About this role

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/17/2026. 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. 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.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-11 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Knowledge of VA budget regulations and methods to edit and review long-range budget for assigned accounts.

Knowledge of Federal and VA budget policies and processes to review, analyze, and evaluate requirements for financed and unfinanced obligations. Knowledge to execute the budget to ensure reliability of funding levels and ensure funds are allocated on a timely basis and obligated effectively for activities served. Knowledge of and skill in applying principles, practices and methods of budget execution to determine whether obligations, expenditures, and requested allotments are within funding limitations in the approved budget.

Skill to apply budget concepts, methods and techniques to form, execute and administer financial management of funds for assigned programs and activities. Skill to compile narrative and statistical data and prepare a variety of reports, studies, fact sheets, memoranda, and presentations covering status of funds for assigned program elements. Knowledge of budgetary and financial relationships with workloads of organizational components to determine whether funds are being obligated and expended in accordance with goals and objectives of the installation's annual work plan.

Knowledge of and skill in performing functions associated with the operating system and software capability to manipulate data, perform queries and produce reports. Skill in communicating orally and in writing to obtain and provide information related to budget matters and electronic systems. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a PH.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree OR, 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR, LL.M. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an equivalent combination of specialized experience and education beyond a graduate level degree to qualify. NOTE: Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

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