Grants Management Specialist

Duties

Provides advice and guidance to directors and program managers in all aspects of the grants and agreements to federal and non-federal agencies; state, local, and tribal governments; educational, non-profit, private, and corporate entities.

Provides advice and guidance on the administrative aspects of partnership agreements including cooperative, challenge cost-share, participating, collection, interagency, and service-wide memoranda of understanding.

Processes a full range of grant and agreement applications used to determine the selection of grant and agreement awards.

Provides interpretation of laws and regulations concerning use of Federal funds and qualifying program expenditures.

Determines appropriate legislative and program authority prior to execution of each grant or agreement.

Has full and final authority to negotiate grants and agreements within the limits of delegated authority, reviews all reimbursement requests for appropriateness, and processes payments.

Terminates grants and agreements as the situation dictates. Closes out grants and agreements within the established closeout procedures.

Performs supervisory duties 20% or less of the time.