Administrative Services

The professionals at CAPCOG and its member governments have made the Central Texas region known as a leader in Next Generation 9-1-1, economic development innovation, air quality monitoring, environmental law enforcement, and much more. They have helped to foster relationships between large and small communities throughout its ten-county region, which have led to partnerships and sharing resources for emergency communications, homeland security, law enforcement training, meeting the needs of older Americans, transportation and economic development.

As an employee, you will gain valuable experience with state and local governments, as well as the opportunity to work on exciting projects in your community. Join our team and help CAPCOG make a difference in the Central Texas region. Review our current career opportunities and apply for one of the open positions.

Employment Opportunities

RFQ — CAPABLE Program Contractors

CAPCOG has suspended accepting qualification-based applications for its CAPABLE Program contracting positions. It will reopen the three CAPABLE positions — home repair professional, registered nurse, and occupational therapist —  at a later date. The RFQs are still available for review, but CAPCOG will not accept applications. Check back for updates and future deadlines for submissions.

• Home Repair Professional, CAPABLE Intervention
• Registered Nurse, CAPABLE Intervention
• Occupational Therapist, CAPABLE Intervention

Director of Community and Economic Development

The Capital Area Council of Governments is seeking candidates for our Director of Community and Economic Development position to oversee the agency’s work in economic development planning and policy, grant management and project development for EDA and CDBG programs, regional community development planning including workforce and transportation, and oversight of CAPCOG’s Economic Development District. CAPCOG provides employee health insurance, a generous 401K program, professional development training and memberships, and a flexible work schedule. 
Education
Bachelor’s degree from accredited college/university with major coursework in political science and public policy, business/economic development, community and urban planning or a related field.
Experience
Minimum three years’ experience in planning, project development, economic development and community development required. Experience in managing budgets, contracts and grants, primarily EDA and CDBG, also required.
Salary range: $67,000 – $78,000 depending on qualifications
Read the Full Job Description
Submit a completed and signed CAPCOG application to the attention of Leandra Martinez electronically at JobApps@capcog.org, by mail, or fax.
Application closing date: November 13, 2020
RESUMES WITHOUT COMPLETED, SIGNED CAPCOG APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

ADRC Coordinator

Aging Services, a division within CAPCOG, is seeking candidates to be an active part of their team as the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) Coordinator. The ADRC supports older adults, persons with disabilities, and caregivers with access to long-term services and community resources to support health, well-being and independence in the 10-county Capital Area.
The ADRC seeks an individual with a passion for working with older adults, persons with disabilities and those that support them both through direct service and developing innovative service programs. This position requires the ability to develop inter-agency partnerships, design and implement trainings and special events, and represent the agency at public forums and meetings is essential. Work also involves some provision of information and referral assistance, including client assessment.
The position also assists with the oversight of special grant projects, analyzes data using spreadsheets and databases and prepares both narrative and statistical reports for local, state, and federal agencies.   Familiarity with government benefit programs, as well as non-profit programs serving older adults and persons with disabilities, and veterans is an asset. The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to expand programs that increase independence and access to supports for vulnerable populations in both rural and urban settings.
With its wide range of innovative projects and programs the ADRC offers employees opportunities for participation in local, state and federal projects on the leading edge of community-based, family centered, service provision.
Travel is required within the 10-county region. The incumbent must maintain a valid Texas driver’s license, proof of insurance specified by the State of Texas, and dependable transportation. Certification as an Alliance on Information and Referral Community Resource Specialist, Aging/Disability is required within one year of employment.
Education: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university is required; Major course work in sociology, psychology, gerontology, social work, public administration, or related field is preferred.
Experience: At least two years of experience in social service programs is required; Experience at the coordinator level and in an environment serving older adults and/or persons with disabilities is preferred.
Bi-lingual English/Spanish preferred, both written and oral proficiency.
Salary range: $44,000 – $46,000
Read the Full Job Description
Submit a completed and signed CAPCOG application to the attention of Leandra Martinez electronically at JobApps@capcog.org, by mail, or fax.
Application closing date: November 18, 2020 or Until filled
RESUMES WITHOUT COMPLETED, SIGNED CAPCOG APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

