Join the team! This position is located in the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Division of Procurement Services (FMPS). The office provides contract and grants administration services. The office reports to the agency’s Chief Financial Officer.

Duties

The incumbent reports to the Division Director of Procurement Services and serves as a Grants Administrator for all CPSC grant programs. The Grants Administrator applies his/her expertise in managing grants and awards to improve safety, prevent deaths and injuries, and increase consumer awareness of product hazards, in accordance with the CPSC mission. The Grants Administrator is responsible for working with CPSC offices to develop funding opportunity announcements (FOA) for CPSC grants, designing application evaluation criteria, forming and facilitating the application review panel process to evaluate grant applications, and presenting award recommendations while complying with applicable laws, regulations and policies pertaining to the administration of federal grants. The grants administrator works with the CPSC Procurement Services Director in grant award and modification decisions, properly documenting agency grant files, identifying additional terms and conditions to mitigate risks, and closing out completed grant awards. Analyzes deficiencies, weaknesses and strengths identified in the review of submitted grant applications, amendments, re-budgeting request, Federal Financial Reports (FFR) and single audit reports. Provides expertise, training and technical assistance to program officials, applicants, and awardees, including the sharing of best practices. Implements, manages, and tracks the Commission's grants programs and is responsible for external reporting requirements. Responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining policies and procedures for efficient and effective grant administration, including the periodic evaluation of existing procedures to comply with federal laws and regulations and related audit findings. Coordinates with other federal agencies in grant administration.  Conducts training and outreach to assist potential grant applicants. Monitors grant awards, including site visit monitoring, as necessary.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Background Investigation Required.

Qualifications

All applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) experience administering grant programs and monitoring grant awards; 2) developing and issuing grant funding opportunity announcements and evaluating applications; and 3) working with higher-level management, applicants, and awardees to resolve issues. Evidence of the above specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of duties performed in positions held.  Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience or based on job titles alone.  If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. 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. Applicants must meet the qualifications for this position by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

This position does not have a mandatory education requirement.

There is no substitution for specialized experience at this grade level. 

Contacts

• Address CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION Office of Human Resources Management Room 523 4330 East West Highway Bethesda, Maryland 20814 United States
• Name: Annie Sachs
• Phone: 301-504-7925
• Email: [email protected]