This position serves as a Fire Budget Analyst assisting in the formulation, justification, administration, and execution of the Wildland Fire Management budget with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Northwest Regional Office, Division of Wildland Fire in Portland, OR, with a Duty Station TBD at one of the following locations: Portland, OR; Pendleton, OR; Warm Springs, OR; Vancouver, WA; Toppeish, WA; or Ronan, MT.

Duties

Perform budget execution duties in support of the Budget Officer. Upon receipt of sub allotments from the Central Office, incumbent provides for the distribution of allocations to agencies by working with program directors as required. In support of the Office of Budget Management (OBM) and Accounting Management, the incumbent executes and reconciles fire management funding for regional and agency offices. Responsible for advising Bureau program managers or superintendents on the status, availability of funds, and budget processes as it pertains to the regional agencies and programs. Conduct periodic regional or agency financial reviews to ensure rate of total obligations are within approved funding levels and to advise his/her supervisor regarding the status of fund balances. Provide support for program evaluations to determine that the objective set out by program managers in each program area are being met and that the Bureau is meeting its established goals and objectives. Devises appropriate methods for securing information and developing data from such sources as FBMS, on-site investigations, and discussions with operating officials. Make payments to AD-hire emergency workers hired under the emergency pay plan and to vendors, as authorized. Provide technical and routine oversight, to ensure the casual employees and businesses are paid in a timely manner. Communicate and interpret account management decisions to the Bureau's regional and agency offices. Review submitted tribal budgets for adherence to Central/Regional office format, policy, and instructions.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit
• You may be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• This position has been designated as an Incidental Operator under the Indian Affairs Motor Vehicle Safety Program, therefore, the incumbent will be required annually to acknowledge and certify possession of a valid state driver's license.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Administrative and Management Positions, GS-0560 Series) GS-9: 1 year of specialized work experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal service. Specialized experience is work experience in budget exaction process; financial reviews; budget formulation; analyzing problems to identify significant factors; gather pertinent data, and recognize solutions; communicate effectively orally and in writing; has experience with budget as it pertains to Wildland Firefighting and Interagency Incident Business; OR2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree (36 semester hours, 54 quarter hours or equivalent); OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree, in a field of study that is directly related to this position; OR LL.B. or J.D., in a relative course of study to position; OR a combination of education and experience appropriate to the position. GS-7: 1 year of specialized work experience equivalent to the GS-5 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal service. Specialized experience is work experience in basic understanding of budget exaction process; financial reviews; budget formulation; analyzing problems to identify significant factors; gather pertinent data, and recognize solutions; communicate effectively orally and in writing; OR1 full year of graduate-level education (18 semester hours, 27 quarter hours or equivalent); OR a combination of education and experience appropriate to the position; OR Superior Academic Achievement (SAA). SUPERIOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Superior Academic Achievement (S.A.A.) must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled. S.A.A. is based on (1) Class standing-applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class, based on completed courses; or (2) Grade-Point Average-applicants must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (3) Election to membership in a National Scholastic Honor Society - membership in a freshman honor society cannot be used to meet the requirements of this provision. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 90 days from the closing date.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION

Contacts

• Address BIA Strategic Recruitment - Trust 301 NW 6th Room 311 Oklahoma City, OK 73102 US
• Name: Strategic Recruitment-Trust
• Phone: 405-768-4060
• Email: [email protected]