Supervisory Grants Management Specialist

Austincc; Washington, Northern (Washington County, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Austincc is seeking a Supervisory Grants Management Specialist to oversee the grants lifecycle, ensuring compliance with Federal requirements across multiple grant types. The role includes supervision of staff, coordinating with program officials, and resolving complex issues to strengthen stewardship of Federal funds.

The position is not remote and involves working across diverse locations in the United States, with a focus on guidance, oversight, and effective grant administration.

Qualifications

• Leads grants management and financial oversight for discretionary, mandatory, or cooperative agreements.
• Provides authoritative guidance on federal grants statutes, regulations, and cost allowability.
• Manages complex grants operations, identifying issues and driving improvements and controls.

Responsibilities

• Oversee grant lifecycle activities including applications, budgets, plans, reports, awards, monitoring, audits, and closeout for compliance with Federal requirements.
• Supervise grants staff: plan work, set priorities, evaluate performance, coach, and address staffing needs.
• Coordinate with program officials, financial staff, contractors, grantees, and leadership to resolve issues and strengthen stewardship.

Skills

Grants management leadership

Financial oversight

Policy guidance & compliance

Job description

Supervisory Grants Management Specialist

***Location: San Francisco, CA, Denver, CO, Washington, DC, Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, Boston, MA, Kansas City, MO, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Dallas, TX, Seattle, WA***

***THIS POSITION IS NOT REMOTE***

***This job will close when we have received 50 applications which may be sooner than the closing date.***

As a Supervisory Grants Management Specialist, you will:

• Oversee grants administration activities across the grant lifecycle, including reviewing applications, budgets, state plans, financial reports, award actions, monitoring results, audit findings, and closeout documentation for compliance with Federal requirements.
• Supervise and support grants management staff by planning and assigning work, setting priorities and deadlines, evaluating performance, providing coaching and training, resolving administrative issues, and recommending awards, promotions, disciplinary actions, or workforce development needs.
• Coordinate and advise on complex grants issues by working with program officials, financial management staff, contractors, grantees, Federal partners, workgroups, and senior leadership to resolve concerns, strengthen stewardship of Federal funds, and improve grants administration.

Qualifications

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Minimum Qualifications: 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-13 grade level in the Federal service performing ALL of the following:

• Leading grants management and financial oversight activities for discretionary grants, mandatory grants, or cooperative agreements, including award administration, fiscal review, cost analysis, post-award monitoring, audits, reporting, and closeout.
• Providing authoritative technical guidance on Federal grants management statutes, regulations, policies, fiscal requirements, cost allowability, financial compliance, and award administration to program officials, grantees, staff, and other stakeholders.
• Managing complex grants management operations or teams, including identifying compliance, financial management, policy, or operational issues; recommending corrective actions; improving business processes and internal controls; and exercising independent judgment on matters with significant financial, operational, or program impact.
  

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.