About this role

All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. IDEAL CANDIDATE STATEMENT The ideal candidate for the Budget Officer (Budget Director) will have experience with budget formulation, developing operating plans, executing and tracking appropriated funds, and experience with status of funds, and managing the fiscal year-end closing. The candidate has a strong understanding of budgeting principles, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with Program Offices, Program Heads and the Agency Executives Leadership.

Excellent oral communication and leadership skills to interact with senior level management and lead a team are essential. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Applicants must have one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-14 grade level, which has provided them with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of a Budget Officer (Budget Director) at the GS-15 grade level. Specialized experience includes: Experience preparing, analyzing, monitoring budget plans to ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines, mandates, and internal controls while maintaining timely completion of budget deliverables; and Experience providing leadership and direction to a team of staff to resolve issues, and ensure high-quality products are completed within established deadlines; and Experience providing recommendations to support executive level budget decisions and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate budget formulation, and budget execution.

This experience must be fully supported and articulated in your resume to receive consideration. Please do not cut and paste the specialized experience from this announcement into your resume, as this will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. NOTE: 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. This is a Schedule Policy/Career position. Schedule Policy/Career is an excepted service schedule for career positions that are of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character (policy-influencing positions) as defined by Executive Order 13957, as amended, and 5 C.F.R.

§ 213.3601. Schedule Policy/Career positions are not required to personally or politically support the current President or the policies of the current administration. Further, all actions taken under this policy must be carried out fairly, transparently, and in strict adherence to applicable laws. Employees in Schedule Policy/Career positions must faithfully implement administration policies to the best of their ability, consistent with their constitutional oath and the vesting of executive authority solely in the President.

Failure to do so is grounds for dismissal.

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