Grants Management Specialist

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Office of Grants Management (OGM), at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

Incumbent reports to the Supervisory Grants Management Specialist (Deputy Director) of OGM, and assists in the processing and administration of NEA awards, including providing guidance and technical assistance to Agency staff and award recipients.

Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Minimum Qualification/Specialized Experience requirements as noted below.

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered.

You qualify for the GS-09 grade level if you meet the following requirements: MINIMUM QUALIFICATION: To qualify for this GS-1109-09 Grants Management Specialist: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Assisting customers or stakeholders by responding to inquiries and applying established policies, procedures, or guidelines to provide accurate information; Supporting the use of a grants management system, database, or other information system by providing basic guidance, troubleshooting, or user support; and Performing administrative or program support tasks using office software (e.g., Excel, Word, databases) to organize, track, or present information.

OR substitute qualifying education for experience with one of the following You must possess a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LLB.

or J.D, if related.

(You must provide proof before the job announcement closing date) OR You must possess a combination of Specialized Experience and Education: Only graduate level education beyond the first year may be used to qualify at the GS-09 level.

To compute your combined percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond one year by 18. Add the two percentages.

The total percentage must equal at least 100% to qualify for this grade.

(You must provide proof before the job announcement closing date) Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position.

Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the advertised grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience.

You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the dates worked and total number of hours per week.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS resume template.

However, if you do not use the template you must ensure that your resume contains ALL required information which includes hours worked, starting & ending month and year, and if Federal employment (series, pay plan, and grade).

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.

If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Major Duties:

In this position, you will serve as Grants Management Specialist.

Typical work assignments include: Providing technical assistance to award recipients, explaining federal rules and regulations, as well NEA policies and grants management processes.

Assisting extends to advising award recipients experiencing technical challenges with the NEA grants management system and other federal IT systems such as login.gov and SAM.gov.

Conducting initial reviews of payment requests, amendment requests, and personnel updates. Assisting with the preparation of a variety of spreadsheets, presentations, and reports for the OGM.

These may include work in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, and other standard office software programs.