This position is located at a National Park Service unit and is responsible for performing a variety of substantive budgeting functions. The position may be filled at one of the following locations: Vancouver, Washington Springfield, Oregon Ventura, California Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Duties

Assists with all phases of budget and related financial management matters. Applies accepted accounting principles in carrying out all transactions affecting the general ledger. Assist with formulation and execution of broad financial plans and policies affecting the authorization and use of funds. Advise leaders and program managers in budget procedures to help them prepare and execute successful annual budgets. Review and analyze financial plans and summaries prepared for comparison of budgets to allowances; determine significant deviations and reasons, and recommends corrective action, where necessary. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/02/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as experience directly related to the duties of the position and that includes: 1) budget and finance work; 2) tracking expenditures by proper accounts and type; 3) providing information on salary calculations for incorporation into budget planning, preparation, and execution; 4) analyzing and evaluating changes in program plans and funding and their effect on the budget; and 5) preparing financial reports consistent with regulations and guidelines. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree OR two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.B. or J.D., if related. Graduate education must be directly related to this position and provides the knowledge, skill, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. You must provide transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION: Successful completion of a combination of graduate education (more than one year of graduate education, but less than two full years) and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the number of completed graduate coursework in excess of 18 semester hours and divide by 18 (semester hours). Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as experience directly related to the duties of the position and that includes: 1) budget and finance work; 2) tracking expenditures by proper accounts and type; 3) providing information on salary calculations for incorporation into budget planning, preparation, and execution; 4) analyzing and evaluating changes in program plans and funding and their effect on the budget; and 5) preparing financial reports consistent with regulations and guidelines; 6)independently providing support and guidance on analysis to other budget personnel and functional contacts in serviced organizations; 7)reviewing budgetary actions submitted to ensure compliance with budgetary policies and guidelines. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR at least 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related. Graduate education must be directly related to this position and provides the knowledge, skill, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. You must provide transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION: Successful completion of a combination of graduate education (more than two years of graduate education, but less than three full years) and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the number of completed graduate coursework in excess of 36 semester hours and divide by 18 (semester hours). Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts. 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.

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.

Contacts

• Address Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, CA 93001 US
• Name: Lisa Cupp
• Email: [email protected]