This position is in the Office of Financial Management, Planning, and Evaluation, Division of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation. The Division is responsible for managing and coordinating the agency's budget requests from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the President, managing budget execution processes, interfacing with OMB and Congress on appropriations issues, overseeing performance management requirements, and contributing to financial management reporting requirements.

Duties

This position serves as the agency Budget Officer in the Division of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation (FMPB) and reports to the Deputy Chief Financial Officer in the Office of Financial Management, Planning, and Evaluation (EXFM).  As the Budget Officer, responsibilities include the direction and supervision of multi-functional areas through the budget team and planning team, providing leadership that ensures sound financial stewardship and effective execution of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) appropriations.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Background Investigation Required.

Qualifications

All applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience in applying budgeting principles, laws, practices, techniques, and regulations when executing managerial budget activities and accomplishing functions in all of the following: 1) preparing budget estimates, tracking obligations and performing comparisons to the operating budget, and preparing budget justifications aligned to agency goals and strategies for Congress and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); 2) preparing and reviewing monthly status of funds reports; 3) advising senior officials on a budget program; and 4) developing presentations to brief senior executives on updates, advice, and recommendations on all budgetary related matters. Evidence of the above specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of duties performed in positions held.  Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience or based on job titles alone.  If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. 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. Applicants must meet the qualifications for this position by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

This position does not have a mandatory education requirement.

There is no substitution for specialized experience at this grade level. 

Contacts

• Address CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION Office of Human Resources Management Room 523 4330 East West Highway Bethesda, Maryland 20814 United States
• Name: Annie Sachs
• Phone: 301-504-7925
• Email: [email protected]