This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), with 10 vacancies in San Diego, CA; Miami, FL; Saint Petersburg, FL; Honolulu, HI; Boise, ID; Silver Spring, MD; Pascagoula, MS; Beaufort, NC; Portland, OR; Galveston, TX; Lacey, WA; Seattle, WA; or Juneau, AK.
As a Grants Management Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Assist with the evaluation, negotiation, and execution of grant and cooperative agreement applications. Apply grant management policies, procedures, guidelines, protocols, and requirements in relation to pre- and post- awarded grants. Assist with drafting proposals used for the negotiation, and selection process with legal and grant management staff and program managers.
Coordinate with other federal agencies and non-government organizations. Provide advice and coordinate technical assistance on matters of partnership agreements, including but not limited to cooperative agreements, cost-share agreements, participating agreements, collection agreements, and memoranda of understanding. Oversee the reporting of expenditures to ensure compliance with Federal government fiscal and administrative policies and regulations.
Assist with the review and evaluation of grant applicants to ensure adherence to grants management guidelines and requirements, and to ensure the selection of grantees with maximum potential for success. This position will be filled under the DOC Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). This system replaced the Federal GS pay plan and structure. Under CAPS, positions are classified by career, pay plan, and pay band. The ZA-2 is equivalent to the GS-07/09.
If selected for non-competitive conversion to a permanent or term position, this position has promotion potential to the ZA-3, which is equivalent to the GS-11/12.
College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), name of accredited institution, course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume.
You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken. Note: Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work.
An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty. Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation.
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This position is with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
The posted pay range is $50460 – $101097/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-09-08.
There are 10 openings for this position.
This is a Up to 32 Hours Per Week. position.
This position is open under the 'Graduates' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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