Project Lead (Grants Management: Peer Review

Description

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Leidos is sourcing candidates to identify an experienced, energetic, and customer-focused project lead to join our grants management team supporting peer review activities for various federal grant-making agencies.

As a Project Lead, you will serve as the primary point of contact for discrete grant application peer review projects, manage the business process and logistics of the peer review, and coordinate resources to ensure deliverables are met accurately, efficiently, on schedule, and compliant with required standards and performance measures.

You will interface regularly with federal program managers, subject matter experts, and your resource team for various types of reviews both in-person and virtual.

This position requires strong leadership skills, a keen eye for detail, and excellent communication and organizational skills.

Our ideal candidate is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, enjoys frequent team interaction and collaboration, and loves to be challenged!

This is a full-time telework position but must be located in the Washington, DC-region for regular in-person meetings and for on-site support at hotels throughout the peer review season.

In this role, you will :

• Lead peer review projects and related tasks to successful completion while interfacing with government officials throughout all phases of the grant application review process from early pre-solicitation planning through post-peer review activities.
• Prepare and submit accurate and timely program-specific deliverables.
• Assist with logistics for various types of reviews, including in-person and virtual consensus reviews.
• Ensure responsibility for efficiently meeting project milestone and schedule targets.
• Identify, outreach, engage, and support subject matter experts throughout the peer review process, including coordinating assignments and monitoring work activities.
• Train and lead seasonal team members, including coordinating workloads, monitoring deliverables and deadlines, and ensuring compliance with processes, procedures, and regulations.
• Prepare, contribute, and participate in program kickoff and debriefing meetings, performance assessments, and program audits.
• Champion continuous improvement, quality assurance, system innovations, and audit-related initiatives and tasks.
• Lead and / or support special projects.

For this position, you must possess :

• Bachelor’s degree in related field with 2 plus years of experience (or Master’s Degree; or equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree).
• 3 years or more of grants management experience or related expertise.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication (verbally and in writing), time management, organizational, and customer service skills.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 tools, especially Excel and Word, and project collaboration tools.
• Obtain a government-issued Public Trust clearance prior to start.

Not required, but additional education, certifications, and / or experience will be considered a plus :

• Meeting or event management certification such as Certified Meeting Professional.
• Grants management certification such as Certified Grants Management Specialist.
• Experience in the criminal justice field.

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