Supervisory Grants Management Specialist

National-Oceanic-; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

NOAA, Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO), Grants Management Division (GMD) in Silver Spring, MD, is seeking a qualified candidate for a GS-15 level position in a competitive Federal service. This vacancy is located in NOAA and open to Status Candidates.

The successful applicant will handle financial assistance awards and grant administration duties, work with external customers to identify participation challenges, and lead projects to streamline grant processes while ensuring compliance and

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-14 including: recommendations on grant administration; coordinating with external customers to identify participation challenges; researching and improving grant processes; planning, evaluating, and leading projects or teams.

Responsibilities

• Make recommendations to higher management officials on issues related to financial assistance awards and grant administration.
• Coordinate with external customers to identify the challenges present that make it difficult, expensive, or inefficient to participate in financial assistance award program.
• Researching and assisting in improving grants and cooperative agreements processes to streamline the day-to-day processing.
• Planning, evaluating, and leading projects or teams, such as assigning work, setting priorities, budgeting, and providing feedback on work assignments.

Skills

Grant administration

Stakeholder coordination

Process improvement

Project leadership

Job description

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO), Grants Management Division (GMD), with 1 vacancy in Silver Spring, MD. This position is also announced under vacancy number AGO-26-13048398-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/

EDUCATION:There is no positive education requirement for this position.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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.

To qualify at the GS-15 level:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:

• Making recommendations to higher management officials on issues related to financial assistance awards and grant administration;
• Coordinating with external customers to identify the challenges present that make it difficult, expensive, or inefficient to participate in financial assistance award program;
• Researching and assisting in improving grants and cooperative agreements processes to streamline the day-to-day processing; and
• Planning, evaluating, and leading projects or teams, such as assigning work, setting priorities, budgeting, and providing feedback on work assignments.