This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine and Fisheries Services (NMFS), Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) with (1) vacancy located in Gloucester, MA.

Duties

As a Grants Management Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Develop a comprehensive grant management system of policies, procedures, guidelines, protocols and requirements. Oversee the pre-award, award and post-award closeout process; Formulate, draft, review and finalize program solicitation, announcements, and appropriate proposal generating mechanisms. Conduct analysis of grants funding and obligation data; coordinate national programs and operations in support of competitive and non-competitive grant programs and cooperative agreements in marine fisheries. Advise lower-level specialists in work assignments, and facilitate reviews, audits, and established quality assurances practices. Monitor relevant grants management statutory requirements, regulations, policies, and procedures such as Executive Orders, Code of Federal Regulations, OMB Circulars; recognize areas where changes in regulations and policies may affect the process used by the organization to award and administer grants and agreements. Monitor and assess awardee performance, and establish performance measures; monitor and review expenditures for all monitored programs to ensure all funds are expended properly and in compliance with the conditions and requirements of the grant.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy. EDUCATION: There are no positive Education Requirements. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the ZA-4 or GS-13 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-3 or GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Assisting with the development of a grant management system (e.g. developing policies, procedures, guidelines, protocols and requirements); Contributing to the analysis of grants funding and obligation data; and Researching grants management statutory requirements, regulations, policies, or procedures such as Executive Orders, Code of Federal Regulations, OMB Circulars.

Education

EDUCATIONAL SUBSTITUTION: There is no educational substitution for this position.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Kia Jenkins
• Phone: 703-259-9465
• Email: [email protected]