Aging Services Care Coordinator

Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a division within CAPCOG, that provides quality services to support the health, safety, and well-being of older individuals in the 10-county Capital Area through a variety of programs and activities is seeking candidates to be an active part of their team as a Care Coordinator/Intake Specialist. AAACAP is passionate about our mission and values the individuals and families we serve, ensuring they receive the highest quality of customer service. AAACAP seeks an adaptable team player who can gather information and has experience working with numbers, policies and diverse populations to determine eligibility for social service programs in a fast-paced environment. Work involves developing and maintaining contact with clients, families, caregivers, grandparents, service providers and referral sources to meet service needs. Work requires application of specialized program knowledge and service skills used to conduct complete assessments, develop care plans, authorize appropriate services, and process monthly billing. Work includes planning, outreach, program support and providing technical assistance. With its wide range of innovative projects and programs the Area Agency on Aging offers employees opportunities for participation in local, state and federal projects on the leading edge of community-based, family centered, service provision. Agency operations promote independence and plan for a quality aging and disability support network in response to the rapidly expanding regional population of older adults and their caregivers.
Travel is required within the 10-county region. The incumbent must maintain a valid Texas driver’s license, proof of insurance specified by the State of Texas, and dependable transportation.
Education: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in social work or a related field is preferred.
Experience: At least two years of experience in social service programs is required.
Bi-lingual Spanish preferred
Experience and education may be substituted for one another.
Salary range: $20.08 per hour
Read the Full Job Description
Submit a completed and signed CAPCOG application to the attention of Leandra Martinez electronically at JobApps@capcog.org, by mail, or fax.
Application closing date: November 18, 2020
RESUMES WITHOUT COMPLETED, SIGNED CAPCOG APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

Aging Services Care Coordinator/Intake Specialist

Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a division within CAPCOG, that provides quality services to support the health, safety, and well-being of older individuals in the 10-county Capital Area through a variety of programs and activities is seeking candidates to be an active part of their team as a Care Coordinator/Intake Specialist. AAACAP is passionate about our mission and values the individuals and families we serve, ensuring they receive the highest quality of customer service. AAACAP seeks an adaptable team player who can gather information and has experience working with numbers, policies and diverse populations to determine eligibility for social service programs in a fast-paced environment. Work involves developing and maintaining contact with clients, families, caregivers, grandparents and service providers to meet service needs. Work requires application of specialized program knowledge and service skills used to conduct initial screenings, complete assessments, develop care plans, authorize appropriate services, and process monthly billing. With its wide range of innovative projects and programs the Area Agency on Aging offers employees opportunities for participation in local, state and federal projects on the leading edge of community-based, family centered, service provision. Agency operations promote independence and plan for a quality aging and disability support network in response to the rapidly expanding regional population of older adults and their caregivers.
Travel is required within the 10-county region. The incumbent must maintain a valid Texas driver’s license, proof of insurance specified by the State of Texas, and dependable transportation.
Education: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in social work or a related field is preferred.
Experience: At least two years of experience in social service programs is required.
Bi-lingual Spanish preferred
Experience and education may be substituted for one another.
Salary range: $20.08 per hour
Read the Full Job Description
Submit a completed and signed CAPCOG application to the attention of Leandra Martinez electronically at JobApps@capcog.org, by mail, or fax.
Application closing date: November 18, 2020
RESUMES WITHOUT COMPLETED, SIGNED CAPCOG APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

Homeland Security Planner

The Homeland Security Division is seeking candidates to join their team as the Homeland Security Planner. This position’s main responsibility is regional planning and research work to support homeland security programs. The position works with the region’s emergency management coordinators, public safety responders, public health and medical professionals, elected officials, and other regional stakeholders to assess and plan for public safety and general public preparedness, readiness and response to terrorism as well as other public threats and emergencies including development of the regional Threat Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) plan. The role assists with the development and/or delivery of training and disaster exercises to test regional response and recovery plans.
Education: Bachelor’s degree with course work in emergency management, public service, or related area is required.
Experience Required: One-year experience in planning, emergency management and/or grants management.
Preferred: Experience developing emergency management or emergency response plans; leading or supporting response to a community disaster or crisis; developing and/or coordinating delivery of training and exercises; grant administration, monitoring, and development. Experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.
Salary: $44,000 – $53,000 Depending on qualifications
Read the Full Job Description
Submit a completed and signed CAPCOG application to the attention of Leandra Martinez electronically at JobApps@capcog.org, by mail, or fax.
Application closing date: December 11, 2020 or until filled

Employee Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision for employee paid by CAPCOG
• HRA account provided by CAPCOG
• Generous 401(k) retirement plan
• Wellness plan
• Immediate accrual of vacation and sick leave
• 12 paid holidays, which includes a personal holiday and an optional holiday

Applying for a Position

CAPCOG welcomes all completed and signed CAPCOG applications for any open positions. Résumés, cover letters and additional information may accompany the application. Résumés are not accepted in lieu of applications.

