Working Title: American Indian Substance Use Disorder Grants Manager
Job Class: Grants Specialist Senior
Agency: Human Services Dept
Job ID : 89935
Location : St. Paul
Telework Eligible : Yes
Full/Part Time : Full-Time
Regular/Temporary : Unlimited
Who May Apply : Open to all qualified job seekers
Date Posted : 10/30/2025
Closing Date : 11/13/2025
Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit : Human Services Dept / MAPE DHS Central Office
Division/Unit : DHS-Central Office / BHA SUD AI Team
Work Shift/Work Hours : Day Shift / 8:00am to 4:30pm
Days of Work : Monday - Friday
Travel Required : Yes, (Approximately 25% for meetings)
Salary Range: $30.23 - $44.48 / hourly; $63,120 - $92,874 / annually
Classified Status : Classified
Bargaining Unit/Union : 214 - MN Assoc of Professional Empl/MAPE
FLSA Status : Nonexempt
Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities (https://mn.gov/mmb/careers/diverse-workforce/people-with-disabilities/connect700/) : Yes
The Department of Human Services is unable to provide sponsorship for work visas. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States at the start of employment. DHS does not participate in E-Verify.
The work you'll do is more than just a job.
At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.
This position is eligible for telework (https://mn.gov/mmb-stat/policies/1422-telework.pdf) for applicants who reside in Minnesota or in a bordering state, with supervisory approval and satisfactory performance. If you live in a state bordering Minnesota, you must live within 50 miles or less from the primary work location to be eligible for telework.
Flexible work hours may be permitted with supervisor approval.
The purpose of this position is to provide leadership, direction, and coordination to develop strategies that reduce problems caused by substance abuse for American Indians in Minnesota in accordance with tribal, state and federal policies and regulations.
The incumbent will ensure that holistic, comprehensive substance abuse services are available to American Indian individuals, families, communities, counties, and tribes by providing leadership, direction, and coordination of major service delivery, design and implementation based on research and evidence-based best practices. The incumbent will be expected to develop strategies for how chemical health services will be funded, managed, delivered and evaluated. The incumbent will have responsibility to work with federal issues regarding financing for American Indian programs, with focus on Indian Health Services funding and its relationship to Medicaid and the Consolidated Chemical Dependency Treatment Fund and to assure that revenue enhancement activities, including case management and social rehabilitation options are integrated into overall framing of the American Indian programs. The incumbent will participate in the development of partnerships/linkages with other Department of Human Services programs and the Indian Affairs Council.
The incumbent will be responsible for the development of community-based health initiatives and will assist in the establishment and evaluation of program goals and objectives designed to develop and maintain effective and flexible comprehensive prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and training programs within the framework of the Department's state plan as it pertains to the American Indian population.
The person in this job must be sensitive to and respectful of the cultural and other differences that will encounter in interacting with co-workers and in serving our customers. At times it will be necessary to be the "cultural expert", (The person who knows from experience and education the American Indian experience).
Some additional responsibilities include, but not limited to:
Provide leadership in grants management for tribal and urban grantees toward local capacity building activities for implementation of chemical health strategies. Plan with communities to develop and enhance local capabilities to deliver prevention, intervention, treatment support and recovery services in a flexible, integrated, person-centered, cultural, and community-based service system that meets the individuals, families and communities needs holistically. Grant and Contract Management.
Improve the delivery of substance abuse services to American Indians in Minnesota. Provide technical assistance (TA) to tribal and county placing authorities and providers. Monitor Consolidated Chemical Dependency Treatment Fund (CCDTF) placements and expenditures through the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). Provide technical assistance to tribal and urban American Indian grantees by 1) providing bidders conference for Requests for proposals that originate with the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, grants team, and American Indian section. 2) TA on process evaluation (i.e. MDS), 3) TA for substance abuse prevention specialists working with American Indians. Informing all tribal and other partners/clients when system changes are occurring and how those changes may affect tribes and urban programs. Ethical and Professional Conduct.
Develop, implement, and evaluate procedures to track CCDTF revenues and expenditures in cooperation with other divisions.
Develop, implement, and communicate chemical dependency services coverage policy for the CCDTF and the statewide Minnesota Health Care Programs, including Medical Assistance, General Assistance Medical Care, and Minnesota Care, in coordination with funding sources in related areas such as mental health, managed health care, private insurance and others.
Analyze and research federal Medicaid and Medicare law and regulation, and analyze, research, and propose state law and rule related to chemical dependency treatment services, so that CCDTF payments and procedures follow federal requirements.
Minimum Qualifications
Two (2) years of high-level working experience supporting a behavioral health or substance use disorder program that includes grant or contract management demonstrating the following:
Practical understanding for grant and/or contract management process that includes both budget tracking and RFPs.
Familiar with a variety of culturally specific and meaningful intervention models will be essential in assisting the incumbent to evaluate current and proposed systems.
Understanding of project management skills to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
Practical experience in and ability to understand social and cultural problems related to substance abuse problems.
Lived experience in an Urban American Indian community or experience working with American Indian communities providing services.
Experience using MS Office Suite and video conferencing programs.
*Bachelor's degree in public health, behavioral health, or another closely related fields may substitute for one (1) year of work experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Variety of experiences working effectively with people from backgrounds and cultures different than one's own.
Strong human relations and communication skills; communicate clearly and professionally both verbally and in writing; respond openly to requests and concerns.
Experience designing resources to inform consumers, policy makers or public.
Knowledge of DHS policies, procedures, processes, laws, and rules; state information technology practices and issues.
Background in human development, counseling, substance abuse and Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) prevention theory, health and human services systems, substance abuse and mental health, physical and psychological dimensions.
Experience with plan, managing, and facilitating meetings; elicit opinions, ideas, and concerns, and identify issues to facilitate consensus within diverse groups.
Additional Requirements
The MinnesotaDepartmentofHumanServices(DHS) will conduct criminalbackgroundchecksonallfinalistsforthis position.Finalistsmustpassthe DHS backgroundcheck.
Employee reference checks will be conducted on all finalists. This may include a review of documentation related to jobperformance.It alsoincludescontact with the applicant's former employer(s).
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is an Equal Opportunity employer/educator committed to the principles of diversity. We prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or membership in a local commission as defined by law. As an affirmative action employer, we actively seek and encourage applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and individuals with protected veteran status.
Reasonable accommodations will be made to all qualified applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability who needs assistance or cannot access the online job application system, please contact the job information line at 651-259-3637 or email careers@state.mn.us . Please indicate what assistance is needed.
