This position is located in the Southern Region Budget Staff in Atlanta, GA. Serves as the Budget Officer/Regional Budget Director providing leadership and supervision for the regional budget and financial activities in a manner that helps the region accomplish its priorities effectively and efficiently, while supporting the Agency's mission. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Sherry Reaves at [email protected].

Duties

Performs the full range of managerial, administrative, and analytical duties connected with the formulation, presentation, execution, and reporting of the budget for a Region of the Forest Service. Works with regional leadership to align unit allocations and performance management with regional priorities. Provides timely and accurate information, reporting, and analysis of budgetary and performance information to regional leadership and program directors to ensure the integration of program and budgetary information for effective management decisions. Promotes regional priorities within the national budget. Ensures the region manages its budget and performance processes according to the policies and guidelines set by the Federal Government, Office of Management and Budget, Department, and Agency. Performs as a supervisor.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Subject to one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period (unless prior service is creditable).
• New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required new supervisory training program before the end of their probationary period.
• Selectee is subject to financial disclosure requirements and must submit form OGE-450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, within 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. For the GS-14 Level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level. Specialized experience is defined as having one of the following: Planned, developed, and effectively managed vital aspects of the agency's budget execution system; Provided expert advice and recommendations for budgetary actions and formulated budget estimate for multi-year programs; Reviewed, analyzed, and interpreted existing and proposed budget legislation, appropriating language, and executive orders for upper management; Effectively communicated (written and oral) with employees and internal / external customers to meet budget execution goals; Exercised significant responsibilities when working with units or organizations on budget issues, and/or advised management officials. 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). 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. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

There is no substitution of education for specialized experience.

Contacts

• Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT. Albuquerque, NM 87109 US
• Name: HRM Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-372-7248 X2
• Email: [email protected]