Grants Specialist

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Asst Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-12, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Administering grants related to affordable housing programs; AND - Assisting in implementing new policy or guidance for grant administration; AND - Working with management and field staff to resolve grant issues.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.

To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

Time-in-Grade: In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-12 you must have been at the GS-11 level for 52 weeks.

Time After Competitive Appointment: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a non-temporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.

Major Duties:

HUD's Mission The mission of the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development is to foster strong communities by supporting access to quality, affordable housing, expanding the housing supply, and unlocking homeownership opportunities for the American people.

The Department is committed to furthering the promise of self-sufficiency in every American while promoting economic development to revitalize rural, tribal, and urban communities across the country.

The Office of Housing provides vital public services through its nationally administered programs.

It oversees the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the largest mortgage insurer in the world, and regulates important parts of the housing industry.

The Office of Housing is committed to building and preserving healthy neighborhoods and communities through homeownership, rental housing and healthcare opportunities.

The Office of Multifamily Housing is responsible for the overall management, development, direction and administration of HUD's Multifamily Housing Programs.

HUD's Multifamily programs provide mortgage insurance to HUD-approved lenders to facilitate the construction, substantial rehabilitation, purchase and refinancing of multifamily housing projects.

MFH is widely responsible for production, asset management and portfolio oversight, and recapitalization of assisted properties, and field operations.

As part of the National Housing Act of 1934, Congress created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) which later became a part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Housing in 1965.

As a Grants Specialist, you will: Plan and manage grant administration which is characterized by such features as 1) grant reviews, 2) developing strategies to determine and eliminate improper subsidy payments, 3) evaluating the effectiveness of information technology systems, 4) implementing new policy or guidance, and 5) defining and instituting new methods and strategies to improve grant administration in the office.

Assist the Division Director in ensuring that the workload is prioritized and scheduled; that activities are scheduled or reassigned as appropriate; that actions are taken to enhance program results; that operations are adjusted when necessitated by changing demand and/or reduction in resources; and that accurate and timely reporting of operations and activities is accomplished.

Keeps the Division Director advised of sensitive situations and exceptions to standard processing. Be a liaison with appropriate HUD headquarters staff as it relates to grant management.

Through coordination with Multifamily Housing staff, monitors the goals of Housing grant programs.

Participate in intra- and cross-functional teams involving grant program issues and assists in providing training and technical assistance.