• Job #: 2026-85
• TWC Job #: 17045321
• Travel Required: 5%
• Monthly Salary: $5,100.00 – $5,500.00
• Position Location: Austin, TX
• Group Step: B20
• Class: 1573
• Status: Open

Compliance Coordinator – Austin, Texas

The Office of the Governor is looking for a Compliance Coordinator (Program Specialist IV) to work in the Public Safety Office – Grants Administration.

Who We Are

The Office of the Governor works to build a healthier, safer, freer, and more prosperous future for all Texans. We are located primarily within the Texas State Capitol Complex in Austin.

What You’ll Earn

The salary is $5,100.00 – $5,500.00 a month ($61,200.00 – $66,000.00 a year).

Benefits include medical insurance, sick leave, and vacation leave. Also, State of Texas employees are eligible for a defined retirement plan. Learn more: https://www.ers.texas.gov/Active-Employees/Health-Benefits

What You’ll Do

This position provides highly complex (senior-level) consultative services and technical support to program staff, governmental agencies, community organizations, and other stakeholders. Work involves planning, developing, and implementing agency grant progress/performance management programs; coordinating PSO records management and Public Information Request responses; and providing consultative services and technical assistance to program staff, governmental agencies, community organizations, and other stakeholders.

• Coordinates the submission of progress/performance data to the applicable state or federal agencies, entities, or organizations.
• Collaborates in the planning, development, implementation, analysis, and documentation of the PSO’s data collection methods for state and federal progress/performance reporting requirements for all PSO sub-grants.
• Serves as a liaison with state and federal partners regarding progress/performance reporting requirements, includes collaborating with program staff to determine trends and resolve technical problems.
• Serves as a liaison to OOG staff, government agencies, community organizations, and the general public to explain and provide technical assistance related to performance requirements and/or processes.
• Monitors, reviews, and evaluates compliance with state and federal reporting policies and procedures, statutes, and rules for all PSO managed grant funds.
• Reviews reports for completeness, compliance with standards, uniformity in method, and adherence to statutes, departmental policies, and legal decisions.
• Coordinates the building and maintenance of a data visualization platform.
• Maintains and updates the PSO’s Access Database.
• Monitors implementation of state reporting requirements resulting from new or revised legislation.
• Coordinates with PSO program managers to evaluate progress in meeting state and federal progress/performance reporting goals.
• Obtains local, county, and statewide data to develop reports and recommendations.
• Prepares and reviews reports on the effectiveness of progress/performance reporting activities, at the request of management.
• Assists in the collection, organization, analysis, and/or preparation of materials in response to requests for progress/performance reporting information and reports.
• Analyzes grant guidance to develop recommendations for policy changes to improve the effectiveness of grantee progress/performance reporting.
• Collects, organizes, analyzes, and prepares materials in response to management requests for status information and reports.

• Defines, develops, and implements data and reporting standards.
• Analyzes data quality results and implements necessary changes to ensure data quality improvement.

• Collaborates and coordinates with program staff in determining trends and resolving technical problems.
• May guide the selection of data management tools and the development of standards, usage guidelines, and procedures for those tools.
• May develop policy and procedure manuals, as well as guides and reference materials for grantees.

How You’ll Qualify

• High school graduate or equivalent; and
• Four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in grant or program management, data analysis, research, and/or reporting work.

Note: Experience and education may be substituted for one another on a year-for-year basis.

You’re a Great Fit with

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university; and
• Knowledge of the state’s Uniform Grant Management Standards.

How to Apply

To be considered, please complete a State of Texas Application for Employment and resume, and apply online at www.workintexas.com. Paper applications and resumes are not accepted in person or via email.

Veterans

Veterans, Reservists, or members of the Guard can compare this position to Military Occupations (MOS) at the Texas State Auditor’s Office.

Submit a separate application and resume for each position that you are qualified.

In Work in Texas, search for Office of the Governor job postings by the “Agency Job ID” listed as “Job #” on the position description – or – using the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) assigned posting ID number, listed as “TWC job number” on the position description.