This position is located in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, in the Interpretation and Education Division. Open to the first 101 applicants or until 01/28/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

MAJOR DUTIES: 1. Serve as a principal assistant to a higher graded employee, providing technical budget and accounting assistance; consolidate budget estimates form program manager, and organize budget data according to account, object, class, and program activity; prepare forms and documents required to transmit annual and future year budget requests to higher-level officials; and research accounting problems and ensure corrections. 2. Provide technical assistance to others in formulating and executing current year operating programs; prepare recurring and special summary reports on specific areas of the budget as requested by the supervisor; maintain and update annual operating programs; adjust programmed amounts to reflect changes in approved funding by applying standard percentage adjustments; funding is programmed to reflect requirements needed to accomplish the work; and reconcile accounting activity with monthly financial reports. 3. Review new and revised guidelines and directives and ensure information is disseminated to responsible personnel; and assist in drafting procedural instructions and guidelines. 4. Provide technical expertise and training to personnel in accounts receivable, accounts payable, reimbursements, voucher preparations and examination, and preparation of financial reports; and conduct or review fee audit results. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. ICTAP/CTAP Clearance - Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies. Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof that they meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(2) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of their most recent Performance Rating, and a copy of their most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location. Please annotate your application to reflect that you are applying as a CTAP/ICTAP eligible. If you are selected for Federal employment, you will be required to fill out a Declaration of Federal Employment, OF-306, prior to being appointed to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation. Failing to answer all questions truthfully and completely or providing false statements on your application may be grounds for not hiring you, or for firing you after you begin work. Also, you may be punished by fine or imprisonment (U.S. Code, Title 18, section 1001).

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/28/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: learning to assist with gathering, extracting, reviewing and consolidating information and statistical data needed in the formulation of budget requests; learning to compare actual obligations and expenditures to scheduled obligations and expenditures; learning to prepare budget estimates and review of justifications for the budget program; learning to assist budget staff in preparing for budget information meetings; and/or obtaining reports from various budget information systems for use by higher graded employees. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least 4 years of education above high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite at an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college or university. NOTE: One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school. You must include a copy of your transcripts to receive credit for education claimed towards this requirement. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. To combine education and experience, first take the number of semester hours earned beyond the second year and divide by 60, or the number of quarter hours earned beyond the second year and divide by 90. Then take the number of months of full time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts. To qualify for this position at the GS-06 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: 1) performing clerical/technical work in direct support of budget administration; 2) assisting in final funding allocations; 3) preparing budget date showing net funding operating budget; 4) reconciling actual expenses against planned projections; and 5) adjusting budget to cover approved spending authorizations. You must include hours per week worked. To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: 1) providing technical assistance in formulating operating budgets of assigned programs; 2) evaluating the effects of program plans and/or budget revisions and recommending changes to appropriated funds; and 3) provide training and/or technical advice to personnel in accounts receivables. You must include hours per week worked. Volunteer Experience: 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 Requirements Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service). Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your 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.

Contacts

• Address Hawaii Volcanoes National Park PO Box 52 Hawaii NP, HI 96718 US
• Name: Benjamin Hayes
• Email: [email protected]