from the state. Typically, an employee is part of a central departmental grants analytic unit; however, in smaller departments an employee may be assigned to be the chief grants analyst if there is sufficient grants activity to support a position dedicated solely to grants analysis and administration. This class differs from Grants Analyst 3 in that an incumbent of the latter is responsible for work of greater complexity and may supervise employees in this class or have statewide responsibility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reviews, analyzes and rates grant proposals, recommending approval or rejection.
• Conducts on-site reviews and analyses of grant recipient programs and otherwise monitors program to determine compliance to pertinent federal, state, and other regulations and provisions of contracts.
• Develops grant monitoring procedures and processes.
• Assists prospective grant recipients in fully understanding the provisions of grants and matters pertaining to the proper submission of proposals.
• Develops requests for grant proposals and disseminates to various potential grantees making them aware of the possibility of funding.
• Assists in the revision of grant contracts as indicated.
• Makes recommendations on improvements which recipients should make to more properly execute provisions of grant contracts.
• Investigates complaints and develops corrective recommendations for identified problems.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of standard reports, databases, etc. relative to grants development and administration.

Minimum Qualifications:

education and experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree and experience equivalent to one year of full-time professional grants analytic work.

Substitution of Education for Experience: Additional graduate coursework in business administration, public administration, or other related acceptable field may be substituted for the required experience.

Substitution of Experience for Education: Qualifying full time professional analytic experience may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years (45 quarter hours/30 semester hours is equivalent to one year).

OR

One year of experience as an Analyst I, in the grants analytic assignment, with the State of Tennessee.

Necessary Special Qualifications: None.

• Excellent writing skills, math skills and computer skills, including Microsoft Office, Excel, and Access database.
• Knowledge of grants, grant budget documents, determining allowable and unallowable costs and grant writing is preferred.
• Experience in the field of criminal justice is preferred.
• Receives information or documentation from applicants/grantees, funding entities, and other stakeholders.
• Researches sources for appropriate grants to the state and participates in developing proposals for grants.
• Communicates with applicants, grant recipients, the federal government, and other entities in accomplishing work.
• Provides training for stakeholders.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.