Grants Management Specialist

This Grants Management Specialist position is with Forest Service (Department of Agriculture) in Phoenix, AZ. This position serves as a Grants and Agreements Specialist responsible for all aspects of awarding, administering, and managing grants and agreements. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Maia Enzer at maia.enzer@usda.gov. Key duties: • Determines appropriate legislative and program authority prior to execution of each grant or agreement. • Develops instruments within the delegated authority, circularizes requests for proposals for grants and agreements, reviews and analyzes responses, and makes or recommends acceptance by higher authority as appropriate. • Monitors and analyzes the effect of changes in laws, regulations and policies pertaining to grants and agreements, administration and management, and performance reporting. • Plans and conducts annual meetings or workshops for agency and State personnel for maintaining partnership agreement and grant expertise. • Terminates grants and agreements as the situation dictates. Closes out grants and agreements within the established closeout procedures. Qualifications: In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-12 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Specialized experience is defined as 2 or more of the following: Monitoring conventional grant or cooperative agreements to assess compliance with regulatory, policy, and reporting requirements, such as monitoring long-established formula grants to ensure compliance with award provisions and to track financial performance trends; and/or performing standard grants or agreement administration tasks, such as independently conducting standard grant close-out processes, including the preparation of final assessments of compliance with statutory and agency requirements for disposition of property, financial and accounting reconciliation, and resolution of any adverse audit findings; and/or applying new or modified work methods in performing conventional grant and/or cooperative agreement pre-award tasks, such as generating grant solicitations, identifying potential negotiation strategies, and making recommendations to resolve problems. 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. View the full announcement and apply on USAJOBS.gov.