Duties
- Assists in the administration of humanities grant programs. The incumbent monitors the office's program budgets, allocations, and obligations. This includes creating and maintaining systems to track the certification of third-party gifts and related release of federal matching funds across multiple grant programs as well as analyzing important statistics about applications and grants.
- Provides guidance and disseminates information on humanities grant programs. The incumbent responds to inquiries and provides information via email, video calls, and telephone to potential applicants regarding grant programs, application details, and related general questions.
- Participates in the administration of humanities grant applications. This includes work in examining proposals and applications for sufficiency of information provided. The incumbent assists Humanities Administrators with peer review panels and provides support to panelists.
- Assists managers and Humanities Administrators in other administrative and technical areas. Creates detailed reports, press releases, papers, and memoranda and makes recommendations to promote greater efficiency and effectiveness of the office's programs, administration, and recordkeeping. Assists in the evaluation of projects, programs, and administrative tasks. Prepares abstracts of grant applications.
- Uses electronic tools to promote grant programs and writes content for public audiences. This includes using tools such as databases, spreadsheets, websites, content management systems, search engines, blogs, and social media to increase workflow effectiveness, efficient procedures, and program promotion. Develops written content about the office's programs and grants for the agency blog, social media, newsletter, press releases, reports, and other needs.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- U.S. Citizen
- Relevant experience and/or education
- Favorable background investigation
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with the Selective Service
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying.
At The GS- 11 Level Qualified Candidates Must Possess
1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS- 9 level; or a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or a combination of education and specialized experience. or equivalent experience.
Specialized experience is experience which is directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, for example: experience participating in the administration of grant programs including monitoring programs, financial transactions, budget allocations, and obligations; applying analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to conduct research and utilize databases to prepare reports and statistical data; ensuring compliance with grant rules and regulations; experience at a cultural nonprofit institution or organization (for example, museum, library, archive, or humanities center), working in development, fundraising, capital campaigns, or donor relations.
Skills
As part of the online application process you will need to respond to a series of questions designed to assess your possession of the following knowledge, skills, abilities, and/or competencies:
- Administration and Management
- Computer Skills
- Financial Systems
- Oral Communication
- Technical Competence
- Writing
Education
N/A
Additional Information
- If you are an eligible Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant you may apply for special selection over other candidates for this position. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated at 85 or above on the rating criteria for this position. ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separation notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separation; an agency certification that you cannot be placed after injury compensation has been terminated; an OPM notification that your disability annuity has been terminated; OR a Military Department or National Guard Bureau notification that you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456.
- If you are a veteran with preference eligibility and you are claiming 5-point veterans' preference, you must attach a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility. If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you must attach an SF-15, "Application for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof required by that form.
- If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/59 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
- You can apply for a non-competitive appointment if you meet the basic eligibility requirements and you are eligible for special appointment such as those authorized for the severely disabled; certain Vietnam era and disabled veterans; returned volunteers from the Peace Corps or Vista, etc. Please indicate the type of special appointment you are seeking, if any, on your application and follow all other instructions for applying shown in this announcement.
- All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review in our office, in other Federal agency personnel offices, and on OPM's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards
- This position may require completion of a 1-year probationary period.
- The salary range above reflects the Washington DC Locality pay, salary may be adjusted based on the negotiated location upon selection.