Applications must be complete to be considered. Please follow the instructions for submitting the application in the .docx form. When submitting your application, make sure you have done the following:

• All fields are completed.
• The application specifies an open CAPCOG position
• The application is electronically signed and dated
• The application is submitted by the closing date (applications received after the closing date will not be considered for the position)

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Around the Region

Williamson County-Telecommunications Officer

Williamson County is currently hiring 911 Telecommunications Officers who are responsible for answering and transferring emergency and non-emergency calls from multi-line phone systems. Dispatches calls to appropriate law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical service agency. Williamson County offers a full range of employee benefit programs for eligible full-time employees, retirees, and their families. The County also provides retirement benefits. Full-time & part-time employees participate in the Texas County & District Retirement System (TCDRS), and employees may also participate in a retirement savings program (Deferred Compensation). In addition to these basic employee benefits and retirement services, employees benefit from a variety of other programs including 12 paid holidays.

We offer a competitive starting salary of $24.48 hourly. 
Closing Date: Open until November 18, 2020
Learn more about this opportunity
Apply Here

Lockhart – Telecommunicator

The City of Lockhart is accepting applications for the position of Telecommunicator (dispatch).  Person will take both Emergency and Non-Emergency calls for the City, Fire, Police, and EMS.
Closing date: Open until filled.
Learn more about the job opportunity.

Llano County Sherriff – Patrol Deputy

The Llano County Sheriff’s department is accepting applications for a patrol deputy. This is a fulltime, non-supervisory position with benefits including; health insurance, retirement, paid holidays, vacation and sick leave. This position performs a variety of duties on behalf of the Llano County Sheriff’s department including answering calls for service and enforce traffic and penal code laws.
Closing Date: Open untill filled.
Learn more about the job opportunity.
Apply for the position.

Del Valle ISD – School Resource Officer

Del Valle ISD is seeking a school resource officer who demonstrates a commitment to the education of its youth and to maintain an appropriate learning environment through the protection of students, employees and property.
Closing date: Open until filled
Learn more about the job opportunity.

Llano County Attorney – INVESTIGATIONS and ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE PERSONNEL

This position serves two roles: Investigations and/or Environmental Enforcement/Compliance for Llano County.
In the area of investigations, the team member works with the Llano County Attorney’s Office and conducts investigations of crimes by gathering and analyzing evidence from witnesses, victims and suspects; assists with the administrative intake and processing of criminal cases prepared by area law enforcement agencies; prepares criminal cases for County Court; and, performs other duties and responsibilities as required by the County Attorney. In the capacity of Environmental Enforcement /Compliance, the team member works with the Llano County Attorney’s Office to assess and facilitate the rehabilitation of environmental hazards in public and private areas within the County’s jurisdiction.
Closing Date: Open until filled.
Learn more about this position.
Apply for this position. 

Telecom Manager

Williamson County is currently hiring a Telecom Manager who is responsible for providing daily management and guidance to the operations personnel who provide 9-1-1 call taking and radio dispatching in support of non-emergency and emergency operations. Williamson County offers a full range of employee benefit programs for eligible full-time employees, retirees, and their families. The County also provides retirement benefits. Full-time & part-time employees participate in the Texas County & District Retirement System (TCDRS), and employees may also participate in a retirement savings program (Deferred Compensation). In addition to these basic employee benefits and retirement services, employees benefit from a variety of other programs including 12 paid holidays.
We offer a competitive starting salary $64,392.87 which equates to $30.95 hourly. 
Closing Date: Open until filled
Learn more about this opportunity  
Apply Here

Williamson County-Telecommunications Supervisor

Williamson County is currently hiring a 911 Telecommunications Supervisor. They are responsible for providing daily supervision, support, and guidance to the operations personnel who provides 9-1-1 call taking and radio dispatching in support of non-emergency and emergency operations. They supervise the daily operations of 911 Communications floor, develops, coaches, evaluates personnel within the division. Williamson County offers a full range of employee benefit programs for eligible full-time employees, retirees, and their families. The County also provides retirement benefits. Full-time & part-time employees participate in the Texas County & District Retirement System (TCDRS) and employees may also participate in a retirement savings program (Deferred Compensation). In addition to these basic employee benefits and retirement services, employees benefit from a variety of other programs including 12 paid holidays.
We offer a competitive starting salary of $24.37-$26.88 hourly. 
Closing Date: Open until filled
Learn more about this opportunity
Apply here 

