This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), Eastern Regional Headquarters, Administrative Management Division (AMD), with one vacancy located in Bohemia, NY. This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS-25-12564017-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Budget Analyst, you will perform the following duties: Monitor budget execution; negotiate budget funding amounts, timing, and changes with program managers; recommend reprogramming of funds as needed. Perform Routine and recurring budget administration duties. Gather, Review, and consolidate narrative information and statistical data to formulate and present budget requests; checking accuracy or budget and program data. Review and recommend approval, disapproval, or modification of budget execution documents. Serves as a financial consultant to management on issues such as: budgeting techniques; use of financial management products; resource distribution; program priorities; and development of financial plans. Assists in the drafting of budget policies and guidance for the Region. These duties are described at the GS-12; the GS-09 & GS-11 are developmental leading to such performance. All positions are developmental to the FPL GS-12.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the GS-09 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Assisting with compiling and presenting financial data into worksheets, budget schedules, or other supplemental reports needed for budget and funding reviews; and Assisting the preparation of a variety of reports covering the status of funds, expenses, and obligations. OR EDUCATION: Masters or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. OR COMBINATION: A combination of education and experience as described above. NOTE: Only graduate-level education in excess of one year is qualifying of combination of education and experience. To qualify at the GS-11 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Compiling and presenting financial data into work sheets, budget schedules, and other supplemental reports needed for budget and funding reviews; and Preparing analyses of financial data in support of requests for apportionments or revisions of apportionments. OR EDUCATION: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR COMBINATION: A combination of education and experience as described above. NOTE: Only graduate-level education in excess of two years is qualifying of combination of education and experience. To qualify at the GS-12 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Assisting in the planning and execution of an organizational budget; Tracking budget forecasts and estimates for programs or projects; and Utilizing financial and reporting systems to monitor the obligation and expenditures of funds.

Education

College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Applicant Inquiries
• Email: [email protected]