BUDGET OFFICER - TITLE 5

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THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a Budget Officer, Position Description Number T5179P01 and is part of the Joint Force Headquarters USPFO, Marietta, Georgia.

This is a full-time, Excepted Permanent, position which does not require Georgia Army National Guard Membership. Area of Consideration: Current Federal Employees.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: 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.

For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.

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.

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

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.

in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Organizational Development, Human Resource Management or Business Administration (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

(Note: You must attach a copy of your 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.

You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week.

Part-time hours are prorated. Major Duties:

As a Budget Officer, GS-0560-11, your major duties are: Formulates the budget for the Army National Guard within the state assigned by preparing detailed analysis and estimates of annual funding requirements by contacting the proper managers within the state to determine their requirements for funds.

Gathers, compares, and correlates information about past, current and future programs with projected costs of operation.

Prepares the budget requests in a manner consistent with that required by the Budget Office of the National Guard Bureau.

Is the top technical authority on matters of budgetary policy, law and regulations for the Army National Guard in assigned states.

Authorizes or disapproves funding requests and obligations and expenditure of funds on the basis of interpretation of laws, regulations or policy.

Exerts a strong influence on the discretionary use of funds by line managers through advice and recommendation.

Allocation of funds is based on appropriations from the Army and other DOD agencies as well as expected reimbursement from state and other federal agencies for services performed.

Coordinates with program managers and prepares justification for the expenditure of funds by each organization for presentation to the Budget Office of the Guard Bureau.

Responsible for the execution of the budget by distributing quarterly and annual allotments and sub-allotments to each organization.

Reprograms money frequently based on changing needs of the various organizations serviced, this is based on requests from program managers in the various units for previously unfunded programs or as costs may have exceeded previous allotments.

Analyzes requests and determines where money can be best used.

Prepares requests for additional funds from National Guard Bureau based on changing requirements if the programs cannot be covered by transferring funds between the various units or accounts within the state.

Develops and implements procedures and directives concerning the preparation and execution of the operating budget and fiscal plans.

Issues guidelines to and coordinates with program director/fund managers in the development of budget requests, complex schedules and narrative justification for submission to National Guard Bureau.

Prepares directives and interpretation of federal and National Guard Bureau directives for use by program manager within the state in the preparation of budget requests and reporting expenditure of funds.

Trains fund managers in financial management principles and techniques and responsibilities of managing federal funds. 1 Performs other duties as assigned.