Grants Management Specialist

US Bureau of Justice Grants; Washington (District of Columbia); Sur place; USD 105 000 - 135 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The US Bureau of Justice Grants seeks a Grants Management Specialist to oversee Tribal victim services programs within the Office for Victims of Crime, OJP. You will help administer grants, ensure compliance, and support tribal partners.

Ideal candidates have specialized grants management experience, including pre-award activities, risk assessment, and performance monitoring for victim service programs. Must meet all qualification requirements by 11/09/2026 and complete the USA Hire online

Qualifications

• Experience managing and monitoring grants or cooperative agreements.
• Using advanced risk assessment techniques to resolve grant-related issues.
• Identifying methods to improve grant programs or processes.

Connaissances

Grants management

Risk assessment

Pre-award process

Program improvement

Description du poste

This position is located in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime, Tribal Division. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and public safety challenges. This position will support the work of the Tribal Division, overseeing victim services programs in Tribal communities. To qualify for the position of Grants Management Specialist, at GS-1109-13, you must meet the qualification requirements listed below.

Specialized Experience

Applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level. Specialized experience is experience which is in or related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

• Managing and monitoring complex grants and/or cooperative agreement, related to victim and/or survivors of crime, awarded through a diverse program portfolio for compliance with regulatory, policy, and reporting requirements, such as auditing awardee cost and pricing data that required an analysis of interrelated grantee operational issues of effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity;
• Using advanced risk assessments techniques to identify and resolve complex grant and/or cooperative agreements, administration problems or potential compliance findings, related to victim and/ or survivors of crime, with unusual or unresolved issues requiring the provision of substantial technical assistance or the development of new processes;
• Performing work in the pre-award process for complex cooperative agreements and/or grants related to victim and/ or survivors of crime, within a technical field or specialized industry, such as developing grant solicitations to national, state, local, and tribal entities to improve the functioning of their criminal justice system where data was collected from multiple sites;
• Identifying methods of improving grant programs or process related to crime victim rights, that enhanced grantee compliance or performance across a program or portfolio; and establishing, enhancing, or substantially modifying grant program or policy requirements to improve project and program impact or to respond to evolving stakeholder needs.

Highly Desirable Experience

The ideal candidate will have experience working with Tribal governments, Tribal victim service programs, or Tribal justice systems, including building partnerships, providing technical assistance, or administering grant-funded programs serving Tribal communities.

Online Assessment

This position requires an online assessment. After you submit this application, you will receive an e-mail informing you that a USA Hire assessment is required of you. You will have 48 hours from the closing date of this announcement 11/09/2026 to complete the assessment as this assessment is part of your application.

• Accountability
• Administration & Management
• Arithmetic
• Attention to Detail
• Communicating Results
• Customer Service
• Data Analysis
• Data Extraction and Transformation
• Decision Making
• Flexibility
• Information Management
• Interpersonal Skills
• Learning
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Planning & Evaluating
• Problem Solving
• Reading Comprehension
• Reasoning
• Resilience
• Self-Management
• Stress Tolerance
• Teamwork
• Technology Application
• Writing

You MUST meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade, by the closing date of this announcement, 11/09/2026.

Your resume must support your responses to the online questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating.

See the Required Documents section for important notes about what must be included in your resume.