Grants Management Specialist - Washington, United States - US Office of Justice Programs

US Office of Justice Programs
US Office of Justice Programs
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Washington, United States

3 weeks ago

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Description

Duties:


  • Serves as a technical expert in grants and/or cooperative agreement management processes, providing advice and guidance to resolve, implement, or manage issues that involve major areas of uncertainty in approach or methodology.
  • Serves as a liaison to OVC stakeholders in the area of grant management to promote practices that are compliant with applicable statutes, regulations, best practices, specific program emphases, and other organizational objectives.
  • Oversees programs or grants related to crime victims' rights and services with full responsibility for carrying out all required monitoring and management duties.
  • Discusses the proposed changes with the grantee, suggests effective modifications, and recommends action on the changes to higher management.
  • Plans and manages special projects for OVC or program issues with broad impact, such as those on an OVC or nationwide level that ultimately result in advances for the crime victims' field. Conceives and implements new initiatives and projects to strengthen, facilitate, and integrate programs.
  • Undertakes or participates in special projects, ongoing analyses, investigations and initiatives that have high priority for highlevel management of projects that identify and resolve complex issues related to crime victims' rights and services. of rights and services to crime victims.

Requirements:


Conditions of Employment:


  • U.S. Citizenship required.
  • Subject to background/suitability investigation/determination.
  • Federal payments are required to be made by Direct Deposit.
  • Preemployment drug testing required.
  • 1year probationary period may be required.
  • Confidential Financial Disclosure may be required
  • Security Requirements: Non-Sensitive/Moderate Risk

Qualifications:


Specialized Experience for GS-12:

Applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 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.

Applicants must have experience in ALL examples listed below.


Examples of specialized experience include:

  • Managing and monitoring conventional grants and/or cooperative agreements, related to victim and/or survivors of crime, such as grants awarded under established programs or awards to longstanding grantees, to ensure compliance with award provisions and to track performance trends; AND
  • Conducting risk assessments and business reviews and developing recommendations for resolving issues encountered in administering grants/agreements, related to victim and/or survivors of crime; AND
  • Communicating new or complex grant program or policy requirements, related to victim and/ or survivors of crime, to grant award recipients to promote improved programmatic performance.

Specialized Experience for GS-13:

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.

Applicants must have experience in ALL examples listed below.


Examples of specialized experience include:

  • 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; AND
  • Using advanced risk assessments techniques to identify and resolve complex grant and/or cooperative agreements, related to victim and/ or survivors of crime, administration problems or potential compliance findings with unusual or unresolved issues requiring the provision of substantial technical assistance or the development of new processes; AND
  • Performing work in the preaward 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; AND
  • 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.

Technical Qualifications:

Applicants who meet the basic en
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