Summary

For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/.

As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

This position is also being announced to applicants eligible to apply through Merit Staffing procedures under 26-MSS-12997790-MS.

Duties

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At the full performance level, you will be responsible for planning, implementing, and administering the full spectrum of budget and financial management services for the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Mississippi.

If selected for this position, you will receive formal and/or on-the-job training, as needed. Typical duties will include:

Developing and maintaining a comprehensive financial management program that involves both short and long-range programmatic plans and annual budget.
Researching legal, regulatory, program, and budgetary information.
Preparing annual administrative budgets and operating plans.
Advising management on the planning and development of budget requirements.
Monitoring and tracking obligations and expenditures for the office.
Managing the certifications of obligations of goods and services.
Providing information based on the products of the financial management system
Overseeing the processing of travel authorizations and traveI vouchers/claims.
Providing a wide variety of budgetary reports.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

This position is considered a career ladder opportunity, with a full performance level of GS-I2. If selected at a lower grade level, you may be non-competitively promoted to the next grade level at the discretion of your supervisor and is contingent upon meeting regulatory and legal requirements for promotion, satisfactory performance, and the availability of higher-level work. Promotion is not guaranteed, and no promise of promotion is implied.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

You must be a U.S. Citizen or National
Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation
You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable
If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.

Qualifications

GS-11: To be eligible at the GS-11 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized experience, Education, OR a Combination of Education and Experience.

Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level. Specialized experience is defined as performing budget or financial management work which demonstrated an intensive knowledge of budget and finance policies, principles, and practices sufficient to manage the budget process. Examples of specialized experience include reviewing account obligations and payments; utilizing an automated accounting system to enter and verify a variety of obligations and payments; utilizing an automated accounting system to enter and verify a variety of obligations, verify and monitor expenditures, and monitoring credit card obligations for accuracy and completeness; conducting audits, tracking funds, and developing statistical reports; and overseeing the processing of travel authorization, vouchers and claims.

Education: One of the following types of education in a closely related field (e.g., Accounting, Financial Management, Finance, Business Administration): a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate degree; OR 2 full years of progressively higher-leveI graduate education leading to such a degree.

Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of specialized experience and graduate level education which when combined equal 100% of the requirements. To qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 2 full years. To calculate your percentage of graduate education, first determine the total number of graduate level hours that exceed 36 semester hours or your school's definition of two full years of graduate study. Then divide the total number of your excess graduate semester hours by 18 or your school definition of on year of graduate study. To calculate your percentage of qualifying experience, divide your total number of month of qualifying experience by 12. Now, add the two percentages together. The sum of the percentages must equal at least 100%.

GS-12: To be eligible at the GS-12 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below:

Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level. Specialized experience is defined as experience developing, maintaining, and administering financial data to control execution of short and long-range budgets; monitoring obligations, appropriating funds, and validating expenses; utilizing an automated financial management information system to enter financial data, track funds, and develop financial and budget reports; preparing budget estimates and projections utilizing past obligations, fund level, validity of request, and compliance with current policies and priorities; developing internal budget policies and procedures; and updated top level management officials on the status of financial operations and funding level and providing technical guidance, advise, and assistance on the planning and development of future and current budget requirements and status.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)- The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Education

All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov

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Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials. More information may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.

Additional information

Payment of relocation expenses will not be authorized.

The Department of Justice offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.

Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See www.sss.gov.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement: Federal Agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities, where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

EEO Statement/Policy: The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor. More information can be found here: https://www.justice.gov/jmd/media/1425556/dl?inline.

Political Appointees (Current or Former): 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 or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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