This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. Salary: GS-11 - $82,764 - $107,590 per annum GS-12 - $99,200 - $128,956 per annum GS-13 - $117,962 - $153,354 per annum Learn more about SAMHSA

Duties

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY As a Grants Management Specialist, you will use your knowledge of and experience to optimize business results and customer experience by: Providing authoritative grant technical advice utilizing statutes and regulations throughout the grants lifecycle on all aspects of grant/financial mechanisms with responsibility for administering and coordinating a complex grants portfolio including cooperative agreements utilizing a variety of electronic systems. Managing a portfolio of grants and/or cooperative agreements to ensure compliance with statues, regulations, and agency policies. Using computer systems and software. Coordinating, participating in, and managing grant meetings. Providing administrative and budgetary information. Performing site visits and desk reviews. Maintaining appropriate agency grants management certification. Reviewing various periodic and final status reports to ensure that all obligations incurred meet conditions in agency regulations, program guidelines, cost principles, and the specific limitations stated on the notice of grant award. Providing advice to program staff regarding all elements of grant administration and management processes, systems and/or procedures. Ensuring the efficient flow of all communications to and from internal and external stakeholders throughout the grant's lifecycle. Terminating or withholding support upon determining a lack of progress or noncompliance with terms of the award. Reviewing audit results and makes recommendations for resolution of audit findings. Providing significant contributions to ad-hoc or regular workgroups within the grants management community both internal and external to the organization. Providing technical authority in the development and review of policy and procedural issuances from the department, operation divisions, and the employing organization. Reviewing and commenting on proposed changes in rules or regulations, conducts special studies, and prepares position papers and special reports. Developing and providing training to internal and external personnel/organizations to include presentations at meetings and conferences. **Duties as shown are at the full performance level (FPL) of the GS-13. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the FPL.

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 of the announcement.
• Financial disclosure statement may be required.
• Probationary (or trial) period may be required.

Qualifications

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Minimum Qualifications: For GS-11: 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-09 grade level in the Federal service performing at least three (3) of the following: Monitoring on-going grants and cooperative agreements or similar program management activity to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, or internal organizational procedures. Preparing, processing, issuing, and/or tracking work products as well as compliance with organizational requirements. Monitoring an internal process that involves the coordination with other personnel to ensure required actions were completed in a timely manner. Providing guidance in the interpretation and application of laws, policies, or organizational procedures. - OR - Education: Successful completion of at least three (3) full years (54 semester/81 quarter credits) of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or a LL.M., if related in an accredited U.S. education program. (One (1) year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours determined by the school attended. If that number cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester or 27 quarter hours will satisfy an academic year of graduate study. In order to qualify for this position based on education, you must submit transcripts. Please see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement for more information. - OR - Combination: Education and experience may be combined to meet the specialized experience requirement as described above. In order to qualify for this position based on a combination, you must submit transcripts. Please see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement for more information. For GS-12: 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-11 grade level in the Federal service performing at least three (3) of the following: Overseeing, reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating applications, plans, estimates. Interpreting policy or guidance for applying administration policy, procedures, techniques, and methods. Reviewing grants and/or cooperative agreements or similar work products to ensure compliance with statues, regulations, and agency policies. Developing and providing training related to grants to a variety of internal and external audiences. For GS-13: 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-12 grade level in the Federal service performing at least three (3) of the following: Administering and providing technical assistance, training, and guidance in the administration of grant programs. Assessing the effectiveness of the administration of grants and cooperative agreements. Researching and providing guidance on grant program policies and procedures. Assisting in the formulation of new and modified grants management policies and procedures. 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

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-12 & GS-13 grade levels of this announcement.

Contacts

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