Grants Management Specialist (Programs)
What you'd do
This position is located in the Office of Programs & Partnerships at the National Endowment for the Arts. Incumbent serves as Specialist across multiple areas within the Programs portfolio, primarily reviewing and processing applications and grants from receipt to closeout, as well as conducting constituent technical assistance and public engagement.
Major duties
In this position, you will serve as Grants Management Specialist (Programs). Typical work assignments include: Reviewing grant applications for eligibility, completeness, and compliance. Processing grant actions from application through closeout. Providing technical assistance to applicants, grantees, and panelists regarding project proposals, published guidelines, grant requirements, and application review processes. Monitoring grantee performance through reports, amendment requests, and communications, and recommending appropriate action when performance or compliance concerns arise. Organizing applications and materials for panel review. Maintaining accurate grant and applicant records in the agency grants management system and preparing notifications, revised budgets, award documents, and narrative or statistical reports. Supporting reports, stakeholder engagement, and leadership initiatives.
What you need to qualify
Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Minimum Qualification/Specialized Experience requirements as noted below. In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you meet the following requirements: MINIMUM QUALIFICATION: To qualify for this Grants Management Specialist (Programs), GS-1109-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing all of the following: Reviewing grant applications for eligibility, completeness, and compliance with federal requirements. Processing grant actions from application review through award and closeout. Providing technical assistance to applicants and grantees on grant requirements. Monitoring grantee performance and recommending action on compliance issues. Maintaining accurate grant records in an automated grants management system. OR substitute qualifying education for experience with one of the following You must possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M, if related. (You must provide proof before the job announcement closing date) OR You must possess a combination of Specialized Experience and Education: Only graduate level education beyond the first two years may be used to qualify at the GS-11 level. To compute your combined percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond two years by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100% to qualify for this grade. (You must provide proof before the job announcement closing date) Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the advertised grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the dates worked and total number of hours per week. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS resume template. However, if you do not use the template you must ensure that your resume contains ALL required information which includes hours worked, starting & ending month and year, and if Federal employment (series, pay plan, and grade). Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
Before you apply
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