Grants Management Specialist - Atlanta, GA

Join the team who values your skills and expertise. Cherokee Nation Operational Solutions (CNOS) provides professional services and innovative products to federal and commercial clients. CNOS helps you make the most of your skills by taking a personalized approach to solving clients' toughest challenges. This approach gives customers the support they deserve and the quality they expect from a team that can handle every detail – a team of experts, like you.

Cherokee Nation Operational Solutions is part of Cherokee Federal – a team of tribally owned federal contracting companies focused on building solutions, solving complex challenges, and serving the nation’s mission around the globe for more than 60 federal clients. For more information, visit cherokee-federal.com .

SUMMARY

Support the overall operational objectives of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Financial Services, Office of Grants Services.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Includes the following:

• Performs grant/cooperative agreement pre-award functions such as planning with sponsoring program offices, reviewing and providing comments on draft funding opportunity announcements, reviewing grantee applications, participating in objective review panels, conducting budget discussions with grantees, preparing pre-award and award documents, and providing advice and assistance to CIO program officials and applicants on the grant/cooperative agreement award process.
  • New grant awards, completed within 30 days from receipt of funding package.
  • Continuation and supplemental awards, completed within 30 days from receipt of funding package.
• Performs grant/cooperative agreement post-award functions such as processing continuations, supplemental requests, carryover requests, redirections, lifting restrictions, administrative actions, etc. Monitor and review progress reports, financial status reports, and annual audits.
  • Post-award actions (carryovers, redirections, lifting restrictions, etc.) completed within 30 days from assignment.
• Performs the full range of closeout functions for expired awards.
• Independently researches applicable regulations, policies, and guidance documents for grants management issues (pre-award, post-award, allowable costs, audits, etc.).
• Provides advice and assistance to program officials and grantees on grant/cooperative agreement administration issues.
• Attends meetings associated with assigned grants/cooperative agreements. Attend meetings/trainings associated with grants management responsibilities.
• Responds to data calls, email, telephone, and written communication promptly
• Responds to email and telephonic inquires promptly and within a reasonable period of time
• Responds to written communication with 3 business days.
• Performs various day-to-day administrative clerical duties as required in support of the grants/CoAgs, closeout and subcontracts functions including the maintenance of files, generation of required correspondence and special projects as assigned of the Agency.
• Gathers, compiles, copies, organizes, and files grantee files, including accounting and financial data.
• Follows established procedures for cataloging, storing, and retrieving material.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
  

SUPERVISORY/MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

No supervisory/management authority.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelors with 3 years’ experience in Grant management. Completion of a formal grants management training program certificate strongly preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Familiarity with Grants Solutions and Grants Management Module.
• Plain Language writing experience preferred.
• Strong organizational skills; ability to coordinate and perform multiple tasks concurrently.
• Previous experience with CDC programs, policies, and procedures highly desired.
• Successfully pass a federal background check and a drug screen
• Cherokee Federal employees are included as covered employees in U.S. Presidential Executive Order 14042, which mandates Covid vaccines for federal contractors. Executive Order 14042 is currently blocked from enforcement pending court proceedings. Therefore, Cherokee Federal is halting the application of the mandate; however, if the injunction is lifted, Cherokee Federal will restore administration of the vaccine requirement.
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT

ABOUT THE TEAM

Cherokee Federal is a division of Cherokee Nation Businesses, the economic engine of Cherokee Nation, the largest Native American tribe in the U.S. As a trusted partner, the Cherokee Federal team of companies manages nearly 2,000 projects of all sizes across the construction, engineering and manufacturing and mission solutions portfolios – ranging from advanced data analytics and telehealth to cybersecurity, cloud and logistics.

Since 2012, our team of companies has won $6 billion in government contracts and completed more than 5,300 federal missions. Our 3,600+ employees work in 20+ countries, 50 states and 2 U.S. territories.

Why Cherokee Federal? Visit cherokee-federal.com to learn why you should join our team!

Compliance

Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and we prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status or for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing compensation. . If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please copy and paste the links to the following two sites: https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf and https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/ofccp_eeo_supplement_final_jrf_qa_508c.pdf

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may e-mail CNB.Compliance@cn-bus.com for assistance. This email address is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the application process or status. Please do not send email request pertaining to recruiting as this email box is not for resumes or follow up on job applications.

For Pay Transparency Non Discrimination provision, please copy and paste the following link : https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf

We maintain an Affirmative Action Plan for proactively seeking employment and advancement for qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Upon request, we will schedule time Tuesdays – Thursdays from 10:00am – 2:00pm CST to make applicable Affirmative Action Plans accessible. Please submit a written request with the email subject line: 2021 Request to View Affirmative Action Plan to the Compliance Administrator at CNB.Compliance@cn-bus.com .

Please do not send email for job application follow-up or staffing advertisement/request pertaining to recruiting as this email box is not for resumes or job applications.

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