Vacancy Summary

Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Ability to provide advice and guidance on the criminal justice pretrial and adjudications and related behavioral health and violent crime processes, Standard Operating Procedures, and grants and cooperative agreement policies.

Ability to supervise.

Ability to communicate in writing in performing supervisory or leader work.

Ability to plan and execute work.

Ability to apply analytical methods and techniques in the identification and resolution of criminal justice adjudications and related behavioral health issues.

Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing in performing supervisory work.

MINIMUM FEDERAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Grade 14:

Qualifying experience for the GS-14 level includes one year of specialized experience at least equivalent to the GS-13 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Examples of experience include implementing and managing Federal grants and cooperative agreements, and providing grants-related assistance and services, such as developing and implementing grants/assistance management policies, procedures, and practices; performing final review of award deferral or disallowance recommendations to determine soundness and supportability of a proposed decision; and performing close-out actions for major grants/agreements after several years of work had been expended.

Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

Supervisory Grants Management Specialist (Adjudication), GS-1109-14

Announcement Number:	JP-23-005	Application Deadline:	11/14/2022
Locations:	Washington, Dist of Columbia	Open Date:	10/27/2022
Salary Range:	Min: 126233.0 - Max: 164102.0	Location Notes:
Pay Schedule:	Annual	Who May Apply:	US Citizens
Time Limit:	Permanent - No time limit	Promotion Potential:	14
Number of Vacancies:	1	Work Schedule:	Full Time

Agency Marketing Statement:

Duties:

This position is located in the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Policy Office, Courts, Communities and Strategic Partnerships team. The incumbent will serve as Supervisory Senior Policy Advisor, overseeing a team leading an active and broad portfolio of criminal court and adjudications projects with a focus on behavioral health and violent crime related collaborations and enhancing system integrity, including tribal justice programs.

