The Employment and Training Administration contributes to the more efficient functioning of the U.S. labor market by providing high quality job training, employment, labor market information, and income maintenance services primarily through state and local workforce development systems. This position is outside the bargaining unit.

Duties

Consolidates the budgetary work of program managers, subject-matter experts, budget analysts, appropriations attorneys, and staff officials (such as human resources, computer systems, and accounting specialists), and ensures work products respond to guidance. Serves as the technical authority on budget formulation and execution for multiple large accounts, providing programmatic advice, technical expertise, and recommendations to the management team, senior leaders, program managers, and Departmental budget staff regarding budgetary decisions, financial analysis, and the impact of actions on program operations. Ensures effective and proper use of funds through accurate development of apportionment, allotment, and reprogramming requests. Initiates action to transfer budget authority and reimbursable funds to and from other agencies and ensures proper adherence to periods of obligation and expenditure for such funds. Monitors and tracks the use of funds through spend plans and analysis of financial and budgetary data. Researches, compiles, and analyzes data concerning grants, contracts, Interagency agreements, salaries and expenses, and other agency funding in order to make accurate projections of agency needs, analysis of trends and data variances, recommending reprogramming of funds if necessary, and avoiding violations of the Antideficiency Act. Manages budget analysts on formulation, justification and execution of annual and supplemental appropriations. Demonstrates leadership, including developing and maintaining effective working relationships, managing, supervising and motivating a diverse staff of professional, technical, and support personnel. Assigning and reviewing work and tracking and monitoring staff performance metrics to maintain full compliance with the Department's Performance Management Program.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
• Subject to financial disclosure requirements.
• Requires a supervisory probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

THIS IS A TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT NOT TO EXCEED ONE YEAR. The selectee will be given a temporary promotion if eligible. The temporary assignment may be ended earlier or extended for up to five (5) years based on management's needs. It may also be made permanent without further competition. For GS-15: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-14 in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Specialized experience is defined as having at least 3 of the 4 specialized experience statements below: Experience in budget formulation including briefing policy-makers and drafting budget justifications for the internal, OMB and Congressional budget submissions. Experience in budget execution including apportionments, allotments, sub-allotments and suballocations, and tracking and reporting on status of budgetary resources. Experience in financial management and oversight including development and monitoring of spend plans for large-scale complex federal programs, research and analysis of financial data, compiling and monitoring progress reports, reconciling discrepancies, and taking corrective actions as appropriate. Experience managing or leading budget staff, assigning and monitoring work, evaluating staff performance, and addressing poor performance or misconduct.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Employment and Training Administration 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Wendy Elschide
• Phone: 312-353-4995
• Email: [email protected]