Grants Management Specialist

• Provides technical assistance to program offices in the administration of grants and cooperative agreements.
• Performs assignments relating to the review award and administration of grant mechanisms.
• Evaluates program plans and strategies to ensure compliance with grant management goals and objectives.
• Prepares grant documents and correspondence to present information relevant to grant activities.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National to apply for this position.
• You will be subject to a background and suitability investigation.
• Time-in-Grade restrictions apply.
• Selective Service: Males born after December 31 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service - .
• One-year probationary period may be required.
• If you are selected for this position the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS E-Verify System.
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice.

ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

Your resume (limited to no more than 2 pages) 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 being considered further.

In order to qualify for the GS-09 you must meet the following: You must demonstrate in your resume at least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal government obtained in either the private or public sector to include: 1) Identifying deficiencies within grant documentation (e.g. applications and proposals); AND (2) Researching appropriate regulations and policies related to administering grants; AND (3) Monitoring grants and cooperative agreements. .
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Substitution of Education for Experience: You may substitute education for specialized experience at the GS-09 level by possessing a Masters or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D. if related to the position being filled.
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Combination of Experience and Education: Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the GS-07 grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at the grade GS-09. Therefore only education in excess of one full year of graduate-level education may be used to combine education and experience.

TRANSCRIPTS are required to verify satisfactory completion of the educational requirement related to substitution of education for experience and combination of experience and education. Please see Required Documents section below for what documentation is required at the time of application.

In order to qualify for the GS-11 you must meet the following: You must demonstrate in your resume at least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal government obtained in either the private or public sector) to include: (1) Providing guidance or interpreting grants policy and procedures to program staff principal investigators or awardees; AND (2) Analyzing budgets with program staff and the grant community; AND (3) Researching grants policies and procedures to address issues with awardees.
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Substitution of Education for Experience: You may substitute education for specialized experience at the GS-11 level by possessing a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or equivalent doctoral degree or LL.M. if related to the position being filled.
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Combination of Experience and Education: Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the GS-09 grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at the grade GS-11. Therefore only education in excess of a masters or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree may be used to combine education and experience.

TRANSCRIPTS are required to verify satisfactory completion of the educational requirement related to substitution of education for experience and combination of experience and education. Please see Required Documents section below for what documentation is required at the time of application.

Experience refers to both 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.

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