Budget Officer

At the GS-15 level, you must meet the following qualification: One (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-14) in the Federal Service that has given you the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties the position. Specialized experience for this position defined as: Managed and led all aspects of a budget and accounting program to include designed, developed, implemented, and operated a budgetary program using internal processes, procedure development, formulation, execution of budget and financial management; Applied policies, procedures, statutory requirement, regulations, and precedent decisions related to budget and accounting; Solved complex problems using program planning, evaluation, analytical techniques, and methodologies; Organized, coordinated, and directed/supervised high-level support to staff to analyze, assemble and present proposed usage of budget resources and to monitor the actual use of resources against approved plans; Communicated budget information to a wide array of individuals, both singular and groups, made clear presentations and responded to correspondence appropriately. Applicants must carefully review the information in the “How You Will Be Evaluated” section for important information and instructions pertaining to the multi-hurdle assessment process for this position. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. TIME-IN-GRADE: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
This position is part of the, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board(DNFSB). The incumbent is responsible, individually, and with their staff, for identifying present and future budget strategies, trends, and areas of imbalance, and recommending effective courses of action for DNFSB program activities.