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Silver spring, MD
$170,000 - $200,000 PA
5 days ago
Full Time
Senior Level
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Supervisory Grants Management Specialist
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.
As a Supervisory Grants Management Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Serve as the Director of the Grants Management Division (GMD) overseeing services providing financial assistance support to NOAA and various other offices and bureaus of the DOC including financial assistance awards support the achievement of the missions of, primarily, the NOAA Line Offices. Provide strategic planning support to senior management to assist in setting agency and Department goals; develop and implement improved processes that streamline the day-to-day processing of financial assistance workloads; define and implement the professional and technical role of the Grants Management Division function in the Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO). Advise higher management officials on issues related to financial assistance awards and administration; provide recommendation, advice and support to all NOAA Line and Staff offices on the impact of common and cross-cutting financial assistance issues and requirements and propose mechanisms to streamline and improve the financial assistance process; direct coordination and development of consensus on agency priorities to be fulfilled through the financial assistance process. Assign work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees, and develop of job performance standards, evaluations of job performance and provide assistance to employees to enable them to reach an acceptable level of competence.
Requirements
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.