Employment and Funding Opportunities as of October 8, 2024

New Services Coordinator Salary: $18.77 Hourly Closing Date: 10/14/2024 11:59 PM Click link to apply

Senior Public Works Inspector (Roadway Inspector) Salary: $25.82 Hourly Closing Date: 10/14/2024 11:59 PM Click on link to apply

Public Information Request Specialist Salary: $21.96 Hourly Closing Date: 10/09/2024 11:59 PM Click link to apply

Marketing Specialist Salary: $18.77 Hourly Closing Date: 10/14/2024 11:59 PM Click link to apply

Engagement Coordinator (MVRDA) Salary: $21.21 Hourly Closing Date: 10/17/2024 11:59 PM Click link to apply

City of Las Cruces, Fire Cadet (Non-Certified), Salary: $45,136.00 Annually, Closing Date: 10/20/2024, Click link to apply

Utility Line Locator I Salary: $22.85 Hourly Closing Date: 10/21/2024 Click on link to apply

GIS Technician II Salary: $23.79 Hourly Closing Date: 10/21/2024 11:59 PM Click link to apply

Management Analyst I Salary: $53,723.80 – $76,425.70 Closing Date: 10/28/2024 11:59 PM Click link to apply

Deputy Director Technical Support Salary: $93,935.71 – $136,743.36 Annually Closing Date: 10/28/2024 11:59 PM Click link to apply

Police Service Aide Salary: $18.07 Hourly Closing Date: 11/04/2024 11:59 PM Click on link to apply

Park Ranger Salary: $18.07 Hourly Closing Date: 11/04/2024 11:59 PM Click link to apply

Logistic Specialist Salary: $18.07 Hourly Closing Date: 11/11/2024 11:59 PM Click link to apply

Police Cadet Salary: $20.00 Hourly Closing Date: 12/2/2024 11:59 PM Click link to apply

City of Las Cruces to Hire Three Park Rangers

The Las Cruces Police Department is seeking applicants for park ranger, a new position intended to protect, maintain and enhance the safety and experience at City parks.

The City will hire three full-time park rangers and hopes to have them trained and on duty by early 2025.

Park ranger is a new position within the City and will work to create a welcoming and secure environment for park-goers and visitors. As the title suggests, park rangers will primarily patrol neighborhood parks, but they will also be called upon to watch over City recreational facilities and provide educational opportunities for park-goers.

Primary duties of park rangers:

• Performs visual surveillance of parks to ensure proper use and assist in the prevention of vandalism, abuse and other unacceptable behavior.
• Maintains and completes records, reports safety concerns and other issues to supervisors.
• Writes and issues citations when necessary.
• Serves as a resource for park visitors.
• Participates in educational outreach for park users.
• Conducts recreational and educational programs for the community.

Park rangers will undergo training in an academy and will work closely with patrol officers, traffic officers and personnel from the Parks and Recreation Department.

The park ranger position pays $18.07 per hour and can take advantage of the generous benefits package the City offers.

The application for the position is available on the City’s website. Completed applications must be submitted no later than Nov. 4, 2024.

You could be jumping for joy too because we’re hiring! You might even be eligible for incentive pay in certain positions. What are you waiting for? Check out the job opportunities we have available and apply today at www.DonaAnaCounty.org/jobs

See Available Funding for a comprehensive list of all currently open opportunities or you can view opportunities for specific topics on the following pages:

• Corrections & Reentry
• Courts
• Drugs & Substance Use
• Forensic Sciences
• Hate Crime
• Law Enforcement
• Mental Health
• Tribal Justice

Enacted in 1976, the Public Safety Officer’s Benefits Program (PSOB) provides death, disability, and education benefits to those eligible for the program. For details regarding these federal benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other first responders who have died or become catastrophically injured in the line of duty, call the PSOB Office at 888-744-6513 or visit us online.

Apply now for the Visual Information Specialist position

BJS is hiring a Visual Information Specialist, GS-1084-12, to join its Communications Unit. The incumbent will maintain currency with the latest web technology, tools, methods, and digital publication manuals; support the production and marketing of original digital products like blogs, graphics, and other multimedia; create visuals to complement text-based content for social media platforms; provide digital and social media content expertise and skilled technical assistance; and more.

Applications are due by Wednesday, October 16 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Read the full job description and apply today!

