Job opening: Budget Technician
Salary: $50 326 - 65 425 per year
Published at: Jan 09 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), VA Health Care System, in the Nutrition and Food Services Department (N&FS) as the Budget Technician to the Administrative Officer, Nutrition & Food Service.
Duties
Major Duties:
Developing and monitoring resources and makes recommendations to the service regarding needs, distribution, or redistribution of these resources.
Administering budget for several fund control points.
Applying administrative rules, regulations, and procedures associated with recording, reporting, processing, and keeping track of budgetary transactions such as credit, receipt, transfer, allotment, withdrawal, obligation or outlay of funds.
Preparing required documentation to resolve discrepancies with cost reports, budget analysis or other service-related needs.
Completing various calculations to assess the service's subsistence and supplies, equipment and personnel costs.
Work Schedule: 0700-1530 Monday - Friday
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 Technician/PD99928S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/24/2024.
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-07 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:
Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: perform a wide range of clerical and technical work supporting budget analysis and administration.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Budget AdministrationClericalControl of FundsCost Accounting
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 primarily sedentary and is usually accomplished while the incumbent is comfortably seated at a desk or table. Some physical demands such as standing, walking, bending and lifting (up to 40 pounds) is required. Physical exertions including stretching, reaching, and pulling or pushing carts occurs when assisting with inventories or activities involving retrieving items from shelves and cabinets. The work is performed in a typical office setting, requiring the use of normal safety precautions necessary for an office environment. The work area is adequately lighted, heated and ventilated.
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 Hampton VA Medical Center
100 Emancipation Drive
Hampton, VA 23667
US
- Name: Tanisha Ward
- Phone: 202-627-0866
- Email: [email protected]
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