Grants Management Specialist
What you'd do
This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. This announcement will close at 11:59 PM, on the day that 75 applications have been received or on the closing date, whichever is first.
Major duties
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY As a Grants Management Specialist, you will: Manage a diverse portfolio of complex grants and cooperative agreements, applying advanced grants management principles to address regulatory, programmatic, and recipient compliance challenges. Perform thorough cost analyses of proposed budgets submitted under NOFOs and post-award prior approval requests, to ensure compliance with applicable statutes, regulations, policies and procedures. Provide guidance, policy decisions, and regulatory interpretations to internal and external customers. Manage difficult, technical and complex grant portfolios, and is responsible for the complete life cycle of grants, from planning through implementation and closeout of HRSA grant awards. Provide expert technical guidance, mentoring, and training to new and less experienced grants management staff.
What you need to qualify
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Minimum Qualifications: You must have one year of specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service performing ALL of the following: Managing a grant portfolio that may include administering complex grants (grants with extensive special provisions or restrictions as in cooperative agreements, and grants involving complex programmatic regulations), interpreting federal grant program requirements, conducting risk assessments and business reviews, identifying problem areas, and providing advice to grantees on areas for improvement. Reviewing, analyzing, and reconciling required financial (FFR, PMS) reports and providing continuous oversight of all financial and management aspects of grants. Conducting analyses to resolve a broad range of grant-related challenges or problems, prioritizing tasks, and making recommendations for change or improvement. Providing grants management technical assistance, oversight, consultation, and training to grant recipients, program officials, review panels, and staff at lower grades on the activities involved in the analysis, evaluation and resolution of grant issues and problems. Documenting experience: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational application questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the "percentage of times" the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited. OPM Qualification General Policies Website
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