These Supervisory Grants Management Specialist positions are located within the USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region 3, Office of the Deputy Regional Forester, and is responsible for providing overall leadership, technical and administrative supervision, oversight, and management direction for formulation, interpretations, and administration of grants and agreements policies. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Tammi Banks at [email protected].

Duties

Provides technical and administrative supervision to a team of Grants and Agreement Specialists and Assistants, with responsibility for a comprehensive Regional Grants and Agreement program. Establishes and communicates guidelines and performance requirements to employees; conducts formal performance reviews; and identifies and provides for the developmental and training needs of employees. Has full and final authority to negotiate grants and agreements within the limits of delegated authority, and reviews all reimbursement requests for appropriateness, and processes payments. Provides interpretation of laws and regulations concerning use of Federal funds and qualifying program expenditures. Determines appropriate legislative and program authority prior to execution of each grant or agreement. Develops instruments within delegated authority, circularizes requests for proposals for grants and agreements, reviews and analyzes responses, and makes or recommends acceptance by higher authority as appropriate. Establishes internal administrative and financial controls or systems. Monitors and analyzes the effect of changes in laws, regulations and policies pertaining to grants and agreements, administration and management, and performance reporting. Performs supervisory duties 25% or more of the time. Plans the work to be accomplished by the unit, assigns work to employees, and establishes production or quality standards for the unit’s work.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Subject to one-year supervisory probationary period unless prior service is creditable.
• New USDA Supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required new supervisory training program before the end of their probationary period.
• Subject to financial disclosure requirements and must submit form OGE-450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, within 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter.
• Must have or be qualified to obtain a Level II Grants Management Specialist Certification.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-12. Specialized experience is defined as two or more of the following: Providing advice and guidance on the administrative aspects of partnership agreements including cooperative agreements, cost-share agreements, participating agreements, collection agreements, interagency agreements, cooperative fire agreements and memoranda of understandings; and/or processing a full range of grant and agreement applications used to determine the selection of grant and agreement awards; and/or negotiating grants and agreements within the limits of delegated authority including reviewing all reimbursement requests for appropriateness and processing payments. 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. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

There is no education requirement or substitution of education for experience for this series and grade level.

Contacts

• Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT. Albuquerque, NM 87109 US
• Name: HRM Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-372-7248 X2
• Email: [email protected]