Summary
The incumbent will participate in work involving Federal grants and cooperative agreements and provide grants-related assistance and services to both museum applicants and awardees. The incumbent carries substantial responsibility for direction and administration of assigned grant programs and works on all phases of grant application processing as well as the monitoring of awardee performance.
Duties
If selected for the Grants Management Specialist (Senior Program Officer) position, the incumbent will carry out substantial responsibility for one or more discretionary grant programs within the Office of Museum Services. These grant programs are often characterized by a high volume of potential applicants; a need for extensive outreach to potential applicants regarding the availability and requirements for grants; and a need to build and maintain a substantial network of professional contacts in the relevant professional communities. Typical work assignments will include but are not limited to the following: Manages complete cycles of one or more discretionary grant programs (e.g., the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture, Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture, Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services, or other agency grant programs), from the development of application guidelines through accepting applications, organizing peer review, making awards, monitoring grant-funded projects, and closing out grants. Educates potential applicants about the availability and requirements of grant programs through one-on-on counseling and group presentations. Builds and maintains a substantial network of professional contacts in various organizations (e.g., African American museums, American Latino museums, Native American Museums, or r related cultural heritage organizations institutions of higher education, and museum service organizations) for information sharing and peer reviewer recruitment. Serves various organizations (e.g., African American museums, American Latino museums, Native American museums or related cultural heritage organizations, institutions of higher education, and museum service organizations) as an expert and source of information about the agency's grant programs and the ways in which these grant programs may assist various organizations to serve their communities. Performs other duties as assigned.
Education
Education is not a substitute for specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level.
How you will be evaluated
This announcement uses the Rule of Many, Cut-off Score (Assessment-Based) mechanism method under 5 CFR § 332.402. IMLS will provide the selecting official with a sufficient number of names to consider at least three candidates per vacancy. If fewer than three eligible and available candidates per vacancy result, IMLS will expand the group in accordance with our pre-announced supplement strategy and OPM policy. The Rule of Many protects the rights of Veterans by adding to the passing score of candidates eligible for either 10-point or 5-point preference. Disabled veterans with a 10% or more service-connected disability are placed at the top of a certificate of eligibles regardless of score (except for General Schedule (GS) scientific and professional positions at GS-9 or above (or equivalent) grade levels). Veterans' preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent will be listed in the highest quality category (except in the case of scientific or professional positions at the GS-09 level or higher). Ties in ratings are broken by veterans' preference eligibility, that is, preference eligible candidates are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles within each rating. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the results of the USA Hire Competency Based Assessment required for this position. Please outline your experience and/or education for these competencies in your resume. You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Compliance Customer Service Grants Management Oral Communication If you are minimally qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the Occupational Questionnaire and the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job. Your application will then be rated and ranked. If you are found to be among the Best Qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. The Occupational Questionnaire will take you approximately 20 minutes to complete. To preview the Occupational Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13014136. The online USA Hire Competency Based Assessments will take up to 2 hours to complete. Applicants will have 48 hours from the date of application submission to complete the online questionnaire, and will be evaluated on the below-listed competencies: Attention to Detail Computer Skills Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Applicants will receive an email to complete the online questionnaire, if the minimum qualifications for the position are met. Please check your junk/spam email boxes to ensure receipt of the online questionnaire invitation.