Grant Specialist(Telecom)

Role Title: Middle Mile Grants Merit Reviewers – TELECOM EXP

Position Details:

• Department of Commerce (DOC) Requirements for Merit Review
• The Department of Commerce (DOC) Grants and Cooperative Agreement Manual stipulates that the Merit Review process include “a thorough, consistent, and independent examination of an application based on pre-established criteria by persons knowledgeable in the field of endeavor for which support is requested. A merit review must be conducted by an impartial, objective, unbiased individual with the requisite expertise, knowledge, and experience in a technical field who can evaluate or assess a proposal for its value, quality, and likelihood of success. One who conducts a merit review must not have a conflict of interest, or the appearance of a conflict of interest, regarding any application under his or her review.”
• Minimum years of work exp: Two or more years of professional experience in a related industry (e.g., telecom, broadband infrastructure development/engineering, constructing/operating a broadband network, financial/budgetary analysis, and environmental permitting), preferably in the telecommunications industry. (A combination of experiences is not required)
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree
• Expertise, knowledge, and experience as demonstrated by one or more of the following:
• (Required) Technical understanding of one or more of the following areas relevant to the Middle Mile Program: broadband or telecommunications, telecommunications transport facilities, broadband network infrastructure, or other similar or related technical understandings
• (Preferred) Direct exposure to public grants (i.e., Federal, State, local, Tribal), including, but not limited to, policy development, execution, administration, etc.
• Additional qualifications: Middle Mile Grants Merit Reviewers will reveal any conflicts of interest (real or apparent) prior to conducting a merit review. NTIA will make assignments where there are no known conflicts of interest (real or apparent). Considerations will be given to factors such as:
• Potential conflicts (e.g., Merit Reviewers cannot review applications in the same grant program for which they have any prior work or contracting experience);
• Geographic location of the Merit Reviewers with respect to the location of the applications to be reviewed (e.g., a Merit Reviewer from Michigan will not be allowed to review an application from Michigan);
• An appearance of impairment of objectivity (e.g., because of other activities or relationships with other persons or entities, a person is unable or potentially unable to render impartial assistance or advice to the government); and
• Reviewer bandwidth and schedules.

Day-to-day Responsibilities:

• Conduct merit reviews for grant applications to evaluate technical viability and develop written insights and recommendations
• Use an online tool/checklist and user guide and follow prescribed steps to review and score applications and move them forward in the application review process
• Responsible for quality assurance practices and fostering completion and accuracy of tasks
• Attend all required trainings; all trainings and technology enablement will be provided by the project team
• Expected Deliverables: Will contribute to application reviews but not develop deliverables

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $25.00 – $28.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
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Experience:

• Grants, broadband infrastructure development: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote