This is an excepted service appointment under the NIH Pathways Recent Graduate Program. NIH Recent Graduates receive on-the-job training for one year and complete at least 40 hours of formal interactive training while in the program. Assignments are aimed at developing the employees' skills and knowledge to progressively perform more difficult duties.
As a Recent Graduate (Grants Management Specialist) your typical work assignments may include: Participating in the planning and business management of assigned grants and renewal applications. Assisting higher-level specialists in carrying out a variety of tasked related to reviewing proposals in a limited range of areas, using a variety of standard guidelines. Coordinating simple funding actions that begin the grants/agreements awards process.
Researching numerous criteria, laws, rules, and regulations to determine what is legal and applicable in formulating agreements. Evaluating budget justifications and financials arrangements. Providing assistance in the administration of the portfolio including setting appropriate work priorities.
Ensuring compliance with terms and conditions of grants/agreements and monitor assigned program allowances to track the pace of expenditures and prevent lapse of funds or over expenditures. Contributing to the initiation, refinement, and implementation of applicable policies and procedural guidance.
You must submit a copy of your transcripts. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package; however, official transcripts will be required prior to receiving an official offer. Please note that unofficial transcripts attached to the application must reflect that the degree or certificate has been awarded or conferred. The date that the degree was awarded or conferred must meet the program criteria at the time of application.
Applicants must have graduated with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. We do not round the GPA. All documents must be received at the time of application. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organization's interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S.
education programs) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S. Department of Education webpage on the Click here for information on Foreign Education.
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This position is with National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.
The posted pay range is $70623 – $91815/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-30.
This position is open under the 'Graduates' hiring path.
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