Cannabis Licensing Specialist

• Develops, and/or evaluates programs.
• Oversees areas such as licensing processes, establishment board communication, open records requests.
• Interprets, clarifies, explains and applies agency policy and procedures, business practices, state laws and regulations, etc.
• Analyzes, summarizes and/or reviews data; reports findings, interprets results and/or makes recommendations.
• Develops or modifies rules, policies, or standards, etc.
• Provides consultation, makes recommendations, gives appropriate advice, and/or facilitates decisions related to public information.
• Monitors and evaluates operations, programs, processes and/or practices for quality and effectiveness; makes recommendations for improvement.
• Develops and implements procedures in response to agency policy, state and federal laws, etc.
• Provides technical assistance on agency issues, services, program(s), and/or computer hardware and software, etc.
• Facilitates the use of research data to improve existing programs and utilization of resources.
• Facilitate communication with licensees and ensure licensees meet compliance requirements.
• Participating in cross functional groups and develop effective working relationships with licensees and partners.

• Basic understanding of medical cannabis systems.
• Knowledge of Salesforce basics related to licensing applications.
• Knowledge of interpreting rules, and compliance.
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Knowledge of applications and programming.

• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• The ability to communicate electronically and verbally.
• The willingness to work as a team and accept assignments that are not part of normal duties.

• The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic.
• The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions.
• The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Must be computer literate and have computer skills including Salesforce.

• Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• The ability to understand the needs of the Department.
• The ability to develop and implement needed policies, procedures, and documentation.
• The ability to focus on details while still seeing a bigger picture.

• Risks found in the typical office setting, which is adequately lighted, heated and ventilated, e.g., safe use of office equipment, avoiding trips and falls, observing fire regulations, etc.
• Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to perform the work; however, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying light items; driving an automobile, etc. Special physical demands are not required to perform the work.

State of Utah