Grants Monitor II, Workforce Development Programs

Position Location: 1000 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C. 20585

Role: Part Time; 20 hours per week

Hourly Rate: $55-$65 per hour

Work Environment: Remote

Travel Required: None

Position Summary:

The Grants Monitor II (GM II) will support the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of State and

Community Energy Programs (SCEP), Workforce Development programs. The SCEP workforce

portfolio prepares the energy efficiency and building electrification workforce through the Energy

Auditor Training Program, which funds states to train individuals to conduct energy audits of commercial

and residential buildings; the Career Skills Training Program, which funds nonprofit-led partnerships with

industry and labor organizations that pair classroom instruction with on-the-job training toward industry-

recognized certifications; the Building Training and Assessment Centers Program, which establishes

centers that train building technicians and engineers to deliver efficiency upgrades in commercial and

institutional buildings; and the State-Based Home Energy Efficiency Contractor Training Program, which

funds states to prepare the contractors who install residential efficiency and electrification upgrades.

The Grants Monitor II provides support in grants management to promote practices that are compliant

with applicable statutes, regulations, best practices, specific program emphases, and other organizational

objectives across the Workforce Development portfolio. The role supports both pre-award and post-award

functions and maintains a medium portfolio of awarded grants and cooperative agreements from award

through closeout.

Specific requirements and responsibilities include:

• Participate in pre-award application review to assess the responsiveness of applications against established submission requirements.
• Review the applicant's risk profile and past performance to advise on appropriate methods of constructing the selected applicants award package, and assign a monitoring profile accordingly.  
• Ensure that legal, regulatory, and policy issues are addressed by the selected awardees submissions in support of program requirements, budgetary requirements, and any other applicable requirements.
• Identify areas of risk or gaps in the grant application in accordance with 2 CFR 200 and 2 CFR 910, and address options to resolve the gaps.
• Conduct critical and thorough reviews of proposed budgets, including training delivery costs, participant support costs, and cost share, to ensure costs are reasonable, allowable, appropriate, allocable, and necessary.
• Ensure all review outcomes and funding recommendations are properly documented and filed prior to making an award.
• Maintain a medium portfolio of awarded grants and cooperative agreements and work with awardees to ensure all required reports and deliverables are submitted within the timeframe specified by the terms and conditions of the award, from award through closeout.
• Review and disseminate awardee deliverables to SCEP to ensure compliance with the technical, financial, and regulatory requirements of the agreement.
• Collaborate with the DOE/SCEP Operations team on budget matters and ensure organizational compliance with regulations for the assessment of payments.
• Assess grantee progress, deliverables, and milestones, including training enrollment, completion, and certification outcomes, and communicate relevant assessments to DOE/SCEP.
• Review and recommend action on awardee requests for adjustments in requirements, and assure all requirements stated in the agreement are met.
• Identify gaps in grant management policies, procedures, practices, and documentation, suggest feasible methods to address identified concerns, and work with management to implement improvement recommendations.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in business administration, public administration, or a related discipline. Four (4) years of relevant education/experience may substitute for the Bachelors degree.
• Minimum of five (5) or more years of related experience. A Masters degree may substitute for two (2) years.
• Demonstrated use of excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Effective understanding of Federal government agencies, State and local government offices, non-profits, Tribes, businesses, and contractors, as appropriate, to remain current on new initiatives, programs, grant requirements, and regulations.
• Working knowledge of grant and cooperative agreement pre-award functions, including application review, risk assessment, and budget review.
• Working knowledge of grant and cooperative agreement post-award functions, including deliverable review, progress monitoring, adjustment requests, and closeout.
• Ability to identify gaps in grant management policies, procedures, practices, and documentation and to recommend feasible improvements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing DOE grants and cooperative agreements.
• Experience supporting DOE workforce development, training, or apprenticeship programs.
• Experience supporting SCEP or the Department of Energy.
• Familiarity with DOE systems.