Compliance Specialist II

Compliance Specialist II

Posting Expires: September 1, 2026

Salary Range: $68,500 - $71,500/annually

Compliance Specialist General Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide staff and service providers with updated grant guidance and regulations
• Ensure proper record keeping of notices, policy alerts, and guidance
• Assist with the development and implementation of programmatic and fiscal policies, guides, and manuals
• Provide technical assistance and training on compliance requirements for staff and service providers
• Support the development of a programmatic training curriculum for staff and service providers

Competitive Compliance and Section 8

• Provide staff and service providers with updated federal guidance and regulations
• Ensure proper record-keeping of federal notices, policy alerts, and guidance
• Support the development of a training curriculum for staff and service providers
• Research competitive grants for city departments on grant sites such as grants.gov, grantsolutions.com, justgrants.gov, etc.
• Maintain metrics of competitive grant applications shared with city departments, applied for, and awarded for quarterly tracking purposes
• Provide writing support for departments when requested
• Maintain grant portfolio and participate in grant writing for department needs
• Assist the section 8 team with writing needs
• Assist section 8 by completing EIV and LSO checks
• Communicates changes to regulations, best practices, notices, etc., promptly to management and all impacted parties
• Schedule and complete annual recertifications for Mod Rehab tenants
• Coordinate with property managers to ensure accurate lease end dates
• Maintains Mod Rehab wait lists for all properties
• Share with tenants opportunities to increase income
• Communicates changes to regulations, best practices, notices, etc., promptly to management and all impacted parties

Training and Development Expectations

• Department Policies and Processes
• Program Specific Curriculums (based upon responsible programs)
• HOPWA
• CDBG
• ESG
• HOME

System Access Expectations

• ATLCloud (Oracle)
• HUD IDIS
• HUD DRGR
• HUD Exchange Account
• HMIS
• Office 365 – Microsoft Teams and SharePoint

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Three (3) to five (5) years of work experience with government entitlement programs and mortgage underwriting experience, loan servicing and intake, credit counseling, banking, and federal program management experience
• A degree can be substituted with relevant work experience in federal program management, mortgage underwriting experience, loan servicing and intake, credit counseling, banking, and federal program management experience.

Preferred Education & Experience

• Master’s degree in a related field
• At least three years of direct experience in federal grants management related to HOPWA, HOME, ESG, CDBG, Section 8 Moderate Rehab, underwriting, and fiscal management.

Essential Capabilities & Work Environment

Physical, lifting, and sensory capabilities are required to perform the job successfully under typical environmental conditions associated with employment.

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