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Community Development Director

Salary

$6,585.00 - $12,920.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Promotion

Job Number

OCD 051425 ERG

Department

Division of Administration

Division

Office of Community Development

Opening Date

05/14/2025

Closing Date

5/19/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

The Division of Administration/Office of Community Development has a vacancy. This job title has an assigned pay grade of AS-624. This position provides management and oversight of federal and state assistance programs for local governments in Louisiana.

This vacancy will be filled by promotion of a current permanent status Division of Administration employee. A permanent status employee may be required to serve a new probationary period in lieu of promotion.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Eight years of experience in community development, contracts or grants management, urban or regional planning, disaster recovery, or legal research; OR

Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus five years of experience in community development, contracts or grants management, urban or regional planning, disaster recovery, or legal research; OR

A bachelor's degree plus five years of experience in community development, contracts or grants management, urban or regional planning, disaster recovery, or legal research; OR

An advanced degree in business administration, public administration, or a Juris Doctorate plus four years of experience in community development, contracts or grants management, urban or regional planning, disaster recovery, or legal research.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=148570) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Prepares and recommends to the Commissioner of Administration policies and guidelines for the planning and implementation of various community development programs administered by the state.

Meets with officials in major multinational corporations in order to provide financing and technical assistance to make a project economically feasible.

Supervises the preparation of the State of Louisiana Consolidated Plan and other reports required by statute.

Reviews and approves all correspondence written for the Commissioner of Administration and the governor relative to community development.

Oversees and exercises primary management over the implementation of approximately $130,000,000 of local government infrastructure projects.

Formulates budgets for the various community development programs and monitors the LCDBG Section budget throughout the fiscal year.

Meets with Commissioner of Administration, governor's Chief of Staff and other governor's office staff, State Policy Planning Director, federal officials (area, regional, and national), mayors, police jury presidents, legislators, officials of state agencies, and other interested groups on matters related to community development programs.

Supervises the preparation of the State of Louisiana Consolidated Plan which defines and prioritizes statewide objectives and designs plans to distribute approximately $39.0 million of Community Development Block Grant funds annually to meet local governments' needs in the areas of infrastructure improvements, housing stock improvements, and economic development initiatives, as well as the plan to meet the needs of three additional statewide programs located in other state agencies (the Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids, the Home Program, and the Emergency Shelter Grant Program.)

Assists local governing officials in planning and prioritizing community development needs.

Supervises the evaluation of approximately 200 applications totaling about $120,000,000 from local units of government for funding of street, water, and sewer projects of which only 40-45 are recommended to the Office of the Governor for funding.

Supervises the evaluation of economic development proposals which creates thousands of jobs during the year and recommends to the Office of the Governor funding of those proposals meeting the requirements and the overall state objectives of the LCDBG program.

Supervises the development and implementation of the state's monitoring plan for compliance with the many federal and state laws and regulations governing the community development programs and evaluates the effectiveness of these programs in meeting the overall objectives defined in the State of Louisiana Consolidated Plan as well as the national statutory objectives.

Serves on Task Forces for various community development initiatives such as the Empowerment Zone Advisory Task Force that assisted some thirty communities in preparing applications for the program, and now will assist the four winning applicants in the implementation of their grants. The projects are designed to eliminate prevalent, depressed conditions at the local level and achieve the conditions necessary for self- sufficiency and ongoing development in the area.

Supervises for compliance with U. S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-128 concerning Public Law (98- 502), reviewing approximately 200 audits annually from communities statewide funded under the LCDBG Program.

Coordinates the various specific areas of community development with the state Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), the state Fire Insurance Rating Commission, the state Department of Economic Development (DED), etc., in order to effectively evaluate the needs stated in the proposals by local units of government, and to assure appropriate coordination with programs in the other agencies.

Coordinates with the legal, accounting, facility planning, and audit staffs of the Division of Administration to assist in program development and implementation.

Plans and supervises the development of agendas for community development seminars to train local government officials relevant to federal and state requirements in such technical areas as acquisition and relocation, environmental protection, OMB Circulars A-87 and A-102 (cost principles), fair housing and equal opportunity laws, economic development, etc.

Position Specific Information:

This vacancy will be filled by promotion of a current permanent status Division of Administration employee. A permanent status employee may be required to serve a new probationary period in lieu of promotion.

How to apply:

Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer" for People with Disabilities.

A criminal history check may be conducted on all new hires as well as employees changing positions including promotions, demotions, details, reassignments and transfers. Also, prospective employees may be subject to pre-employment drug testing. New hires will be subject to employment eligibility verification via the federal government's E-verify system.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application or faxed to (225) 219-1041. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.

For further information about this posting, please contact:

Erica R. Gay

HR Specialist

Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources

email: [email protected]

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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