Student Intern, Environmental Protection Agency, Grants Management Branch, Boston, MA

Posted November 2, 2022

DUTIES

You will:

• Provide support to higher graded specialists for procedural assignments of assistance agreements (grants, cooperative agreements and/or interagency agreements).
• Assist in the review of pre-award, award, and post-award grants management assignments, including maintenance of documents in the EPA Grant File System.
• Prepare, process, and track grants and/or assistance awards, and ensure compliance with reporting requirements.
• Research and review legal and regulatory material to obtain factual information for use by higher graded specialists.

You will spend more than 50% of your work time on contracts, grants/cooperative agreements, and/or interagency agreements.

REQUIREMENTS

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen.
• You must submit a resume and required documents–see How to Apply section.
• You must submit transcripts & proof of enrollment–see Required Documents.
• You must be age 16 or older.
• If you are selected, a written participant agreement must be signed.
• You may be required to travel less than 25% of each month.

This position is designated as Low Risk and requires a background investigation. Unless an appropriate background investigation is already on record with the Office of Personnel Management, you must undergo a background investigation. All conditions of the pre-employment security process must be met before an official letter of employment can be issued with a report for duty date.

You must have and maintain good academic standing as defined by your academic institution (typically a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0).

You must be enrolled at least half-time and maintain at least a half-time course load as defined by your academic institution (typically 6 undergraduate credit hours or 4.5 graduate credit hours per semester).

If you are selected, the entire period served under the Internship Program will be a trial period.

To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to E.O. 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.

Qualifications

In addition to the eligibility requirements for the Pathways Internship Program, Pathways Interns qualify for an initial appointment based on their educational achievements as described below:

To qualify for the GS-04 level, you need to have completed two full academic years of post-high school study or an associate’s degree.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The person selected will work between 16-20 hours per week, with an opportunity to work more hours during school breaks. The person selected will be required to spend some of their work time in the Boston, MA office. The vacancy closes on November 8^th or when we receive the 75^th application.

Part-time – This is a year-round part time position working 16-20 hours a week during the school year with the possibility of working additional hours during school breaks and summer.

For more information and the application, please visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/686894900