JOB SUMMARY: This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing (GOMO) with one vacancy in Silver Spring, MD. MAJOR DUTIES: As a Grants Management Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Develop comprehensive grant management system of policies, procedures, guidelines, protocols and requirements. Oversee and provide technical guidance on the pre-award, award, and post-award closeout process and formulate, draft, review, and finalize program solicitation, announcements, and appropriate proposal generating mechanisms. Advise internal and external officials, developing partnerships with other federal agencies and non-government organizations. Provide professional expertise and assistance to the supervisor in the administration and management of contracts and grants performing oversight and monitoring duties and responsibilities. Conduct analysis of grants funding and obligation data. Coordinate national programs and operations in support of competitive and non-competitive grant programs and cooperative agreements. Analyze policy issues and budget estimates for allowability, reasonableness, and consistency. Track, review, and analyze all pre- and post-award financial reports, expenditure reports, and correspondence, and identify actual and potential financial or administrative problems. Advise lower level specialists on work assignments, and facilitate reviews, audits, and established quality assurance practices. Monitor and assess awardee performance, and establish performance measures. Maintain knowledge of relevant grants management statutory requirements, regulations, policies, and procedures such as Executive Orders, Code of Federal Regulations, OMB Circulars and recognize areas where changes in regulations and policies may affect the process used by the organization to award and administer grants and agreements. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.