This position is located in Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management, Division of Acquisition & Cooperative Support (DACS), Infrastructure Support Branch (ISB).

Duties

ISB is responsible for providing comprehensive cooperative agreement award leadership, solicitation, negotiation, award and administration of NSF's complex cooperative agreements for the agency's research facilities, as well as construction and operation of new facilities. Facilities are defined as shared-use infrastructure, instrumentation and equipment that are accessible to a broad community of researchers and/or educators. These facilities are generally intended to serve the science community that is critical to supporting innovation across the nation. The Grants and Agreements Specialist is a senior-level specialist responsible for planning, advising, and managing complex cooperative agreements in support of highly complex major research facilities, mid-scale research infrastructure, and Federally Funded Research & Development Centers, which may be at any stage during a facilities lifecycle including development, design, construction, operations and divestment. The duties of the position include the following:

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify at the GS-14 level you must have one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13-level in the Federal Service in pre- award and post-award functions involving highly specialized cooperative agreements. Examples of specialized experience may include: participating in the Federal financial assistance (grants/cooperative agreement) process from inception through closeout; providing technical assistance to a variety of recipients; conducting cost analyses of financial assistance applicants to determine suitability for funding including sufficiency of financial management systems in accordance with Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR 200; monitoring recipients' compliance with award requirements; and reviewing, analyzing, and resolving recipients' audit findings. Experience refers to paid/unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) & other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, & skills & can provide valuable training/experience that translates directly to paid work. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Education may enhance skills required for this position; however, no substitution of education for specialized experience may be made at this level.

Contacts

• Address NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, DIVISION OF ACQUISITION AND COOPERATIVE SUPPORT 2415 Eisenhower Ave Alexandria, VA 22314 US
• Name: Staffing and Classification Branch
• Email: [email protected]