Grants Management Specialist

This position is located at Corporal Michael J Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Research Service, VISN 4, Philadelphia, PA. The incumbent will be responsible for the awarding and administering of well-defined grants cooperative agreements and other assistance awards. Applying financial, administrative, business and negotiation procedures and established policies/processes in the evaluation and execution of awards.

Duties include and not limited to the following:

* Oversees reviews, analyzes, and evaluates grants/assistance program applications, plans, and estimates.

* Negotiates terms and conditions of well-defined awards to include costs, schedules, and oversight responsibilities; preparing, processing, issuing and tracking grants/assistance awards, and compliance with reporting requirements.

* Conducts program evaluation, including monitoring and assessing awardee performance, and establishing performance measures; monitoring, assessing and ensuring awardee complies with all terms and conditions of award.

* Initiates and/or recommends that an audit be performed; conducts resolution of audit findings or monitor audit resolution in partnership with resolution officials; conducting post-award reviews and analyses to identify management financial and administrative issues.

* Serve as a liaison with external customers, recipients and awardee community to clarify, interpret and resolve issues.

* Performs the final review of completed awards, making appropriate adjustments or disallowances, and processing close-outs; and ensuring compliance with all regulatory and legal requirements.

* Implements and interprets grants/assistance management policies, procedures, and practices.

* Provides training technical assistance, oversight, ethics, advice, expertise, and consultation to program offices, awardees, review panels, applicants, recipients, and sub-recipients as needed.

Work Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#:
Grants Management Specialist/PD06257O

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI):
Not Approved

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized