Grants Management Specialist (Senior Program Officer)
What you'd do
The incumbent will participate in work involving Federal grants and cooperative agreements and provide grants-related assistance and services to both museum applicants and awardees. The incumbent carries substantial responsibility for direction and administration of assigned grant programs and works on all phases of grant application processing as well as the monitoring of awardee performance.
Major duties
If selected for the Grants Management Specialist (Senior Program Officer) position, the incumbent will carry out substantial responsibility for one or more discretionary grant programs within the Office of Museum Services. These grant programs are often characterized by a high volume of potential applicants; a need for extensive outreach to potential applicants regarding the availability and requirements for grants; and a need to build and maintain a substantial network of professional contacts in the relevant professional communities. Typical work assignments will include but are not limited to the following: Manages complete cycles of one or more discretionary grant programs (e.g., the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture, Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture, Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services, or other agency grant programs), from the development of application guidelines through accepting applications, organizing peer review, making awards, monitoring grant-funded projects, and closing out grants. Educates potential applicants about the availability and requirements of grant programs through one-on-on counseling and group presentations. Builds and maintains a substantial network of professional contacts in various organizations (e.g., African American museums, American Latino History and Culture, Native American, or related cultural heritage organizations, institutions of higher education, and museum service organizations) for information sharing and peer reviewer recruitment. Serves various organizations (e.g., African American museums, American Latino museums, Native American museums or related cultural heritage organizations, institutions of higher education, museum service organizations) as an expert and source of information about the agency's grant programs and the ways in which these grant programs may assist various organizations to serve their communities. Performs other duties as assigned.
What you need to qualify
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Your resume must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from receiving further consideration. In order to minimally qualify at the GS-13 grade level, applicants must meet the below experience requirements: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. Specialized experience is defined as: (1) knowledge of the purpose and values of museums within communities and the roles and responsibilities and functions of museum staff in order to analyze trends, best practices or developments related to funding opportunities; (2) knowledge or experience with interpreting grants management laws, policies, and procedures to provide counseling to external and internal stakeholders; (3) knowledge or experience with reviewing and awarding grants and administering awards for grants and cooperative agreements; (4) experience or skill in leveraging the expertise of and building cooperative relationships with external stakeholders in various organizations/fields (e.g. subject-matter specialists in African American museums, Latino-American museums, Native American museums or other museum disciplines) to develop contacts and provide program-related information. NOTE: 1. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. 2. 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, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. 3. Your resume and application materials should demonstrate that you possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs). Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application or resume how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified in the specialized experience definition. Cite specific examples of experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write, "See resume" in your application. 4. Your resume must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from receiving further consideration.
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