Financial Program Specialist

Full Job Description

View Common Definitions of terms found in this announcement. Organizational Location: This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Chief Financial Officer Office of Financial Capitol of Financial Management Financial Operations, in Irving, Texas; Washington, District of Columbia; Williston, Vermont.

This is a non-bargaining unit position. Please limit your resume to 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as: Providing technical and managerial services that support key departmental and organizational programs and components.

Being responsible for organizing, participating in, and contributing to effective management and control over program operations.

Providing guidance to staff and management regarding the accuracy of administrative programs, concepts, law, and policies.

Communicating and promulgate reports for management, colleagues, agency management, and outside sources to gather data. Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

National Service Experience (i.e., 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.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.

If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707.

Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission.

If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs.

To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

Major Duties:

As an Financial Program Specialist, at the full performance level, you will perform the following duties: Serve as a specialist to management on the administrative work of a fiscal, financial management, accounting, or budgetary nature within Office of the Chief Financial Officer's (OCFO) Office of Financial Management (OFM) Headquarters Support operations OCFO (including but not limited to, property, human resources, logistics, training, management and information systems, telecommunications, procurement, performance management, budget and financial management) Perform technical and managerial services for OCFO (including but not limited to, property, human resources, logistics, training, management and information systems, telecommunications, procurement, performance management, budget and financial management) Provide guidance to staff and management regarding administrative programs, concepts, laws, policies, and practices Plan, organize, participate, and contribute to effective management Salary: The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the lowest and highest potential salaries for this position.

The actual salary range will be based on the applicable locality pay for the selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.