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Office of Justice Programs: Open Opportunities

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program —
State Solicitation | BJA
Grants.gov deadline: 10/10/2024 | JustGrants deadline: 10/17/2024

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program —
Local Solicitation | BJA
Grants.gov deadline: 10/16/2024 | JustGrants deadline: 10/22/2024

Evaluation of BJA Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP): Scan of Practices and Evaluability Assessments | NIJ
Grants.gov deadline: 11/19/2024 | JustGrants deadline: 12/3/2024

Career Opportunity: Grants Management Specialist

OVC is looking for an experienced grants management professional for a full-time position with our Tribal Division.

Among other duties, the selected candidate will—

• serve as a technical expert in grants and cooperative agreement management processes;
• serve as a liaison to OVC Tribal program stakeholders;
• perform work in the pre-award process for complex cooperative agreements and grants related to victims and survivors of crime, including program design and development; and
• oversee Tribal programs or grants related to crime victims’ rights and services with full responsibility for carrying out all required monitoring and management duties.

Apply by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.

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ARS Vacancies as of October 8, 2024

Supervisory Research Plant Pathologist (GS 14-15) Fort Pierce, FL Closes: 11/06/2024 

Biological Science Laboratory Technician (GS 7-8) Madison, WI Closes: 10/22/2024 

Information Technology Specialist (GS 11-12) Clay Center, NE Closes: 10/18/2024 

Biologist (Computational Bioinformatics) (GS 11) Las Cruces, NM Closes: 10/11/2024 

Biologist (GS 12) Fort Collins, CO Closes: 11/05/2024 

Center Director ETSARC (RA 00) Fargo, ND Closes: 10/18/2024 

Supv Bio (Comp Bioinformatics)/Nutr/Chem/Data Sci (GS 14-15) Beltsville, MD Closes: 10/16/2024 

One position, a few vacancies and fourteen locations! 🌎

Whether you’re looking for Colorado mountains, Midwest farmland or D.C. monuments, this opportunity could be for you!

We’re hiring people to plan, develop, implement and maintain budget and financial systems for the agency.

Overview

    💲  GS 11-13, $62,107 – $115,079 per year.
    📍  14 locations in the continental U.S.
    💻  Telework eligible per agency policy
    🏠  Possible relocation incentives per agency policy
    📅  Apply on USAJobs by Nov. 8

Duties

• Perform various budget functions involving the formulation, justification and/or execution of budgets for organizations, programs or projects.
• Review, analyze, edit and consolidate Defense Working Capital Fund and/or General Fund budget submissions and data along with preparing and analyzing data for budget exhibits, as applicable.
• Attend briefings and conferences to justify and defend budget estimates, program and resource requirements, and appropriation requests.
• Prepare budgetary reports, PowerPoints and other deliverables in preparation for budget briefings.
• Develop budget/program processes, procedures and guidance for the executing financial management plans and programs.

Why join our team?

If you want to do interesting and challenging work and make a contribution to national defense, DISA is a great place for you.

We provide secure and reliable communications and computing support that enable the president and our military forces to communicate globally through voice, video and data transmission.

We’re a leader within the federal government in implementing “people programs” and offer a broad range of quality-of-life and training programs.

We’re seeking multiple Lead Contract Specialists to guide their teams to success through effective contract management.

Our ideal candidates have experience in soliciting, negotiating and administering contracts to procure IT products, services and operational capabilities for customers.

Overview

    💲  GS 13, $105,896 – $137,669 per year.
    📍  Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
    💻  Telework eligible per agency policy.
    🏠  Relocation reimbursement eligible
    📅  Apply by Oct. 22.

Duties

• As team leader, ensure the organization’s strategic plan, mission, vision, values and goals are integrated into daily work processes.
• Serve as senior contract specialist and team leader with up to unlimited contracting officer signatory authority.
• Ensure the adequacy of acquisition planning, competition in contracting, preparation of price/cost analyses for designated actions, and small business utilization.
• Develop and/or review complex contractual pricing arrangements and incentives characterized by multiple incentives requiring sophisticated contracting techniques, sharing arrangements such as cost plus incentive fees or fixed-price incentive fees.
• Responsible for assuring standards are maintained; law, policy, procedures and regulations are adhered to.
• Perform procurement oversight for complex, high dollar value solicitations and proposed contractual actions within assigned area.

Why join our team?

If you want to do interesting and challenging work and make a contribution to national defense, DISA is a great place for you.

We provide secure and reliable communications and computing support that enable the president and our military forces to communicate globally through voice, video and data transmission.

We’re a leader within the federal government in implementing “people programs” and offer a broad range of quality-of-life and training programs.

Are you a cybersecurity specialist looking for your next challenge? Would it help if it was waterfront?

We’re hiring an IT Cybersecurity Specialist to advise our commander, senior management and subordinate information system security managers regarding network threat mitigation.

