This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Superintendent, Tohono O'odham Agency in Sells, Arizona. The position provides administrative support services in the areas of financial trust, facilities management, procurement, property management and personnel, and to ensure that all branches are following various policies, regulations, and directives affecting the operations of the Agency.

Duties

Share accountability with the Agency Superintendent, the Regional Director, and the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs, for upholding and discharging the fiduciary responsibilities of the Secretary of Interior; Assures that all tribal enactments and budgets are processed according to federal Law and regulations and Bureau Policy, and that tribal sovereignty is not eroded; Plans, organizes, directs, coordinates, and controls programs; & Coordinates the development and execution of the agency financial programs and human resources needs.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Indian Preference applies
• You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit
• You may be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• Incumbent is required to operate a government motor vehicle, must possess a valid driver's license, and have a safe driving record within the 4 year period immediately preceding submittal of GSA Form 3607.

Qualifications

Grade 12 - One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the federal service or its private sector equivalent. Examples of specialized experience include responsibility for assisting in the development of comprehensive administrative management plans to identify goals and objectives, administrative processes, deadlines, and planning for an organization's budget and resources; researching and analyzing data for consistency with budget authority and constraints; assisting in correspondence review and control; gathering financial data and reviewing obligations and costs; serving as a liaison between multiple offices or organizations; preparing documentation for personnel actions and initiating transactions in an automated personnel system; preparing Agency responses to Freedom Of Information Act requests; preparing travel arrangements, authorizations, and vouchers; and reviewing documents for correct grammar and format and finalize using software applications as electronic mail, desktop publishing, calendar, spreadsheet, database and graphics. The full performance level of this position is GS-12. Promotion potential in this announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote the employee selected at some future date. A career ladder promotion is at the discretion of management, and in no way guaranteed. This is a supervisory position. Under provision of the Civil Service Reform Act, first-time supervisors are required to serve a one year supervisory probationary period before their appointment becomes final. Those who do not satisfactorily complete this probationary period will be returned to positions of no lower grade and pay than those they occupied before assuming their supervisory assignment. TELEWORK: Indian Affairs has determined that the duties of the position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date. Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date. NOTE: TRAVEL AND RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED. ANY RELOCATION EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTING FOR DUTY WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELECTED EMPLOYEE.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the 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. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION

Contacts

• Address BIA Center for Recruitment Rocky Mountain Regional BIA Center for Recruitment Rocky Mountain Regional 2021 4th Avenue North Billings, MT 59101 US
• Name: Lourde Botone
• Phone: (602) 241-4560 X1
• Email: [email protected]