The USDA Seeks Grants Management Specialist

Posted on September 12, 2022

Position Title Grants Management Specialist

Position Summary

In this position, you will design, develop, implement, and interpret grant/assistance management policies, procedures, and practices. You will determine applicant eligibility using formulas and methodology and established eligibility criteria. Also, oversee, review, analyze and evaluate grant/assistance applications, plans, and estimates. Lastly, you will negotiate terms and conditions of grant/assistance awards to include costs, schedules, and oversight responsibilities. Position is term.

Duties

The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity. The duties may include, but are not limited to:

Designing, developing, implementing, and interpreting grant/assistance management policies, procedures, and practices
Monitoring and assessing recipient performance and compliance with all award terms and conditions; ensures alignment with established performance measures
Preparing, processing, issuing, and tracking grants/assistance awards and compliance with reporting requirements.
Initiating, planning, and conducting surveys and studies to recommend changes to policies, procedures, and regulations.
Initiating and/or recommending that audits are performed as necessary.
Resolving audit findings or monitoring audit resolution in partnership with resolution officials.
Announcing programs and solicit applications or proposals for funding.
Overseeing, reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating grant/assistance applications, plans, and estimates.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

You must be a US Citizen or US National.
Individuals who were born male after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify at https://www.e-verify.gov/
Successful completion of one-year trial period.
Work will be performed remotely from a home duty location. You must be able to provide for and establish a suitable, remote home office.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement, including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

FOR THE GS-09 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to at least the GS-07 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates two or more of the following:

Reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating grants and assistance applications and communicates with recipient organizations.
Screening and reviewing grant applications, reports, and other documentation to recommend actions in compliance with applicable statutes, policies, and guidelines.
Tracking operations throughout the grant lifecycle.
Serving as a collaborator and facilitator with other grant team members to address spikes in workload, complex issues, highly specialized circumstances, or those lacking precedents.

OR education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree, or two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science; or LL.B. or J.D. OR combination of education and experience: An appropriate combination of specialized experience and education. Note: your combination may be computed by first determining your total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for this grade level; then determining your education as a percentage of the education required for this grade level (only graduate education in excess of 18 semester/27 quarter hours may be used to qualify applicants for this grade level). The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent.

FOR THE GS-11 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to at least the GS-09 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates three or more of the following:

Performing conventional grant and/or cooperative agreement pre-award tasks, such as generating grant solicitations and recommending ways to strengthen proposals.
Monitoring changes in policies, regulations, and legal authorities affecting grants and agreements to advise and assist grant applicants, recipients and other stakeholder.
Assessing the grant applicant/organization financial stability.
Preparing, processing, issuing, and tracking Federal awards and compliance with reporting requirements.

OR education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science; or LL.M.
OR combination of education and experience: An appropriate combination of specialized experience and education. Note: your combination may be computed by first determining your total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for this grade level; then determining your education as a percentage of the education required for this grade level (only graduate education in excess of 36 semester hours may be used to qualify applicants for this grade level). The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent.

TRANSCRIPTS are required if:

You are qualifying for the position based on education.
You are qualifying for this position based on a combination of experience and education.
This education must have been successfully completed and obtained from an accredited school, college, or university

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education
This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

First time hires to the federal government normally start at the lowest rate of the salary range for the grade selected.
Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses will not be paid. Any travel, transportation, and relocation expense associated with reporting for duty will be the responsibility of the selected employee.
Locality pay will vary based upon the selectee's duty location. A final salary determination will be made upon selection.
This is a term equivalent appointment not to exceed 2 years. (Appointment may be extended up to 4 years without re-announcing).
Promotion Potential: If you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you will be placed under a career development plan, and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management. However, promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.
Worksite Information: This is a 100% remote position that must be located within the 50 United States, its territories, or possessions. The duty station for a remote designation is the selectee's home and must be established within the defined geographic options prior to start date. The selectee is not required to regularly work from a government facility however, the option may be available.

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