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Civil Service
Lori Rockwell, Director
GRANT WRITER
EXAM NUMBER 68-975 LAST DATE FOR FILING EXAM DATE ***APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED OR POSTMARKED BY THE LAST FILING DATE*** $10.00 NON-REFUNDABLE FILING FEE MUST ACCOMPANY EACH APPLICATION MONEY ORDERS ONLY - NO CASH, NO PERSONAL CHECKS STARTING SALARY/RANGE: $38,308 - $43,608 Urban & Economic Development VACANCIES: There is currently one (1) vacancy at the City of RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT: Candidates must be legal residents of the MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: (A) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, public administration, political science, planning, education, or a closely related field and one (1) year of paid full-time experience or equivalent part-time experience in fund raising, grant writing, grant procurement, research and/or technical writing or coordination/administration of a public or private grant program; OR (B) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with an Associate’s Degree in business administration, political science, planning, or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience as stated in (A) above; OR (C) Graduation from High School and five (5) years of full-time experience as defined by the limits of (A) and (B) above. NOTE: Part-time and Volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting the full-time experience requirement. The following criteria will be used in order to pro-rate experience: 08 - 15 hours per week......................1/4 time 16 - 23 hours per week......................1/2 time 24 - 31 hours per week......................3/4 time DUTIES: This position is responsible for the procurement of federal, state, county, and private non-reimbursable funds designed to enhance the quality and quantity of services provided by the municipality to the public. This is achieved by identifying potential funding sources, matching them with appropriate municipal needs or operations, formulating necessary procedures for the timely and accurate review and submission of proposals, and establishing the necessary controls to effectively and efficiently utilize the funding in compliance with grantor requirements. Extensive contacts are established with federal, state, county, and private agency personnel as well as municipal department heads and officials. Supervision may be exercised over clerical support personnel. This work is performed under the general direction of the Commissioner of Urban and Economic Development with leeway allowed for the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out details of the work. Supervision is exercised over subordinate clerical employees. The incumbent does related work as required. SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION: 1. Evaluating Conclusions In Light Of Known Facts These questions will consist of a set of facts and a conclusion. You must decide if the conclusion is proved by the facts, disproved by the facts or if the facts are not sufficient to prove or disprove the conclusion. The questions will not be specific to a particular field. 2. Preparing Written Material These questions test for the ability to present information clearly and accurately, and to organize paragraphs logically and comprehensibly. For some questions, you will be given information in two or three sentences followed by four restatements of the information. You must then choose the best version. For other questions, you will be given paragraphs with their sentences out of order. You must then choose, from four suggestions, the best order for the sentences. 3. Supervision These questions test for knowledge of the principles and practices employed in planning, organizing, and controlling the activities of a work unit toward predetermined objectives. The concepts covered, usually in a situational question format, include such topics as assigning and reviewing work; evaluating performance; maintaining work standards; motivating and developing subordinates; implementing procedural change; increasing efficiency; and dealing with problems of absenteeism, morale, and discipline. 4. Understanding and Interpreting Tabular Material These questions test your ability to understand, analyze and use the internal logic of data presented in tabular form. You may be asked to perform tasks such as completing tables, drawing conclusions from them, analyzing data trends or interrelationships, and revising or combining data sets. The concepts of rate, ratio and proportion are tested. Mathematical operations are simple, and computational speed is not a major factor in the test. 5. Understanding and Interpreting Written Material These questions test how well you comprehend written material. You will be provided with brief reading selections and will be asked questions about the selections. All the information required to answer the questions will be presented in the selections; you will not be required to have any special knowledge relating to the subject areas of the selections.
IMPORTANT: READ GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. THE USE OF CALCULATORS IS RECOMMENDED FOR THIS EXAMINATION. Calculators are permitted: Unless specifically prohibited, candidates are permitted to use QUIET, hand-held, solar or battery powered calculators. Devices with typewriter keyboards, such as computers, spell checkers, personal digital assistants, address books, language translators, dictionaries and any similar devises are PROHIBITED. Issued: |
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