This position is in Health Outcomes Military Exposures (HOME) program office. The position coordinates budgeting, hiring, and staffing initiatives necessary to support the execution and monitoring of the annual HOME budget. In addition, the position actively assists the Director of Business Operations in overseeing VA's HOME programs, including the overall planning, direction, and execution of fiduciary responsibilities in carrying out these duties.

Duties

Major Duties include but are not limited to: Uses knowledge of a wide range of principles, procedures, and methods to make recommendations on various National Program and specific purpose HOME accounts. Assists with the oversight of funding for various National Programs and specific purpose accounts, across multiple appropriations and provides the Director and Budget Officer with information specific to budget, travel, payroll, administrative and acquisition information. Performs a wide range of administrative, technical, and analytical duties. Conducts organizational, procedural and policy analyses, collects or extract data from varied and disparate financial reports and databases, conducts various financial analyses and reviews, in order to effectively oversee and manage the budgetary responsibilities of the HOME program offices. Assists with monitoring a multi-million-dollar HOME budget and acts as subject matter expert of the principles and practices of budget administration and analysis; including preparing, justifying, reporting on, and executing the budget; and the relationships among program, budget, accounting, and reporting systems. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 08:00-04:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD34056-O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/12/2024. 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Prepares a variety of narrative and statistical budgetary documents, schedules, and reports. Provides expertise and direction related to all phases of budget formulation and timely execution of budgets. Evaluates and conducts long-range studies to measure the effectiveness of VHA financial policies and procedures. Briefs leadership on financial and operational matters. Prepares a variety of narrative and statistical budgetary documents, schedules, and reports. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Communications Budget Administration Organizational Performance Analysis 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 Requirements: The work is generally sedentary and does not require unusual physical effort. 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.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address VSHO - Patient Care Services 2402 Wildwood Ave Suite 301 Sherwood, AR 72120 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]