About the Position: Join us at the United States Southern Command. We provide direct support to a four-star Unified Combatant Commander, but are compact enough that our staff also works with senior leadership representatives of our inter-service, inter-agency and (public and private) international partner organizations. Our contribution to furthering our country's relationships with Caribbean, South and Central American nations and peoples are substantial.

Duties

Serve as a senior program analyst providing resource management support in programming to a unified command for all Army, Air Force, Navy, and Defense Agency resource initiatives. Responsible for coordinating USSOUTHCOM’s resource requirements through the Services’ Program Objective Memorandum (POM), Budget Estimate Submissions (BES) and the President’s Budget. Prepare justification summary for congressional testimony on program requirements and description. Determine if programs meet criteria of strategic goals to be incorporated into the Integrated Priority List and the Program Budget Review (PBR). Assess command resource actions for project feasibility, planning, programming thoroughness, and milestones. Review unified staff/service components proposed requirements for cost effectiveness and conformance to policy and priorities. Lead on developing and coordinating the Integrated Priority List (IPL) and the Program Budget Review (RPB) process across directorates. Develop Program Objective Memorandum (POM) Annes input to the service components and act as the primary point of contact for resource and programming issues. Serve as the information systems administrator for the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System (PPBE) and its sup-systems.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 10% of the time.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Top Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
• This position requires obtaining and maintaining a Financial Management Level 2 Certification.
• Position may be filled as a term appointment NTE 3 years. Term appointments may be extended beyond six (6) years, up to eight (8) years. With DoD approval, term appointments may be extended beyond eight (8) years.
• Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for a term appointment will be appointed/converted into a term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position.
• Term employment is subject to one-year trial period. Employees serving a trial period can be removed with limited appeal rights.
• Position may be made permanent without further competition.
• This position is an obligated position to which former incumbent has statutory reemployment rights under 10 USC 1586.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Executive Order (E.O.) 12721Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas EmploymentInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanMilitary Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas EmploymentMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatement In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes gathering and assembling data for Program Objective Memorandum (POM) input; applying knowledge of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process to prepare budget requests and funding appeals; reviewing resource actions for feasibility and programming thoroughness; providing recommendations on command programming actions; generating briefs and information papers to assist for decision-making and approval processes. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Budget AdministrationFinancial ManagementOrganizational Awareness Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address FR-APF-W096AA HQ USSOUTHCOM DO NOT MAIL Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk