Grants Specialist - Rockville, United States - US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Description

Duties:

With support from Grants Officers and/or Branch Chief, typical duties include:

• Preparing documentation required for Funding Opportunity Announcements for financial assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements)
• Administering financial assistance awards during the preaward, active, closeout and auditing stages and ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies;
• Determining awardee eligibility using formulas and methodology and established eligibility criteria, such as competitive rating factors; negotiating all aspects of awards in accordance with applicable regulations; and preparing documentation for grant awards;
• Attending meetings to design, develop, implement, and interpret grants/assistance management policies, procedures, and practices;
• Attending meetings to support program officials, grant awardees, review panelists, applicants with grant related matters;
• Reviewing and evaluating adequacy of grants/assistance policies and procedures to include conducting surveys and studies to recommend changes to policies, procedures, and regulations and liaising with various Federal agencies, organizations, and academic institutions to assess impact of new statutory regulations;
• Serving as liaison between the Government and awardee organization, external customers, recipients, and awardee community to clarify, interpret, and resolve issues;
• Evaluating financial conditions, business integrity, ability, and capacity of financial assistance applicants to manage Federal funds.
• Negotiating terms and conditions of grants/assistance awards to include costs, schedules, and oversight responsibilities;
• Preparing, processing, issuing, and tracking grants/assistance awards and compliance with reporting requirements;
• Conducting program evaluation, including monitoring, establishing performance measures, and assessing awardee performance;
• Monitoring, assessing, and ensuring awardee complies with all terms and conditions of award;
• Initiating and/or recommending audits and Conducting resolution of audit findings and/or monitoring audit resolution in partnership with resolution officials;
• Conducting postaward reviews and analyses to identify management, financial, and administrative issues;
• Conducting risk assessments and business reviews and recommending or initiating appropriate action to protect Government interests;
• Performing final review of completed awards, making appropriate adjustments or disallowances, and processing closeouts; and
• Ensuring compliance with all regulatory and legal requirements.

Requirements:


Conditions of Employment:

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• This is a Drug Testing position.
• Background investigation leading to a clearance is required for new hires.

You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

Qualifications:

In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Demonstrated experience communicating, both orally and in writing, complex information in a clear and logical manner.

Demonstrated experience prioritizing and managing multiple work assignments and meeting established deadlines.

Education:

Master's or equivalent graduate degree _or_ 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree _or _LL.B.

or J.D., if related


OR

You may qualify on a combination of education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the specialized experience requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the educational requirement must equal at least 100 percent.

Additional information:

The duty location of this position is
Rockville, Maryland. In general, employees are expected to be in the office at a minimum of
4 days per pay period. Telework schedules, including full-time telework, are approved, on a case-by-case basis. If selected, telework will be determined in accordance with Agency policy and the Collective Bargaining Agreement, if applicable.

• Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.

As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.

Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.


How You Will Be Evaluated:

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

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