Federal Grants Management Specialist remote job
The Federal Grants Management Specialist job is a remote contract role for US-based people who have run federal, state or local grant programs. You would draft funding notices, score applications, write monitoring findings and check AI-generated grants output against federal requirements such as 2 CFR Part 200.
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Role facts, as shown on the listing
- Pay
- $60–$85 per hour
- Taken from the listing's pay field; the written description does not repeat a rate.
- Our arithmetic on the listed ranges: the midpoint here is $72.50 an hour, tied for the fourth highest of the 11 Federal government roles on this site; midpoints there run from $40 to $92.50.
- Hours
- Not stated in the listing
- Location
- Remote, US only
- Contract
- Contractor
- Openings
- 10 (as listed)
- Listed
- 3 Nov 2026
- Checked
- 6 Nov 2026
- Field
- Federal Government
- Customer Service
- Teamwork
- Attention to Detail
- GS-1109
- Grant Management
What the work involves
- Draft funding announcements and Notices of Funding Opportunity, setting out objectives, eligibility, application instructions and evaluation criteria.
- Review and score grant applications for eligibility, project merit and budget justification.
- Write formal monitoring findings that name compliance deficiencies, evidence, regulations and corrective actions.
- Annotate applications, award documents, budgets and compliance reports to build training material, and judge AI output against rules such as 2 CFR Part 200 (Uniform Guidance).
- Develop grants management scenarios and reference answers for the pre-award, award and post-award stages.
Before you apply: what the listing asks for
Listed as preferred
- Professional experience in federal grants management, particularly GS-1109 positions or equivalent federal, state or local grant administration.
- Hands-on drafting of funding notices, scoring of applications and documenting of monitoring or audit findings.
- Strong knowledge of federal grants processes, compliance standards and reporting requirements.
- Excellent communication and a commitment to customer service in a remote setting; AI training or content review experience is a plus.
The listing sets no separate list of required qualifications.
Who this is not for
Not a fit if you are outside the US, since the location is given as remote, US only. The experience asked for is grant administration in government.
Questions about this role
Which regulation does the listing name?
2 CFR Part 200, the Uniform Guidance, for evaluating grants management output.
What does the Federal Grants Management Specialist job pay?
$60 to $85 per hour, taken from the listing's pay field. The description gives no rate or weekly hours.
Do I have to be a federal employee?
Not necessarily. The preferred experience is GS-1109 work or an equivalent federal, state or local government grant administration role.
Source: the role's job listing on micro1. Facts were checked on 6 Nov 2026; the description above is condensed and reworded by us. Confirm details on the original listing before you apply.