Grants Management Specialist - Washington, United States - U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice
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Washington, United States

3 weeks ago

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Description
Summary

This position is located in the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Programs Office.

Is responsible for programmatic/fiscal oversight, planning, development, implementation, and assessment of grant programs that address drug and general crime prevention and control management of offenders, and improvement in the policies, procedures, and information management systems used by criminal/juvenile justice agencies at state, local and tribal levels.

This job is open to
Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.

Federal employees - Competitive service

Current or former competitive service federal employees.

Individuals with disabilities

Land & base management

Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.

Military spouses

The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista

Special authorities

Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.

Veterans

Clarification from the agency

This is NOT a remote position. The duty station is Washington, DC. The selectee will be required to report to the duty station at least 4 days per bi-weekly pay period. Applicants must be U.S. Citizens. Applicants will be considered under Delegated Examining and/or Merit Promotion procedures based upon eligibility.

Duties

(The duties described reflect the full performance level of this position)


Reviews, analyzes, and tracks awardee compliance with the terms and conditions of the grant or agreement as well as compliance with government-wide and agency regulatory, policy, and reporting requirements.

Conducts risk assessments, programmatic and financial reviews and grant/agreement awardee operations, including reviewing compliance reports and the awardee's policies and procedures, and recommends or initiates actions to protect agency interests.


Performs a variety of post-award grants and/or cooperative agreement management tasks including conducting post-award reviews and analyses to identify and resolve management, financial, and administrative issues; providing training, technical assistance, oversight, ethics advice, expertise, and consultation to program officials, awardees, and recipients; establishing performance measures and monitoring and assessing awardee performance; and reviewing completed awards, making appropriate adjustments or disallowances.

Processes close-outs of grants and/or agreements, ensuring compliance with programmatic, administrative, and fiscal requirements of relevant statutes, regulations, policies, guidelines, and with grantee stated objectives, and the applicable implementation plan.

Develops, analyzes, and interprets grant and/or cooperative agreement policies, Standard Operating Procedures, and guidelines.

Provides training, technical assistance and guidelines, oversight, expertise and consultation to internal staff, management and program officials, awardees, review panels, applicants, recipients, and sub-recipients.


Requirements:

Conditions of Employment
U.S. Citizenship required.
Subject to background/suitability investigation/determination.
Submit all required documents and Online Assessment Questionnaire.
Federal payments are required to be made by Direct Deposit.
Pre-employment drug testing required.
1-year probationary period may be required.

See Other Information for further requirements.


Qualifications:

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.


Minimum Federal Qualification Requirements:


SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE:

The experience requirement for the GS-9 level may be met by two (2) full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education, or completion of all requirements for a master's or equivalent graduate degree, or completion of all requirements for an LL.B or J.D.

degree.

COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Equivalent combinations of successfully completed education and experience may be used to meet the experience requirements.


Technical Qualifications:

Ability to provide advice and guidance on grant, cooperative agreement, or other funding policies, Standard Operating Procedures, and guidelines.
Ability to plan and execute work.
Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.

Knowledge of the laws, regulations, rules, policies, procedures, and methods governing Federal grants, cooperative agreements, and/or other types of awards.

Ability to communicate in writing.

Click here to see the full Qualifications Statement.
Education

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Additional information

This position is included in the bargaining unit.


TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Status applicants for promotion must have 52 weeks of service at the second lower grade level by the closing date when there
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