This position is located in the Albuquerque District Office. Salary Range: GS-09: $60,597 to $78,776 GS-11: $73,317 to $95,310

Duties

Participate in long and short-range financial planning, budgetary authorizations and financial management system requirements. Develop detailed analyses for annual funding needs, formulates budget estimates and interprets project data for assigned organizations. Provide budgetary guidance to local managers, supervisors and lower level personnel. Prepare financial reports to the National Operations Center, State and Washington Offices. Serve as system/process administrator for various automated financial or budget systems.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required
• May be required to complete background investigation and drug screening.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males
• Must provide resume and supporting documents (See required documents).
• You cannot hold an active real estate license, nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
• If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or specialized experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. If qualifying based on education, a copy of your unofficial transcripts must be provided with your application. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience and/or education for the respective grade level in which you are applying: GS-09 Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-07 level in the Federal Service (obtained either in the private or public sectors) performing the following: (1) contributing inputs on budget formulation, budget execution, budget performance, or budget training; (2) providing reports and/or advice to management officials on budgetary matters; (3) developing, analyzing, or implementing budget proposals; (4) preparing financial reports consistent with laws and regulations. OR, Education: Successfully completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree or two full years of graduate level study leading to a master's degree or LL.B or J.D degree from an accredited college or university in a field such as finance, economics, management, accounting, or another closely related field that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. OR, Combination: Successfully completed a combination of education and experience as described above that, when converted to percentages, equal at least 100% of the total requirement. When combining education with experience, first determine your total qualifying education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; then determine your experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; finally, add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify this grade level. GS-11 Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-09 level in the Federal Service (obtained either in the private or public sectors) performing the following: (1) determining whether obligations, expenditures and allotments are within funding limitations of an approved budget; (2) compiling, analyzing and making corrective entries to income, operating expenses, and budget; (3) preparing preliminary budget estimates and reviewing justifications for program support activities; (4) compiling and presenting financial data, into work sheets, budget schedules, and other supplemental reports needed for budget and funding reviews. OR, Education: Successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree from an accredited college or university in a field such as finance, economics, management, accounting, or another closely related field that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. OR, Combination: Successfully completed a combination of education and experience as described in A and graduate level education as described in B that, when combined, equals 100% of the total requirement.(Note: Only graduate education in excess of two (2) years (36 semester hours) can be used in this calculation.) TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-07 is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-09 level. One year at the GS-09 is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-11 level. (Must submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. No award SF-50 will be accepted). Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). 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. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies".

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.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: 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.

Contacts

• Address BLM New Mexico State Office BLM New Mexico, NM-951 301 Dinosaur Trail Santa Fe, NM 87508 US
• Name: San Antonio Services Branch
• Phone: 816-541-8101
• Email: [email protected]