This vacancy is for a Budget Analyst in the Office of the Secretary, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration (CFO/ASA), Office of Budget (OB) in the Department of Commerce. As a Budget analyst, the incumbent plans, organizes, and carries out a major, substantive budget for a significant program component, ensuring the effective integration of program and budget planning.

Duties

As a Budget Analyst, you will perform the following duties: Provide long-range analysis of the potential effects of budgetary actions on national economic, social, and political objectives. May develop, recommend, and implement budgetary policies affecting the financing and accomplishment of national programs. Track progress of bureau appropriations through Congress. Justifies budget before OMB staff. Reviews, approves, disapproves, and recommends the amount and timing of allotments of funds to agency components and programs. Develop proposed appropriation language in support of new or revised program and budgetary requirements. May develop, recommend, and implement budgetary policies affecting the financing and accomplishment of national programs. Provide advice to top management on the Federal budget process. Provides authoritative interpretations of Congressional legislation and OMB policies and precedents. This position is also advertised under OS-OB-ST-25-12644144, which is open to Merit Promotion eligible applicants. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Budget Analyst GS-0560-13/14 FPL 14 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

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-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ 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. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE To qualify at the GS-13 level:You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 (or equivalent pay band) level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience is defined as: Examining budgets and expenditures within an organization for compliance with applicable federal or state laws and within appropriated limits. To qualify at the GS-14 level: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 (or equivalent pay band) level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience is defined as: Monitor and report to managers on the status of funds executed throughout the fiscal (or calendar) year from appropriations to closeout; and Evaluate annual budget projections or spending forecasts and provide recommendations to improve the accuracy of projections.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Secretary 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Shawn Blain
• Email: [email protected]