The Budget Technician position is part of the Nutrition and Food Service at Bedford VA Healthcare System, located at the Bedford Massachusetts location. This position is a full-time at 40 hours per week.

Duties

This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Services within the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Administration. 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 include but are not limited to: Develops and monitors resources and makes recommendations to the service regarding needs, distribution, or redistribution of these resources; Serves as the budget and financial advisor for the Chief or designee; Develops formulates, and provides all essential data for the annual budget forecast; Tracks all expenditures and compares with budgets, projects and on-hand inventories; Maintains budget control records and assures funds are used in accordance with the operating budget; Advises on the status and availability of funds; Processes all vouchers with the appropriate office and carries out any needed follow-up; Establishes and maintains a procurement system for expendable supplies and equipment; Reviews and submits the appropriate forms for the funding of purchase orders; Maintains various reports and using designated ledgers to account for cost accounting operations; Compiles, consolidates, checking and arranging funding data in requests to cover projected annual operating expenses; Prepares required documentation to resolve discrepancies with cost reports, budget analysis or other service-related needs; Prepares correspondence and performs other general clerical duties; Performs related duties as required. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 5:30am-2:00pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Budget Technician/PD99928A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required NOTIFICATIONS:

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/26/2023. 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. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-06 Specialized Experience: 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; knowledge of budgets and purchasing requests; entering and tracking information; performing clerical duties in support of finance or accounting operations; and 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. Education: There is no educational substitution for this series at this grade level. 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. 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. 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 or lifting and moving objects weighing 30-50 pounds and using a computer terminal. Work is performed in an adequately climate-controlled office setting and walk-in refrigerators and/or freezers. 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.

Contacts

• Address VA Bedford Healthcare System 200 Springs Road Bedford, MA 01730 US
• Name: Elizabeth Nowak
• Phone: 401-273-7100 X14335
• Email: [email protected]