Grants Management Specialist

Allegheny Science & Technology (AST) is looking for a Grants Management Specialist to support our Department of Energy (DOE) customer in supporting the following activities: monitor, analyze and implement actions on the reporting of selectee/awardee/applicant and Program activities based on Departmental accounting systems, and other Departmental records, Treasury reports, and private sector data sources.

Position Responsibilities:

• Direct experience with federal financial assistance (grants and cooperative agreements) including administration activities during the pre-award, active, closeout and auditing stages

• Possess knowledge of applicable laws, regulations and policies to ensure compliance.

• Acquire current data for insertion into the relevant databases and supports the tracking of project-level milestones.

• Respond to and validate data requests for appropriate federal, laboratory and/or schedule contractor personnel.

• Assist in incentive/project planning: developing workflows, defining process requirements, and tasks assignments.

• Assist the Federal staff with oversight, monitoring, and progress assessment of program activities.

• Review documentation in the field and highlights critical issues for the federal staff to address and report.

• Develop and contribute to technical communications (reports, white papers, fact sheets, research summaries, briefings).

• Participate in and take detailed notes for negotiation meetings with selectees.

• Build and load applicant profiles into software database.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with at least 3-5 years of experience in Business or related field.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (specific callout: intermediate-advance knowledge of Excel).

• Previous experience utilizing automated tools to extract data.

• Previous experience maintaining databases and data systems.

• Previous experience translating data into trends, patterns, and predictions (ability to reorganize data in a digestible format, e.g., tables, charts, pivot tables, etc.).

• Previous experience developing surveys with platforms such as Microsoft Forms.