Budget Officer
You will serve as a Budget Officer with US Fish and Wildlife Service, located in Bailey Crossroads, Virginia.
Major duties
As a Budget Officer some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Directs and manages the budget formulation process by prescribing policies, procedures, and controls while ensuring compliance with the Administration's objectives and conformance to statutory authority. Designs, plans and directs the development of the Service's Budget estimate documents to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Budget Justifications to Congress. Establishes general policies on programming and funding matters. Designs, plans and directs the preparation of budget materials for use before appropriation committees, or any committee when the hearing is primarily on the budget, including drafting opening statements, briefing the Directorate and key witnesses, anticipating committee questions and drafting responsive answers. Establishes general policies on programming and funding matters. Manages the development and maintenance of a system of controls that ensures apportionment and allotment limits are not exceeded and comply with the appropriating legislation and policies established by OMB, Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Department. Provides direction and leadership for GPRA compliance and reporting to include the development of the Service's 5-year Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plans.
Qualifications
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 10/08/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position at the GS-15 grade level. Specialized Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: Experience may include coordinating the execution of annual, multi-year, and permanent budgets, including implementation of enacted appropriations consistent with congressional guidance; use of the OMB-MAX A-11 data entry system, the Government-Wide Treasury System, the Budget Allocation System, and the Financial Business Management System, or other accounting systems and statistical databases; creating budget formulation, execution, and reporting analyses and documents; working with organizational staff and leading other cross-functional teams to accomplish program goals; engaging leadership on the impacts of budgets and forecasts. You must include hours per week worked. Volunteer Experience: 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.
Education
This position does not allow substituting education for experience.
Requirements
Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. A financial disclosure report will be required within 30 days of appointment. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period.