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***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

Major Duties:

• Overseeing the R&D subcommittees.
• Pre-screens all protocols/projects prior to the official review.
• Acts as the SME and primary source to the official for guidance prior to formal approval.
• Works with the Bio-safety Committee, Clinical Research Workgroup (CRW), the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) and IACUC to develop procedures to meet regulations.
• Reviews all projects to determine the required approvals and provides on-site assistance to the investigators and their staff.
• Act as scientific, technical advisor and authority to Director of Research Operations(DRO) and Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) for Research and Development (R&D).
• Ensures that personnel meet the training and scope requirements for safety, animal, and human approval aspects of a specific project.
• Responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and interpreting expenditure report data of all approved funded grants are reported through R&D Information System (RDIS) and the national e-PROMISE database..
• Performs comparative analysis of Investigator expenditure history reports.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/security investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• May be required to serve a probationary period
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE: Possess least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-9) in the Federal Service that has given me the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of a Program Specialist, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes providing direct and indirect scientific and administrative support, in a hospital or academic Research environment, initiates actions to implement new policies and procedures based on granting and regulatory agency regulations, performs comparative analysis of expenditure history reports, pre-screens all protocols/projects prior to the official review, identifies disparities and communicates directly with the project owners, to validate and report all direct expenditures, and responsible for reviewing, analyzing and interpreting expenditure report data. NOTE: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week.
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EDUCATION SUBSTITUTION: Possess the successfully completed Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related, from an accredited college or university. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the Program Specialist position. NOTE: Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.
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COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Possess the equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education (beyond the second year) and specialized experience, as described above, which may be used to meet total experience requirements for this grade level. The education portion must include graduate courses that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the Program Specialist - Project Activations Specialist position and must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. NOTE: Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.


You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

• Communications
• Compliance
• Critical Thinking
• Project Management

How you will be evaluated

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

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

Your responses to the assessment questionnaire will be reviewed along with the information provided in your resume and supporting documentation to determine if you are qualified for the position. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your rating may be lowered and/or you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

Candidates who apply under All U.S. Citizens announcements will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. Qualified candidates will be assigned to a quality category. The categories are defined as follows:

• Best qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
• Highly qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the requirements of the job;
• Well qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the job; and
• Qualified - applicants possessing experience and/or education that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors.