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Duties

As a Grants Management Specialist within the Office of Acquisition & Grants, some of your specific duties will include:

Requirements

Qualifications

For GS-13: To qualify for the GS-13, applicants must have one year of appropriate specialized experience that provided the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized Experience includes: Managing complex financial assistance actions, including the development and publication of Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA); analyzing grants applications including making assessments of a prospective awardees eligibility and financial viability; negotiating, administering, and closing out the resultant awards upon completion; interacting with high-level contacts concerning the evaluation of grant and cooperative agreements; supporting the oversight of grants management operations within an agency and assuring grants policies and procedures are adhered to by recipients; formulating and implementing government- and department-wide grants and cooperative agreement policy and processes; applying quantitative/qualitative analytical and techniques in the oversight of grants programs; and, serving as an expert in grants monitoring and management control techniques to monitor financial conditions in closing grants and resolving problems. Experience researching grants policy and provides grants policy guidance to staff. You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

• 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.
• Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.usgs.gov/about/organization/science-support/human-capital/how-foreign-education-evaluated-federal-jobs .

Contacts

• Address OFFC OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Mail Stop 600 Reston, VA 20192 US
• Name: Danial Anthon
• Phone: 303-236-9197
• Email: [email protected]