This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Services (N&FS) within the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Administration Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System. .

Duties

The primary purpose of the position is to perform a wide range of clerical and technician work supporting budget analysis and administration with responsibility for purchasing food, equipment, supplies, and services; providing cost accounting and budgetary statistics; and preparing reports that indicate status of funds for subsistence and supplies for Nutrition and Food Services. Major duties and responsibilities include but not limited to: Developing and monitoring resources and making recommendations to the service regarding needs, distribution, or redistribution of these resources; Serving as the budget and financial advisor for the Chief or designee; Developing, formulating, and providing all essential data for the annual budget forecast; Tracking all expenditures and comparing with budgeted, projected and on-hand inventories; Maintaining budget control records and assures funds are used in accordance with the operating budget; Advising on the status and availability of funds; Processing all vouchers with the appropriate office and carrying out any needed follow-up; Establishing and maintaining a procurement system for expendable supplies and equipment; Reviewing and submitting the appropriate forms for the funding of purchase orders; Maintaining various reports and using designated ledgers to account for cost accounting operations; Compiling, consolidating, checking and arranging funding data in requests to cover projected annual operating expenses; Preparing required documentation to resolve discrepancies with cost reports, budget analysis or other service-related needs; Preparing correspondence and performing other general clerical duties; Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, subject to change based on the needs of the facility. Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Budget Technician/PD99928S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/06/2023. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. To qualify for this position at the GS-6 grade level you must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. To be creditable, experience must have been equivalent the GS-5 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: Administering and maintaining budgets; Understanding budgets and purchasing requests; Entering and tracking information; Performing clerical duties in support of finance or accounting operations; Preparing correspondence. NOTE: Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: ClericalComputer SkillsControl of FundsCost AccountingPlan and organize work 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; religions; 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. Physical Demands and Work Environment: The work is primarily sedentary but occasionally requires the carrying of light objects such as files, books, and papers. Work involves bending, stooping, standing, walking, carrying less than 15 pounds and using a computer terminal. Work is performed in an adequately climate-controlled of f ice setting. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Biloxi VA Medical Center 400 Veterans Avenue Biloxi, MS 39531 US
• Name: Angela Fortenberry
• Phone: (601) -383-0370
• Email: [email protected]