This position is located in the National Weather Service (NWS), Office of Facilities (OF), with one vacancy in Silver Spring, MD. This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS OF-24-12406006-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

The incumbent will serve as Budget Analyst. As a Budget Analyst you will perform the following duties: Administers the National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Facilities (OF) overall budgetary management system, including status of funds as well as daily obligation reports to ensure OF's burn rate coincides with approved spend plans. Provides expert advice and recommendations for budgetary actions and formulates budget estimates for multi-year programs. Directs the development of and provides technical guidance for financial management reports otherwise unavailable within the agency to facilitate the analysis and reporting of on overall Portfolio operating budget execution. Duties described are at the full performance level GS-13; duties performed at grades GS-11 and GS-12 are intended to prepare for the GS-13 level.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To qualify for the GS-11: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Compiling and presenting financial data, into work sheets, budget schedules, and other supplemental reports needed for budget and funding reviews; and, Preparing analyses of financial data in support of program or organization requests. OR EDUCATION: 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 COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience as described above. Note: Only graduate-level education in excess of two years is qualifying for combination of education and experience. To qualify for the GS-12: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Assisting in the planning and execution of an organizational budget; Tracking budget forecasts and estimates for programs or organizations; and Utilizing financial and reporting systems to monitor the obligation and expenditures of funds. To qualify for the GS-13: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Analyzing budget data, justifications, planning, and execution for single and multi-year budgets and programs; Providing technical and regulatory budget guidance to varying levels of program managers or personnel involved in the budget process; and, Monitoring financial reports ensuring performance and expenditures are executed appropriately.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation

College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Applicant Inquiries
• Email: [email protected]