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

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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 morediscretionary 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 History and Culture, Native American, or 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, 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.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• If not previously completed, a background security investigation will be required for all appointees. Appointment will be subject to the
  applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the
  DHS "E-Verify" System
• Relocation expenses will not be authorized.
• Resume and supporting documents (see Required Documents).
• Status candidates must meet all qualification requirements, to include time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment, and specialized
  experience by the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Your resume must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from receiving further consideration. In order to minimally qualify at the GS-13 grade level, applicants must meet the below experience requirements:

You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. Specialized experience is defined as: (1) knowledge of the purpose and values of museums within communities and the roles and responsibilities and functions of museum staff in order to analyze trends, best practices or developments related to funding opportunities; (2) knowledge or experience with interpreting grants management laws, policies, and procedures to provide counseling to external and internal stakeholders; (3) knowledge or experience with reviewing and awarding grants and administering awards for grants and cooperative agreements; (4) experience or skill in leveraging the expertise of and building cooperative relationships with external stakeholders in various organizations/fields (e.g. subject-matter specialists in African American museums, Latino-American museums, Native American museums or other museum disciplines) to develop contacts and provide program-related information.

NOTE:

1. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

2. 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.

3. Your resume and application materials should demonstrate that you possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs). Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application or resume how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified in the specialized experience definition. Cite specific examples of experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write, "See resume" in your application.

4. Your resume must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from receiving further consideration.

Education

Education is not a substitute for specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level.

Additional information

Status candidates must meet all qualification requirements, to include time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment, and specialized experience by the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position

This position is also being announced to applicants eligible to apply through Delegated Examining procedures, vacancy announcement:

Positions Filled Statement: The Institute of Museum and Library Services has the flexibility to hire additional people beyond the number of vacancies listed in the "Locations" section from the pool of applicants to this announcement.

HIRING INCENTIVES:

• Eligible for Student Loan Repayment Program
• Eligible for Tuition Assistance Program
• This position is telework eligible

Bargaining Unit Covered Position:

This position is in the bargaining unit represented by AFGE Local 3403.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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