This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Serves as a Budget Analyst within the Washington D.C. detachment of the Joint Activities Command. This position may be filled as Term Appointment Not To Exceed 3 years. Position may be converted to permanent without further competition.

Duties

Serves as a Budget Analyst, Command Detachment Washington Office, with responsibility for planning, programming, budgeting, coordinating, consolidating, evaluating and controlling the budget. Budget submissions will encompass the Command Budget Estimate Submission for Operation and Maintenance, Defense Agencies, and may include Procurement, and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDTE). Provides expert advice and guidance on the interpretation of congressional legislation/regulatory directives for the formulation and justification of the RDTE, and/or Military Construction, and Operations and Maintenance procurement programs. Prepares and publishes Program Budget Guidance for funds provided to the Command and its subordinate units. Reviews and analyzes budget input from all supporting organizations. Conducts staff visits to organizations to resolve budget formulation/guidance problems and/or provide assistance in funding matters concerning all appropriations.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• TOP SECRET clearance with SSBI is required.
• Travel up to 5% of the time.
• This is a Financial Management Level 2 Certified position. The incumbent must obtain and maintain a Financial Management Level 2 Certification within 2 years of employment.
• One year trial period may be required.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes developing funding and formulation of budget estimates; providing justification statements for budget programs; analyzing formulation and execution of multi-year budgets for the development, procurement and modification Command projects. as well as analyzing changes to the Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) and procurement programs based on priorities and objectives of Command. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone, no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]