Budget Analyst

Summary

This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Under Secretary for Management, Budget Division. The primary purpose of this position is to provide guidance and oversight of the Department's budget, financial management, and investment review to ensure funds necessary to carry out the Department's mission are obtained, allocated, and expanded in accordance with the Department's priorities and relevant law and policies. Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Duties

As a Budget Analyst, GS-0560-9/11, your typical work assignments may include the following: Participates in the planning, organization, and execution of a major, substantive budget for a significant program component. Assists in ensuring the effective integration of program and budget planning. Performs a variety of administrative and analytical duties in support of the review, justification and presentation of the budgets for a major Component(s) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Reviews and recommends the amount and timing of apportionment of funds to agency components and programs. Recommends modified strategies for presenting the budget and programs. Develops narrative and statistical justifications for requested funds. Coordinates with DHS Components, internal offices, and external stakeholders to resolve budget issues and support timely submission of required products. All DHS-HQ announcements have a 5 business day open period due to the number of applications received. This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 100 applications have been received, whichever happens first. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience: You qualify at the GS-09 grade level if you possess one of the following: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in Federal service, that demonstrates the ability to: 1) apply principles and practices of budget formulation to review, edit and consolidate budget estimates; 2) apply accounting principles, practices and methods of budget execution to determine whether obligations, expenditures and requested allotments are within funding limitations; 3) conduct analyses and comparison of annual budget with primary interest in work authorization and personnel allocations to determine whether funds are being used in accordance with annual work plan; 4) write brief factual reports for detail purposes for which funds were obligated and expended; OR A 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., if related; OR A combination of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience as described above that, when combined, equal 100% of the total requirement. This will be calculated using your resume and unofficial transcripts or a list of courses/course hours submitted with your application. NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of the first year may be used to qualify for the GS-09 level. You qualify at the GS-11 grade level if you possess one of the following: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in Federal service, that demonstrates the ability to: 1) apply the concepts, principles, practices, law, and regulations of budgeting and the relationships between subordinate and most senior levels of financial management and budgeting in order to analyze and evaluate the effect of program funding changes; 2) apply expert knowledge of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) budget program and its budgetary relationships; and 3) Utilize effective and tactful briefing techniques in order to present accurate findings to high-level government executives.; OR 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., if related; OR A combination of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience as described above that, when combined, equal 100% of the total requirement. This will be calculated using your resume and unofficial transcripts or a list of courses/course hours submitted with your application. NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of the first two years may be used to qualify for the GS-11 level. All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Time-in-grade: Current General Schedule (GS) federal employees, and those that have served in GS positions within the last 52 weeks, must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade, or a combination of the next lower grade level and an equivalent band in the federal service by the closing of this announcement. Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary. If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job). If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CONSIDERATION AS A STATUS CANDIDATE. 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.

Education

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organization's interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S. Department of Education webpage on the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.