Senior Program Specialist
Location
Alexandria, VA
Job Type
Full-time
Category
other-general
Posted
June 15, 2026
401 Dulany St, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA | Full Time
Functional Responsibility: The Senior Program Support Specialist is a senior level position that provides leadership to the more junior Program Specialists in their daily logistical and programmatic support to the NSF to facilitate the peer review process. The contractor will
work closely with assigned NSF Program Directors to identify technical and commercial experts to participate on scientific review panels and provide feedback on grant proposals. The Program Support Specialist will enter key data into NSF systems, create and manage all
supporting documents for their assigned review panels, and assist the Program Director(s) by reviewing proposal budgets and drafting the review analyses required to support the eventual NSF award or decline decision for each proposal. In addition to facilitating the peer
review process, the Program Support Specialist-II will provide other administrative and technic...
Functional Responsibility: The Senior Program Support Specialist is a senior level position that provides leadership to the more junior Program Specialists in their daily logistical and programmatic support to the NSF to facilitate the peer review process. The contractor will
work closely with assigned NSF Program Directors to identify technical and commercial experts to participate on scientific review panels and provide feedback on grant proposals. The Program Support Specialist will enter key data into NSF systems, create and manage all
supporting documents for their assigned review panels, and assist the Program Director(s) by reviewing proposal budgets and drafting the review analyses required to support the eventual NSF award or decline decision for each proposal. In addition to facilitating the peer
review process, the Program Support Specialist-II will provide other administrative and technic...