Overview

    💲  GS 13, $128,354 – $175,422 per year.
    📍  Norfolk, Virginia.
    💻  Telework eligible per agency policy.
    🏠  Possible relocation incentives per agency policy.
    📅  Apply by Oct. 27.

Duties

• Compile cybersecurity resource requirements, NSIP Action Plan and cost projections of directed cybersecurity actions and develop documentation for POM and other resource processes.
• Serve as the network security technical lead, subject matter expert and focal point for all operational network security issues to include advising senior leadership on critical day-to-day operations and security of the DISA Endpoint and Global Services networks.
• Participate with the branch chief in setting priorities and short range (weekly, daily and monthly) planning and administration. Review JPH policy and develop command policy and procedures that implement NSIP subprograms and initiatives.
• Provide advice to commander, senior management and subordinate information system security managers regarding measures to mitigate a threat to systems and networks located in the command.
• Evaluate network security configuration and perform on-site network security assessment. Review current and planned network architecture and topology. Analyze network access control.

Why join our team?

If you want to do interesting and challenging work and make a contribution to national defense, DISA is a great place for you.

We provide secure and reliable communications and computing support that enable the president and our military forces to communicate globally through voice, video and data transmission.

We’re a leader within the federal government in implementing “people programs” and offer a broad range of quality-of-life and training programs.

🌴 How does a paid internship in Hawaii sound? 🌞

This opportunity is for full-time or half-time college students enrolled in a degree-seeking program. Don’t miss the chance to gain hands-on experience in computer engineering and computer systems management. At the end of the program, there is even the possibility to transfer into a full-time position.

And did we mention it’s in Hawaii? 🏄

Overview

    💲  GG 4-9, $36,878 – $81,272 per year
    📍  Ford Island, Hawaii
    💻  Telework eligible per agency policy
    📅  Apply by Oct. 4

Duties

• Complete specific tasks to learn the practical application of computer engineering theory and basic principles.
• Perform work that may involve systems and services used in automated acquisition, storage and manipulation.
• Use and gain knowledge of the principles, concepts and methodology of computer systems management.
• Assist in troubleshooting accessibility and availability problems and initiate corrective actions.
• Recognize situations which may require referral to others, plan work procedures, and search for information which may bear on a problem.

Why join our team?

If you want to do interesting and challenging work and make a contribution to national defense, DISA is a great place for you.

We provide secure and reliable communications and computing support that enable the president and our military forces to communicate globally through voice, video and data transmission.

We’re a leader within the federal government in implementing “people programs” and offer a broad range of quality-of-life and training programs.

Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management Career Opportunities

Become an FECM All-Star! FECM is looking for enthusiastic, driven professionals to join our team and help lead the clean energy charge. We are seeking highly skilled individuals who are passionate about helping FECM achieve its mission of minimizing the environmental impacts of fossil fuel energy and production while working toward net-zero emissions. Explore the Open Positions

LCPD Accepting Applications for Upcoming Academy

The Las Cruces Police Department is accepting applications for its training academy that is tentatively set to begin in March 2025.
 
Applications for Police Cadet must be submitted no later than Dec. 2, 2024.
 
The starting salary for police cadets, those who are accepted into the academy, is $20 per hour while in the academy. Graduates from the 22-week academy become officer trainees who receive $24 per hour. Officer trainees who successfully complete their one-year probationary status become patrol officers and earn a salary of $28.84 per hour.
 
LCPD also offers generous hiring incentives for cadets with a three-year commitment. The incentives are non-stackable: 

• $11,000 for each cadet.
• $15,000 for an associate degree.
• $20,000 for bachelor’s degree or four years of honorable military service or retirement from military.
• $25,000 for bachelor’s degree in sociology, psychology, criminal justice or criminology.
• $30,000 for master’s degree in sociology, psychology, criminal justice or criminology.

Some recruits who live outside of Las Cruces may be eligible for up to $5,000 in relocation assistance.
 
Applicants are required to be U.S. citizens, at least 19 years old when application is submitted, have at least a high school diploma and no felony convictions.
 
Prospective candidates can learn more about the academy by visiting LCPD’s Recruitment Page. Those interested can text “JoinLCPD” to 5753766817 to speak with a recruiter.
 
The Las Cruces Police Department is allocated 220 commissioned officers. The department currently employs 183 officers.
 
More information and applications can be found online.

Las Cruces Fire Department

Are you passionate about helping others and serving your community? Are you dedicated to teamwork?

Then join our team, the Las Cruces Fire Department is currently accepting applications for new team members.

