Job Posting: Recent Graduate (Grants Management Specialist)

Summary

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.

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.

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