Grants Management Specialist

Summary

This position is located in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Office of Grants Management (OGM). OGM is responsible for providing accurate and timely grants management services throughout the grant life cycle to grant-making agencies across DOL. Through delegated Grant Officer authorities OGM delivers centralized grants administration to support federal assistance award management.

This position is inside the bargaining unit.

Duties

For Series 1109 - GS-13:

• Serves as key expert liaison and technical advisor to senior level agency officials and managers on federal assistance (grants management) objectives policies and plans.
• Analyzes and evaluates compliance and completeness of Statements of Work proposed annual plans which are subsequently incorporated in official grant award documents.
• Has grant management responsibility for one or several major grant programs within the Agency (Dislocated Workers Indian Farmworkers Older Workers formula grants to states discretionary grants cooperative and interagency agreements); oversees and manages the designation process for special targeted program grants and/or grant award
  and funding process for formula and discretionary grants to states and keeps the Grant Officer informed of all developments.
• Develops procurement and assistance objectives for applicable programs in compliance with governing regulations and procurement and assistance standards; constructs the appropriate grant instrument including funding arrangements incremental and/or subcontracting policy and similar circumstances.
• Prepares and maintains current federal assistance plans appropriate milestone charts and related schedules (scores applicant information etc.) and solicitation documents; performs detailed analyses of all elements of cost in grantee
  proposals as well as technical information (industries scores geography of services etc.).
• Provides guidance to program officials fellow grants management specialists grant applicants and recipients in the interpretation application and implementation of applicable laws and regulations policies procedures pertaining to all aspects of federal assistance program activities e.g. grants cooperative and interagency agreement planning and solicitation through program administration expiration and closeout etc.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

For GS-13: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-12 in the Federal Service.

Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge skills and abilities (KSAs) to perform the duties of the position successfully and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Must have experience in all of the specialized areas listed below working with workforce development programs (youth apprenticeship adult dislocated workers older workers homeless) through grants and/or cooperative agreements. Evidence to support your work must be included in your resume including the names of those workforce development programs. You must also be able to explain your experience during the interview.

• Serving as a lead/expert in implementing and managing workforce development grant/cooperative agreement programs by providing grants-related assistance and services. (Examples include but not limited to: Primary contact for a grant program Building new grant awards in an electronic grant making system review and make grant action recommendations to the Grant Officer and review and process modifications.)
• Experience performing administration tasks for workforce development grant/cooperative agreement programs. (Examples include but not limited to: Completing grant close-out processes following an agency developed closeout manual/handbook preparing final assessments of compliance with statutory and agency requirements using 2 CFR 200 and 2900 and/or performing financial and accounting reconciliation and resolution of any adverse audit findings.)
• Experience performing pre-award tasks for workforce development grant/cooperative agreement programs. (Examples include but not limited to: Serving as a deliberation specialist providing input for grant solicitations and/or making recommendations to the Grant Officer for awards serving as the lead in a grant solicitation.)

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Do NOT copy and paste the duties or specialized experience from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Education

There is no education substitution for this grade level.

Additional information

The mission of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to protect the welfare of workers and job seekers improve working conditions expand high-quality employment opportunities and assure work-related benefits and rights for all workers.

Refer to these links for more information: GENERAL INFORMATION REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

As a condition of employment all personnel must undergo a background investigation for access to DOL facilities systems information and/or classified materials before they can enter on duty: BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

This position is inside the bargaining unit. If the duty location is within the Washington D.C. metropolitan area the position will be included in the Local 12 AFGE bargaining unit. If the duty location is outside the Washington D.C. metropolitan area the position will be included in the NCFLL bargaining unit.

For more information click Telework Position Information. This is not a remote work position. The selectee will report to an assigned DOL office location on a regular basis and is eligible for participation in telework as determined by management in accordance with DOL policy.

Based on agency needs additional positions may be filled using this vacancy.

The Department of Labor may use certain incentives and hiring flexibilities currently offered by the Federal government to attract highly qualified candidates. Click here for Additional Information.

The Fair Chance Act (FCA) prohibits Federal agencies from requesting an applicants criminal history information before the agency makes a conditional offer of employment. If you believe a DOL employee has violated your rights under the FCA you may file a complaint of the alleged violation following our agencys complaint process Guidelines for Reporting Violations of the Fair Chance Act. Note: The FCA does not apply to some positions specified under the Act such as law enforcement or national security positions.

All Department of Labor employees are subject to the provisions of the Drug-Free Workplace Program under Executive Order 12564 and Public Law 100-71.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e. physical or mental) covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position after notification of the adjudication of your request you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Required Experience:

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