Grants Program and Systems Analyst - NASA HQ
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Business analysis
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Individual must meet government NAC and citizenship/permanent residency requirements for access to NASA GSFC. Extensive background investigation will be performed as a requirement of the job. Some tra
- Education and Experience:
- Minimum experience: 3–5 years of experience in Federal grants, cooperative agreements, and Federal financial assistance policy, or related policy roles. Preferred experience: 5–7+ years in grants mana
- NSPIRES Grants.gov SAM.gov Advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) National Institutes of Health’s eRA Commons is a plus
Full description
ASRC Federal AFSS is a premier provider of systems engineering, software engineering, system integration and project management services for real-time, mission-critical defense systems. We are seeking a Senior Project Support / Grants Program and Systems Analyst to provide expert level support to a NASA contract in Washington DC.
Job Description:
The Grants Program and Systems Analyst provides professional support services to NASA’s Office of Procurement (OP), specifically within the Procurement and Grants Policy Division (PGPD), Grant Operations Management (GOM). The role supports NASA’s enterprise-wide grants and cooperative agreement functions, including NASA guidance development, training development, and communications.
Work Environment and Requirements
Work is performed onsite at NASA Headquarters and Goddard Space Flight Center.
Occasional travel may be required
Normal NASA security requirements apply.
Responsibilities:
Federal Policy Monitoring and Analysis
Monitor Federal-wide policy changes from Executive Orders, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), U.S. Department of Treasury, General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and interagency councils.
Identify relevance and impacts to NASA grants and cooperative agreements.
Assist in conducting detailed impact analyses and map changes to NASA guidance, practices, systems, templates, and workflows.
Assist with adoption recommendations, implementation plans, and change-management artifacts (FAQs, briefings).
Collaborate to translate evolving grants management regulations and business requirements into detailed functional requirements, user stories, business rules, and system change requests for implementation within enterprise grants management systems.
Grants Management Systems
Partner with stakeholders to define, prioritize, validate, and implement enhancements that ensure grants management systems remain compliant with changing federal requirements.
Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of grants management system change requests, including requirements gathering, documentation, stakeholder coordination, impact analysis, prioritization, user acceptance testing, implementation tracking, and post-deployment validation.
Monitor and report the status of system enhancement requests, providing executive-level updates on implementation progress, milestone completion, outstanding risks, and anticipated impacts to operations.
Policy Interpretation and Guidance
Interpret, apply, and advise on federal assistance regulations to ensure agency-wide compliance and effective oversight.