This position is located in the Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Office of Program Support. The duty location for this position is in Rockville, MD and is not eligible for remote work. **Applicants please note: Additional selections may be made across the Department of Health and Human Services through this vacancy announcement.**

Duties

This position is a mission critical occupation and is responsible for ensuring that operational and fiscal activities align with and enable accomplishment of Health Resources and Services Administration's mission, goals and objectives. As a Program Analyst Grants Liaison Specialist your major duties and responsibilities include: Supporting coordination across the Bureau and serving as a liaison with the Office of Federal Assistance Management (OFAM) to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of HAB staff oversight and administration of RWHAP funded grants and cooperation agreements. Leading training efforts and providing effective technical assistance to staff on grants policies and procedures through orientation seminars, presentations, briefing sessions and prepared written materials. Collaborating with internal and external program stakeholders and providing consistent messaging of grant program requirements. Developing, selecting, adapting, and employing qualitative and quantitative methods, procedures, and systems for assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of programs; program policies, practices, and procedures; and program-level administrative operations, processes, and mechanisms. Preparing reports that provide information to management concerning the status of grant-related activities/issues and in response to inquiries from Federal and non-federal parties. Developing detailed plans, goals and objectives for the long-range implementation and administration of HAB-funded programs administered via grants and cooperative agreements. NOTE: Do not cut and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Requirements

• U. S. Citizenship is required.
• All qualifications and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Federal applicants must submit an SF-50 to show status and time-in-grade.
• Males ages 18 through 25 must be registered with the Selective Service.
• PHS Commissioned Corps applicants must submit current personnel orders.
• A one year probationary period may be required.
• Employment is subject to the successful completion of the pre-appointment process (i.e., background investigation, verification of qualifications and job requirements, completion of onboarding forms, submission of required documents, etc.)

Qualifications

THESE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE: 01/29/2024 Do not cut and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. In order to qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, your resume must clearly demonstrate that you have one full year of minimum qualifying specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-12 level in the federal service. MINIMUM QUALIFYING SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, an applicant's one full year of specialized experience must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for successful job performance. Examples of minimum qualifying specialized experience equal to the GS-12 level include performing the following types of tasks on a regular and recurring basis: 1. Interpreting federal regulatory and grants policy requirements to provide authoritative guidance to internal stakeholders associated with all phases of the full grants life cycle (i.e., Pre-Award, Award and Post Award). AND 2. Writing and editing products that articulate, interpret, and explain federal grants documents (e.g., proposals, grants, cooperative agreements, and other related instruments) for a variety of audiences. 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; community; student; social). If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited. Applicants whose resumes clearly demonstrate the required minimum qualifying specialized experience will be evaluated based on the occupational assessment competencies listed below. A competency is defined as a measurable pattern of knowledge, skills, abilities, behaviors, and other characteristics that an individual needs to perform work roles or occupational functions. FEDERAL GRANTS POLICY ANALYSIS - Analyzes, interprets, and explains federal grants regulations, legislation, and policies and how they impact the mission of the Department, the Agency and one's own organization. QUANTITATIVE/QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS - Examines and evaluates data to manage and achieve results. TECHNICAL WRITING - Prepares written documentation to transfer technical information about concepts, situations, products, services, or results to audiences with varying levels of technical knowledge. TO PREVIEW THE OCCUPATIONAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE, please click on the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12233797 Current status candidates must meet Time-in-Grade (TIG) by the closing date of this announcement. To allow us to verify that you meet TIG requirements, provide any of the following SF-50s: Please Note: Current year pay adjustments are not acceptable for verifying TIG (ex. 2024 general increases cannot be used to verify TIG). Competitive or Career-ladder promotion to your highest grade (this does not include 120 day temporary promotions) Regular Within Range Increase (WRI) or With In Grade (WGI) increase at your highest grade (this does not include quality step increases (QSIs). Competitive career/career-conditional appointment to your highest grade. SF-50 at your highest grade held, that is at least one year older than the announcement closing date of 01/29/2024. Not sure which SF-50 to submit? Check out our video... Go here to watch the video on the SF50s to submit in your application package.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Health Resources and Services Administration 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 US
• Name: AskHR HRSA Helpdesk
• Phone: (301) 443-3780
• Email: [email protected]