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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Department of the Army
Base salary range: $41,966 - $54,557
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-6. Bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement or 1 year graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This job involves helping manage budgets and finances for U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers programs, including preparing budget estimates, tracking spending, and analyzing financial data to ensure funds are used correctly.
It's a good fit for someone with a background in finance or accounting who enjoys working with numbers and supporting government operations in Texas.
Entry-level professionals with relevant education or experience in budgeting would thrive here.
About the Position: This position is with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, SWD, Ft Worth District with a duty station location listed in Edinburg, Ft. Hood or Ft. Worth, Texas.
This announcement is NOT intended for current, permanent Army employees.
Current, permanent Army employees who would like to be consider for this time-limited assignment should instead apply to Announcement #CEDD-26-12889261-MQ.
Please see "Additional Information" section below for further details.
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.
You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.
See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Reinstatement 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.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Utilizing financial management system to input financial/budgetary data; AND 2) Analyzing programs to ensure adequacy of funding; AND 3) Analyzing financial/budgetary data to ensure costs are charged to the appropriate account.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).
OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D.
[remove LL.B or J.D., if unrelated] in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Business Administration, Finance, and Accounting.
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 first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).
Major Duties:
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