Ready to take the first step? Tap the link on our homepage or Text JOINLCFD to 575-219-4942 to apply today!

New Mexico Business Grant Opportunities

Healthy Food Financing Fund (HFFF)
This grant program is the cornerstone of a strategic phased approach to
developing a suite of financial tools and technical assistance for food
and agricultural enterprises grow, raise, process, aggregate, distribute
and sell local, fresh, healthy food through expanded retail and
institutional in-state market channels in rural and underserved
communities.  Application window closes Wednesday, November 13, 2024.

NM Edge Microgrant
$2,500 grants for manufacturing operations (e.g. aerospace, food,
signage, beverage, electronics, early-stage R&D phase) with an
active DUNS and approved NAICS/SIC applicable to manufacturing, as well
as a physical location within NM and at least one employee. 

New Mexico Match Fund
This fund is designed to amplify federal funding opportunities for
infrastructure, research, economic development, the energy transition,
and other critical projects that will benefit New Mexico. 

Window to Opportunity Grant
The Window to Opportunity Grant is a reimbursement initiative designed
to support entities within the City of Albuquerque. This grant aims to
alleviate the financial burden associated with replacing or repairing
broken or vandalized windows, thereby encouraging the maintenance of a
safe and visually appealing business environment. Closes December 30,
2024. 

Search more grant opportunities at edd.newmexico.gov/grants.

USDA Funding Opportunities   

• RD and the Healthy Food Financing Initiative are now accepting funding inquiry submissions for the Food Access and Retail Expansion (FARE) Fund which aims to improve access to fresh, healthy food through food retail and food retail supply chain projects. Submit Funding Inquiry Form by Oct. 14, 2024. (new) 

• Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and the Heartland Regional Food Business Center are making available over $3.7 million to farm and food businesses in first round of Business Builder Grants. Apply by Oct. 15, 2024. 

• American Forests and U.S. Forest Service announced $12 million in The Tree Equity Catalyst Fund for faith-based and frontline environmental justice organizations advancing Tree Equity. Apply by Oct. 25, 2024. (new) 

• Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Organic Certification Cost Share Program provides cost share assistance to producers and handlers of agricultural products who are obtaining or renewing their certification under the National Organic Program. Apply by Oct. 31, 2024. 

• AMS and Appalachia Regional Food Business Center are making available $3.32 million in Business Builder subawards to support food and farm business development, market access, and processing, aggregation, and distribution infrastructure. Apply by Nov. 1, 2024. (new) 

• National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program has approximately $4.8 million available to fight food insecurity through developing community food projects that promote self-sufficiency of communities. Apply by Nov. 7, 2024. (new) 

• FSA’s Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Program is now open to small and medium-sized businesses. Eligible specialty crop growers can apply for assistance for expenses related to obtaining or renewing a food safety certification. Apply by Jan. 31. 2025.  

• RD’s Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program funds many facility types including local food systems such as community gardens, food pantries, community kitchens, food banks, food hubs or greenhouses. Limited to areas with no more than 20,000 residents according to the latest U.S. Census data. Open Year Round. (new) 

Additional Opportunities (promoted by USDA):

U.S. Department of Interior Tribal Climate Resilience Annual Awards Program provides financial support for federally recognized Tribal Nations and authorized Tribal organizations to address current and future climate change impacts on Tribal Treaty and Trust including food sovereignty and conservation practices. Apply by Oct. 18, 2024.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Open Opportunities: 

Sustainable Materials Management Grants for the Southeast (Region 4) provides funding to address municipal recycling markets and prevent food loss and waste. Apply by Oct. 31, 2024. (new)

Healthy Communities Grant Program for New England (Region 1) works directly with communities to reduce environmental risks to protect and improve human health and the quality of life. Apply by Nov. 1, 2024.

Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup program announced $232 million in grant funding for communities to turn vacant and abandoned properties into assets that attract jobs and promote economic revitalization in communities. Apply by Nov. 14, 2024. (new)

Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup program announced $232 million in grant funding for communities to turn vacant and abandoned properties into assets that attract jobs and promote economic revitalization in communities. Apply by Nov. 14, 2024. (new)

Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grants for Communities and Tribes and Intertribal Consortia help build a circular economy, improve local post-consumer materials management programs, and make improvements to local waste management systems. Community Grants apply by Dec. 20, 2024; Tribes and Intertribal Consortia apply by March 14, 2025. (new)

Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program supports local waste management infrastructure and recycling programs as well as improve public education and outreach. Apply by Dec. 20, 2024. (new)

Community Change Grants Program supports environmental and climate justice activities. Apply by Nov. 21, 2024.