This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. Learn More About SAMHSA

Duties

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY As a Supervisory Grants Management Specialist, you will use your knowledge of and experience to optimize business results and customer experience by: Establishing goals and objectives for the staff and regularly reviewing, monitoring, and evaluating the effectiveness of the team in accomplishing grant management functions. Deciding on the basic content of grants management operations, making decisions on the new initiatives, and establishing priorities. Allocating resources or directing the reallocation of resources to maximize responsiveness to program needs. Determining priorities and new initiatives. Overseeing delegated responsibilities, providing technical advice/reports on policy, and financial aspects of grants. Working closely with program staff on long range financial and management goals. Performing the full range of supervisory work, including planning and assigning work to be accomplished, planning and organizing work for attainment of program goals and providing leadership to inspire confidence within the staff/team, making recommendations on staff promotions, disciplinary actions, incentive awards, and other personnel actions. Giving advice, counseling, or instructing employees on both work and administrative matters. Counseling employees on policies and procedures governing training, career opportunities, performance reviews, policy regarding interpersonal conflicts and participating in effective conflict resolution; and other various questions and procedures. Serving as an authority in the administrative analysis of grant applications, providing complete and detailed information regarding administrative and financial compliance with policies and regulations. Serving on internal and external committees. Serving as a resource to program officers and staff offices within SAMHSA to include managers, senior and junior grants management specialists and program staff, administrators, grantees, financial management staff and other SAMHSA and HHS staff associated with grants management related issues.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service - http://www.sss.gov
• Suitable for federal employment.
• Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. All information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation.
• 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.
• Financial disclosure statement may be required.
• Probationary (or trial) period may be required.

Qualifications

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Minimum Qualifications: You must have one-year specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service performing at least four (4) of the following: Leading or supervising a team of grants management specialists. Monitoring or evaluating grants management functions through entire grant cycle. Drafting and/or implementing grants related policies or procedures. Developing criteria and standards for the planning, implementation and evaluation of grant or cooperative agreement proposals. Managing a complex portfolio of multiple programs and grants that include a variety of mechanisms including the more complex center grants and/or cooperative agreements. Documenting experience: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational application questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the "percentage of times" the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. 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. OPM Qualification General Policies Website

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 5600 Fishers Ln Rockville, MD 20857 US
• Name: HR Consultants
• Email: [email protected]