Supervises a group of employees performing work at the GS-14 and 13 levels.
This position is located in the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Policy Office, Courts, Communities and Strategic Partnerships team. The incumbent will serve as Supervisory Senior Policy Advisor, overseeing a team leading an active and broad portfolio of criminal court and adjudications projects with a focus on behavioral health and violent crime related collaborations and enhancing system integrity, including tribal justice programs. Supervises a group of employees performing work at the GS-14 and 13 levels.
Leads a team of staff to evaluate and recommend action to decision makers on program plans, concept papers, abstracts, applications for funding, and related matters to support assessment of compliance with grant program requirements, relevance to issues and priorities, and contributions to the criminal justice pretrial and adjudications process and collaborations to address related behavioral health concerns. Negotiates technical aspects of criminal justice legal programs on the federal grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and inter-agency agreements to ensure the greatest potential for success and impact of vital adjudications, system integrity and collaborative public health-public safety partnerships. Oversees a team who lead the development of criminal justice legal and courts programs and collaborations with other partners to ensure program implementation.
Leads a team of staff to evaluate and recommend action to decision makers on program plans, concept papers, abstracts, applications for funding, and related matters to support assessment of compliance with grant program requirements, relevance to issues and priorities, and contributions to the criminal justice pretrial and adjudications process and collaborations to address related behavioral health concerns. Negotiates technical aspects of criminal justice legal programs on the federal grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and inter-agency agreements to ensure the greatest potential for success and impact of vital adjudications, system integrity and collaborative public health-public safety partnerships. Oversees a team who lead the development of criminal justice legal and courts programs and collaborations with other partners to ensure program implementation.
Provides leadership in coordinating the goals, objectives, and interests of the federal government's role in offering criminal justice grant program policy leadership and related cooperative agreement activities to state, tribal and local agencies and other criminal justice partners. Formulates innovative and/or comprehensive criminal justice pretrial and adjudications and related behavioral health and violent crime related work in planning strategies and program plans to accomplish agency-wide goals and objectives. Makes recommendations related to criminal justice work related to the adjudications process and related behavioral health collaborations, and long-range planning in connection with prospective changes in functions.
Provides leadership in coordinating the goals, objectives, and interests of the federal government's role in offering criminal justice grant program policy leadership and related cooperative agreement activities to state, tribal and local agencies and other criminal justice partners. Formulates innovative and/or comprehensive criminal justice pretrial and adjudications and related behavioral health and violent crime related work in planning strategies and program plans to accomplish agency-wide goals and objectives. Makes recommendations related to criminal justice work related to the adjudications process and related behavioral health collaborations, and long-range planning in connection with prospective changes in functions.
Leads a team that performs a variety of post-award grants and/or cooperative agreement management tasks including conducting post-award reviews and analyses to identify and resolve management, financial, and administrative issues; providing training, technical assistance, oversight, ethics advice, expertise, and consultation to program officials, awardees, and recipients; establishing performance measures and monitoring and assessing awardee performance; and reviewing completed awards, making appropriate adjustments or disallowances. Processes close-outs of grants and/or agreements, ensuring compliance with programmatic, administrative, and fiscal requirements of relevant statutes, regulations, policies, guidelines, and with grantee stated objectives, and the applicable implementation plan.
Leads a team that performs a variety of post-award grants and/or cooperative agreement management tasks including conducting post-award reviews and analyses to identify and resolve management, financial, and administrative issues; providing training, technical assistance, oversight, ethics advice, expertise, and consultation to program officials, awardees, and recipients; establishing performance measures and monitoring and assessing awardee performance; and reviewing completed awards, making appropriate adjustments or disallowances. Processes close-outs of grants and/or agreements, ensuring compliance with programmatic, administrative, and fiscal requirements of relevant statutes, regulations, policies, guidelines, and with grantee stated objectives, and the applicable implementation plan.
Leads a team that researches and prepares analysis on criminal justice program issues, providing expert guidance or analysis in criminal justice legal, violent crime and behavioral health policy work. Represents the organization in developing and maintaining effective relationships with national, state, tribal, and local experts, administrators, high-level officials, policy makers, and planners. Serves as a BJA representative in criminal justice legal and courts programs on agency or inter-agency task forces whose members include high-level DOJ officials and other executive branch representatives. Provides inter-agency liaison services to federal agencies providing specific support and services in the criminal justice pretrial and adjudications process and collaborations to address related behavioral health and violent crime related work.

Leads a team that provides expert criminal justice advice and guidance on broad grant and/or cooperative agreement-related projects and programs with impact on major agency criminal justice pretrial adjudications and related behavioral health and violent crime related programs. Develops and/or reviews criminal justice program materials, such as program and strategic plans, solicitation content and budget recommendations, justification and program assessment of outcomes addressing BJA program priorities. Prepares analytical reports, memorandum, concept papers, budget documents and other types of written responses that are disseminated to internal and external audiences to include various practitioner groups, researchers, Congressional committees, and the general public.
Leads a team that researches and prepares analysis on criminal justice program issues, providing expert guidance or analysis in criminal justice legal, violent crime and behavioral health policy work. Represents the organization in developing and maintaining effective relationships with national, state, tribal, and local experts, administrators, high-level officials, policy makers, and planners. Serves as a BJA representative in criminal justice legal and courts programs on agency or inter-agency task forces whose members include high-level DOJ officials and other executive branch representatives. Provides inter-agency liaison services to federal agencies providing specific support and services in the criminal justice pretrial and adjudications process and collaborations to address related behavioral health and violent crime related work. Leads a team that provides expert criminal justice advice and guidance on broad grant and/or cooperative agreement-related projects and programs with impact on major agency criminal justice pretrial adjudications and related behavioral health and violent crime related programs. Develops and/or reviews criminal justice program materials, such as program and strategic plans, solicitation content and budget recommendations, justification and program assessment of outcomes addressing BJA program priorities. Prepares analytical reports, memorandum, concept papers, budget documents and other types of written responses that are disseminated to internal and external audiences to include various practitioner groups, researchers, Congressional committees, and the general public.