Budget Analyst, GS-0560-09/11 FPL 12 (Recent Graduate)

Duties

APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 150 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 150th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first.

We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.

This is a Pathways Recent Graduates Program - Excepted Service Appointment.

The Recent Graduates Program affords developmental experiences in the Federal Government intended to promote possible careers in the civil service to individuals who have recently graduated from qualifying educational institutions or programs. To be eligible, applicants must apply within two years of degree or certificate completion (except for veterans precluded from doing so due to their military service obligation, who have up to six years after degree completion to apply). For additional information on the Pathways Program, please visit: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-authorities/students-recent-graduates/#url=graduates

This position may be non-competitively converted to a permanent position; however, conversions are not mandatory or guaranteed.

As a Budget Analyst, GS-0560, 9, you will be responsible for:

• Assisting in the preparation of budget estimates and justifications.
• Providing information and advice to program managers, budget contacts, and managers on how to formulate their budgets.
• Conducting reviews and edits of budget narrative materials.
• Researching and interpreting budgetary guidance.
• Ensuring data conforms to budget guidance and compiles information for its use in budget requests.
• Developing standard and ad hoc reports and queries.
• Assisting with monitoring spend plans to help inform budget formulation, uses reports to interpret spending trends.
  
  

As a Budget Analyst, GS-0560, 11, you will be responsible for:

• Analyzing Principal Office Component (POC) budgetary information for clarity and reasonableness.
• Performing trend analyses on prior year expenditures to inform budget formulation.
• Conducting reviews and edits budget narrative materials.
• Researching and interpreting budgetary guidance.
• Ensuring budget materials conform and comply to budget guidance and regulations.
• Coordinating and managing budgetary meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensuring meeting documents/reports are prepared accordingly, verifies data, develops notes and materials, provides necessary follow-up actions.
  
  

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a US Citizen or National to apply.
• Required to pass a background investigation and fingerprint check.
• Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov).
• Must sign a Pathways Programs Participant Agreement.
• A minimum one year trial period will be required.
  
  

You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. We will consider all qualifying experience, including any volunteer experience.

Conditions of Employment

TELEWORK ELIGIBILITY:

• You may be eligible for occasional telework in which you are required to report to the office on a regular basis. Participation must be requested and approved by the supervisor and there must be a signed telework agreement. The number of telework days approved is determined by the agency policy, emergency situations, the approval of your immediate supervisor. You must have access to high speed internet and cell phone service meeting current Agency policy from the approved work location.
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification Requirements

You may meet the minimum qualifications for the GS-09, if you possess the specialize experience, education, or a combination of the two.

Specialized Experience For The GS-9

One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-07 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments:

• Experience preparing budget estimates and justifications.
• Experience researching budget guidance and procedures; and applying to the budget process and work assignments.
• Experience using automated financial systems, spreadsheets, databases, and reporting software.
  
  

OR

EDUCATION (see EDUCATION SECTION of the vacancy announcement)

OR

A combination of both education and experience in which the total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities (KSAs)

The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement).

• Ability to prepare budget estimates and justifications.
• Ability to research budget guidance and procedures and apply to budget process and work assignments.
• Knowledge of financial systems, spreadsheets, databases, and reporting software.
  
  

Specialized Experience For The GS-11

One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-09 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments:

• Experience analyzing complex data to effectively defend budgetary needs.
• Experience researching budget guidance, and procedures; and applying to budget processes and work assignments.
• Experience in the preparation of communications both verbally and in writing, for external and internal stakeholders.
  
  

OR

EDUCATION (see EDUCATION SECTION of the vacancy announcement)

OR

A combination of both education and experience in which the total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities (KSAs)

The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement).

• Skill in analyzing complex data to effectively defend budgetary needs.
• Ability to research budget guidance and procedures; interpret and apply to the budget process and day-to-day work assignments.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
  
  

Education

You may meet the minimum qualifications of this position by meeting the following education options.

(GS-9)

Two years of graduate education (beyond a bachelor's degree).

or

A master's degree or equivalent degree

or

LL.B. or J.D., if related

or

A combination of specialized experience and education that when taken as a percentage of the required education and experience total 100% or more.

(GS-11)

Ph.D.

or

equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related

or

A combination of specialized experience and education that when taken as a percentage of the required education and experience total 100% or more.

Foreign Education:

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must submit a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, please click Foreign Education .

Additional Information

Veterans' Career Counseling: If you are a veteran interested in receiving tips on preparing a Federal resume and/or how to prepare for an interview, you may email sro_recruiting@ed.gov to schedule a session with a career counselor ("Veterans Counseling Session" should be placed in the subject line of the email).

Student Loan Default: If selected for this position, we will verify that you have not defaulted on any loan funded or guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are found to be in default, we will contact you to make arrangements for repayment prior to making an official offer of employment.

Suitability and Investigation: If selected for this position, you will be required to complete the Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) to determine your suitability for federal employment and successfully complete a pre-appointment investigation/background check.

Essential/Non-Essential: This position is considered non-essential for purposes of reporting to work during federal government closures.

Financial Disclosure: This position does not require financial disclosure.

Bargaining Unit: This position is included in the bargaining unit (American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 252).

Selections: Agencies have broad authority under law to hire from any appropriate source of eligibles and may fill a vacancy in the competitive service by any method authorized. We may make additional selections from this vacancy announcement within 90 days from the date the selection certificates are issued, should vacancies occur. We may also share selection certificates amongst program offices across the agency.