Lead Grants Evaluation Specialist

** Lead Grants Evaluation Specialist (Team Leader)**

**Department of Housing and Urban Development**

**Location**

1 vacancy in the following location:

+ ** Clarification from the agency**

U.S. citizens or U.S. Nationals; no prior Federal experience is required.

**Duties**

As a Lead Grants Evaluation Specialist, you will:

* Serves as Team Leader to AO Grants Evaluation Division and utilizes a wide variety of coordinating, coaching, facilitating, consensus-building and planning techniques to assist the AO Division Team in completing assigned tasks:

* Ensures ONAP's strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated to the team and integrated into team strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products.

* Articulates and communicates team assignments, potential program issues/problems to be addressed, project milestones, and deadlines and time frames for completion.

**Requirements**

** Conditions of Employment**

The official duty station for this position will be in Phoenix, AZ. Failure to report to duty at this location may be grounds for a disciplinary action, including removal.

**Key Requirements:**

- Please refer to "Conditions of Employment."

- Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National

** Qualifications**

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

**Specialized Experience:** For the **GS-13**, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the **GS-12** grade level in the Federal service**. Specialized Experience** for this position includes:

**-analyzing, evaluating and recommending solutions to policy and program issues; AND

-reviewing grant applications and providing on-going technical assistance and training to grant recipients on program related issues; AND

-leading and/or guiding a team of employees and monitoring their progress towards achieving program goals and objectives.**

Experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or **.** One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

**Education**

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

**Additional information**

**OTHER INFORMATION:**

* We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.

* Relocation expenses will not be paid.

* Relocation incentive will not be paid.

* Recruitment incentive will not be paid.

* This is a **bargaining** unit position.

* This position is **Non-Exempt** from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

* HUD offers alternative and flexible work schedules.

**CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:**

* A one year probationary period may be required.

* Must successfully complete a background investigation.

* Public Trust - Background Investigation will be required.

* Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.

* Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.

* If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.

* Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form i-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.

All new and current Federal employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 22, 2021, unless they are eligible and approved for limited legal exemptions for medical or religious accommodation. Employees will be considered for COVID-19 2 weeks after they have received the requisite number of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine that has been approved or authorized for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or that has been listed for emergency use by the World Health Organization.

Deadlines to receive vaccine doses to meet the November 22, 2021, are listed below:

* If receiving the **Moderna** COVID-19 Vaccine, the deadlines are as follows:

+ **first dose by October 11, 2021**, and

+ **second dose by November 8, 2021**

* If receiving the **Pfizer-BioNTech** COVID-19 Vaccine, the deadlines are as follows:

+ **first dose is October 18, 2021,** and

+ **second dose is November 8, 2021**

* If receiving the **Johnson and Johnson** COVID-19 Vaccine, the deadlines are as follows:

+ **first and only dose is November 8, 2021**

HUD employees are subject to a number of government-wide and HUD specific ethics laws and regulations, including restrictions on working in a real estate related business, and having Section 8 tenants, along with other prohibited interests and activities. To review applicable ethics rules and HUD specific restrictions, please visit .

* **Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.**

* A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application includes your rsum, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your rsum includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your rsum may result in a "not qualified" determination.

**Rating**: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Communication, Technical, Interpersonal Skills, and Leadership.

Category rating will be used to rank and select eligible candidates. If qualified, you will be assigned to one of three quality level categories: **Best Qualified**, **Better Qualified**, and **Qualified (Good)** depending on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, and training related to this position. Your rating may be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.

Veterans' preference is applied after applicants are assessed. Preference-eligibles will be listed at the top of their assigned category and considered before non-preference-eligibles in that category.

Qualified preference-eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more will be listed at the top of the highest category.

**Referral**: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview.

If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the ) you must receive a rating of at least 84 out of 100 to be rated as "well qualified" to receive special selection priority. A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

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