Supervisory Grants Management Specialist

Summary

You will serve as a Supervisory Grants Management Specialist in the Agreement Services Center, providing leadership and guidance to the staff and technical expertise to the Agreements Services Branch Chief and APHIS Programs.

Duties

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Serve as liaison between the Government and awardee organization to clarify, interpret, and resolve issues.
• Provides and/or oversees training, technical assistance, oversight, ethics advice, expertise, and consultation to program officials, awardees, customers, review panels, applicants, recipients, and sub-recipients as needed.
• Design, develop, implement, and interpret grant/assistance management policies, procedures, and practices.
• Monitor and assess awardee performance and compliance with all terms and conditions of award and against established performance measures.
• Initiate, plan, and conduct surveys and studies to recommend changes to policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Conduct risk assessments and business reviews, and review and evaluate adequacy of grant/assistance policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. TIME-IN-GRADE: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. FOR THE GS-13 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-12 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates: Expert-level mastery of Federal financial assistance laws, regulations, and authorities. Including 2 CFR, Appropriations Law, and statutory requirements governing cooperative agreements, grants, reimbursable agreements, and related financial instruments. Technical authority in developing, interpreting, and implementing financial assistance policy, including creation of agency-wide guidelines, operational procedures, overhead rate methodologies, and compliance frameworks for Federal financial assistance. Specialized proficiency in negotiating, administering, and evaluating complex agreements (cooperative agreements, MOUs, reimbursable agreements, mutual interest agreements), including full-cost recovery, statutory compliance, renewal/amendment processes, and multi-entity coordination (States, universities, industry, Federal partners). High-level liaison and advisory skill with Departmental level entities, requiring the ability to analyze issues, interpret and resolve policy conflicts, and represent APHIS in technical matters. Oversees daily team operations by assigning tasks, setting schedules, and monitoring workflows, while providing clear guidance and reviewing work to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to organizational standards. Note: There is no education substitution for this grade level. 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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

How to apply

Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00a.m. - 4:00p.m., Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement in order to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resume cannot exceed two pages. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this. Step 1: Create a USAJOBS account (if you do not already have one) at www.usajobs.gov. It is recommended that as part of your profile you set up automatic email notification to be informed when the status of your application changes. If you choose not to set up this automatic notification, then you will have to log into your USAJOBS account to check on the status of your application. Step 2: Create a Resume with USAJOBS or upload a Resume into your USAJOBS account. You may want to customize your resume to ensure it documents duties and accomplishments you have gained that are directly related to this position in order to verify that qualifications are met. In addition, your resume must support your responses to the online questionnaire (you may preview the online questionnaire by clicking on the link at the end of the How You Will Be Evaluated section of the job announcement). Step 3: Click "Apply Online" and follow the prompts to complete the Occupational Questionnaire and attach any additional documents that may be required. You can update your application or documents anytime while the announcement is open. Simply log into your USAJOBS account and click on "Application Status." Click on the position title, and then select "Update Application" to continue. NOTE: Please verify that documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Only one resume will be reviewed. Applicants who submit a resume that exceeds two pages will be removed from consideration.