About the Position: Serves as Program Analyst responsible for providing staff assistance to management by performing analytical and evaluative tasks in support of funding requirements for various programs. Position is located at the Louisville District in Louisville, KY with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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 Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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 developing, preparing and submitting budgetary proposals and changes; providing advice on budget process, ensuring that budget execution is consistent with agency policy and federal appropriations law; performing technical work in support of budget analysis and administration; application of administrative rules, regulations, and procedures associated with recording, reporting, processing, and tracking budgetary transactions. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the lower grade level of GS-09 in the federal service. OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education (minimum of 54 semester hours) leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, related field. (All relevant transcripts must be submitted with application). 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 second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. (All relevant transcripts must be submitted with application). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Budget Administration Financial Management Planning and Evaluating Problem Solving 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-09).
Analyze project and program budgets to maintain organizational requirements, monitor project expenses, and manage operating account balances.
Use financial management systems to develop, maintain, monitor, analyze and interpret data and incorporate into automated reports.
Extract, compile and organize financial information to develop charts and graphs to convey pertinent data such as expenditures, trends, performance, and goals.
Work with others in a team setting to ensure customers and project teams are provided needed funding and services to facilitate program execution.
Verify the accuracy and adequacy of related cost estimates, various forms and types of justification, information and fact sheets, and miscellaneous reports.