This position is located in the Financial Management Directorate with WHS. The FMD provides accounting, financial, and resource management services for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), WHS, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), Defense Legal Services Agency (DLSA), United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (U.S. CAAF), Test Resource Management Center (TRMC), and other Department of Defense (DoD) field activities.

Duties

This is a Direct Hire Public Notice for the DoD Direct-Hire Authority for Pathways Recent Graduates. Recent Graduates will be placed on a career or career-conditional appointment and MUST meet the definition of a recent graduate at the time of appointment in order to appointed under this direct hire authority. Under this recruitment, applications will be accepted for each location and/or installation identified in this Public Notice and selections are made for vacancies as they occur. There may or may not be actual/projected vacancies at the time you submit your application. Recent Graduates conferred transcripts must confirm a degree was obtained no more than two years prior to the date of your appointment. This Public Notice is to gather applications which may or may not result in a referral or selection. Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration. Incumbent typical work assignments may include the following: As a Management Analyst, responsible for a variety of administrative responsibilities, administrative work processes reviews, procedural reviews, and improvement studies, etc. to provide management with recommendations for insuring optimum utilization of available resources. Perform key work in several vital functions or services such as management analysis, reports management, security, workload management, and information technology support. Analyze processes, systems, and applications used throughout the division. Develop and present recommendations on how to improve their efficiency and reduce the burden they have on customers and division staff.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment
• This position is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing
• Required to participate in the direct deposit program
• This position may require you to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays and/or overtime.
• This position may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station via military or commercial aircraft.
• This position is subject to provisions of the WHS/OSD PPP Pilot Program
• Recruitment Incentive may be authorized in accordance with regulatory requirements
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/Home/Registration)
• Total salary varies depending on location of position
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
• This position requires a Level I Certification under the DoD Financial Management (FM) Certification Program.

Qualifications

In accordance with Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 1300.26, "Operation of the DoD Financial Management Certification Program(DFMCP)," this position requires a Level I Certification under the DoD Financial Management (FM) Certification Program. If he or she is not already assigned this certification at this level, the incumbent of this position must obtain this certification within two (2) years of entry on duty into this FM position. Once certified, the incumbent must meet the continuing education training requirement as outlined in DoDJ 1300.26. Who May Apply: Positions are open to: U.S. Citizens who have completed, within the previous two years, a qualifying bachelors or higher degree from a qualifying educational institution; OR, Uniformed Service Members who have completed at least four years of obligated service AND was awarded a bachelors or higher degree by an institution of higher education not more than four years before the employment start date. Applicants can be selected at GS-05 grade level. The target grade of this position is GS-11. For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. If a determination is not able to be made about the length of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration. Read more about what should I include in my federal resume? at https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include/ You may qualify at the GS-5 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: I have 3 years of general experience, 1 year of which was equivalent to at least GS-4. General experience includes experience that demonstrates the ability to: 1) Tracking and assisting in resolving administrative issues and 2) evaluating clerical/administrative work processes to identify and recommend solutions to problems. OR Education: I have 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree. OR Combination of Experience and Education: I have the general experience as described in A, but less than one year; and I have some education as described in B, but less than the required 4 years. I have computed the percentage of the requirements that I meet, and the total is at least 100% (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then, divide your semester hours of graduate education by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.). (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) Current or Former Political Appointees: Beginning January 1, 2010, agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office. Submit a copy of your applicable SF-50, along with a statement that provides the following information regarding your most recent political appointment: Position title; Type of appointment (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES, or Presidential Appointee); Agency; and, Beginning and ending dates of appointment. All qualifications, education, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume.

Education

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts to support your educational claims. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. 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.

PASS/FAIL COURSES: 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.

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

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show 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: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address WHS Financial Management Directorate Human Resources Directorate 4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22350 US
• Name: Washington HQ Services
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]