Tele-Communications Officer/Dispatcher

Under direct supervision of the Telecommunications Supervisor and/or Police Commander, this position is the “first responder” during an emergency.  Will be the voice of the Police Department and will gather important information that will ensure that the police will arrive to the scene of the emergency as quickly as possible and that the officer will have intelligence on the situation they are responding to.  This position plays the vital role of reassuring citizens, gathering vital information and documenting that information as quickly and accurately as possible.
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Telecommunications Supervisor

To supervise, mentor, guide and train dispatchers, assign, review, and participate in the work of communications staff; to supervise and personally perform communications duties; and to perform a variety of administrative and technical duties in support of the department.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED   
Receives direction from higher level supervisory and management staff. Exercises direct supervision over communications center personnel.
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Williamson County-Telecommunications Supervisor

Williamson County is currently hiring a 911 Telecommunications Supervisor. They are responsible for providing daily supervision, support, and guidance to the operations personnel who provides 9-1-1 call taking and radio dispatching in support of non-emergency and emergency operations. They supervise the daily operations of 911 Communications floor, develops, coaches, evaluates personnel within the division. Williamson County offers a full range of employee benefit programs for eligible full-time employees, retirees, and their families. The County also provides retirement benefits. Full-time & part-time employees participate in the Texas County & District Retirement System (TCDRS) and employees may also participate in a retirement savings program (Deferred Compensation). In addition to these basic employee benefits and retirement services, employees benefit from a variety of other programs including 12 paid holidays.
We offer a competitive starting salary of $26.88 hourly. 
Closing Date: Open until December 1, 2020
Learn more about this opportunity
Apply here 

CAPCOG area local governments can request a simple posting by contacting CAPCOG via email.

From requests for bids or proposals to periodic grants, the Capital Area Council of Governments often seeks vendors to complete work for the agency or assist local governments through its own grant process. Below are some the opportunities to work with or for CAPCOG.

Please note that CAPCOG can only accept unsolicited proposals in situations that would not be subject to competitive bid.

Prospective vendors should contact staff directly only when instructed as part of a published request for proposals, qualifications, applications or bids.

CAPCOG helps administer and solicit a number of state and federal grants. Those grant opportunities can be found in the Funding & Grants section of this website.
Get CAPCOG’s FY 2020 grant schedule.

RFAs, RFIs, RFBs, RFPs & RFQs

Request for Applications

Check for grant awards and grant recommendation lists

CAPCOG Gas Pump Skimmer Surveillance

CAPCOG is accepting applications from local law enforcement agencies in the ten-county region, for a grant to cover surveillance of businesses that sell gas and have multiple reports of gas-skimming incidents. The grants are made possible by the Texas Department of Agriculture’s partnership with CAPCOG to address increasing fraudulent transactions at gas pumps. CAPCOG will award funding through an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with the local governments.
CAPCOG will give priority to those areas with the highest number of reported incidents and to those officers who have completed CAPCOG’s skimmer training. Also taken into consideration is if the agency has demonstrated efforts to address reported incidents but are limited on resources to conduct surveillance. Officers also must be able to meet the required surveillance pilot schedule.
Read the full RFA.
Download the application.
In order to apply or for more information contact Mike Jennings.

Request for Proposals

Request for Proposals – Older Americans Act (OAA) Services – Selected

CAPCOG, as the Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, sought to contract with eligible organizations to provide congregate meals, home delivered meals, and/or operate senior centers in support of OAA target populations in the 10-county service area — Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Travis and Williamson. On Sept. 9, 2020, the CAPCOG Executive Committee selected the following organizations.

• Meals on Wheels and More, Inc.
• Williamson Burnet County Opportunities, Inc.
• Combined Community Action, Inc.
• Community Action, Inc. of Central Texas
• Hill Country Senior Citizens Activity Center, Inc.
• Hill Country Community Action Association, Inc.
• WellMed Charitable Foundation, Inc.

The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area will be reaching out with regard to rates and budgets.

Read the full RFP.

RFQ — CAPABLE Program Contractors

CAPCOG has suspended accepting qualification-based applications for its CAPABLE Program contracting positions. It will reopen the three CAPABLE positions — home repair professional, registered nurse, and occupational therapist —  at a later date. The RFQs are still available for review, but CAPCOG will not accept applications. Check back for updates and future deadlines for submissions.

• Home Repair Professional, CAPABLE Intervention
• Registered Nurse, CAPABLE Intervention
• Occupational Therapist, CAPABLE Intervention

Questions about the procurement process?