Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation
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Summary
Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise overseeing multi year budgets. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.
Duty Location: Lower Colorado Basin Region, Yuma Area Office, Management Services Office, Budget, Financial and Business Management Group located in Yuma, AZ.
Full time telework and remote work not available; housing not provided.
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Duties
Serves as the Group Manager over the Budget and Financial Team and the Business Management Team and is responsible for the overall management, planning, control, coordination, and execution of all program responsibilities (budget, working capital funds, financial management reporting, accounting, etc).Provides substantial management advisory services on functional areas and complex matters.
Develops immediate and long-range goals, objectives, and milestones for the management of budgetary and financial services.
Oversees the formulation of consolidated budget forecasts and ensures that actions are coordinated with other agencies. Develops and oversees multi-year budgets or complex budgets, investing considerable time in preparing and planning the annual budget.
Responsible for special projects and presentations related to YAO’s five business lines: Colorado River Water Delivery, Groundwater and Salinity Management, Resource Management, Maintenance Services, and Desalting Services.
Directs and coordinates the program analysis work activities involving labor, equipment and materials, work operations, evaluating and analyzing data to interpret costs and efficiencies, program accomplishments, trends, and developing management reports.
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
You must be suitable for federal employment, determined by a background investigation.
You must submit a resume and supporting documentation (see Required Documents).
You must submit eligibility documents for veterans consideration (see Required Documents).
You will be required to complete a Financial Disclosure Form.
You must submit a performance appraisal if you are a current or former federal employee.
Who May Apply:
- Bureau of Reclamation Employees (Competitive)
- Bureau of Reclamation Employees (Non-Competitive)
- Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)
- Department of the Interior Employees (Competitive)
- Department of the Interior Employees (Non-Competitive)
- Federal Employees (Competitive Transfer)
- Federal Employees (Non-Competitive Transfer)
- Former Federal Employees (Competitive Reinstatement)
- Former Federal Employees (Non-Competitive Reinstatement)
- Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)
- Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA)
- Miscellaneous Appointing Authorities
- Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA)
Qualifications
To qualify at the GS-12 level, your resume must reflect one year of full-time experience equivalent to the GS-11 level developing and overseeing multi-year budgets or complex budgets and performing quantitative analysis to measure the effectiveness of a military/industrial organization. Your resume must clearly reflect this experience – if it does not, your application will be marked as not qualified.
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.
Time in Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time in grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower-grade with few exceptions as outlined in 5 CRF 300.603(b).
Education
This position does not allow substituting education for experience.
Additional information
You will be required to serve an initial supervisory probation period.
Reclamation has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and you may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval. Full time telework is not available for this position.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS) expenses are authorized with the exception of the Guaranteed Home Sale Provision or first-post-of-duty relocation expenses are authorized, as applicable. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), signed into law December 2017, suspends the moving expense deduction and the exclusion from income of qualified employer reimbursements of moving expenses that was allowed under previous tax laws. Employer reimbursements for moving costs are now generally taxed at the same rate as ordinary income.
DOI uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including applicant rights and responsibilities, please visit https://www.e-verify.gov/
This position is designated as a NON-CRITICAL SENSITIVE National Security position. It requires a fully completed and favorably adjudicated National Security Background Investigation as a condition of employment.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must certify registration with the Selective Service System or that the applicant is exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. Go to: https://www.sss.gov
Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement.
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How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide to the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following Competencies
- Financial Management
- Flexibility
- Interpersonal Skills
- Leadership
The application questionnaire can be previewed here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12540604
Your answers will be verified against information provided in your resume. Your resume must clearly support the responses to all the questions by addressing experience, education, and/or training relevant to this position. You must make a fair and accurate assessment of your qualifications. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than what is apparent in the description of your experience, competencies, skills, and/or education/training (or that your resume/application is incomplete), you could be rated ineligible or your score could be lowered.
For evaluating the quality of candidates for referral to the selecting official, a three-phased process will be used.
Phase 1:Applicant resumes will be reviewed by Human Resources to ensure they meet the basic qualification requirements (see definition of specialized experience). If applicants meet basic qualifications and any education requirements, they will continue on to the second phase.
Phase 2: Candidates who pass the first phase will have their resume reviewed by a subject matter expert against the competencies listed above.
Phase 3: Candidates will be given a final score which combines the scores from the first and second phases. Those candidates who score as best qualified will be referred to the selecting official for consideration.
Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their application, associated documents and applicable personal information shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies with the same occupational series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic location(s). Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive consideration. You may choose to opt in of having your information shared with other agencies when applying for this position. If an agency requests a copy of a certificate you are on, you will be notified.
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How to Apply
Applications (resume, assessment questionnaire, and supporting documentation) for this vacancy MUST be received online BEFORE midnight Eastern Time (Washington, DC time) on 09/27/2024. To apply, click the blue APPLY ONLINE button at the top of the page.
Do not submit photographs with the application package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials – applicant must remove any images from badges, licenses, etc.
Agency contact information
Nicole Wilson Nicole Wilson
Phone
000-000-0000
Address
Lower Colorado Basin
Bureau of Reclamation
7301 Calle Agua Salada
Yuma, AZ 85364
US
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Next steps
Upon successful submission of the application packet, applicants will receive a confirmation email from USAJOBS. If this email confirmation is not received by the applicant, the application has not yet been accepted by the system.
After all application packages have been received, resumes and supporting document(s) will be reviewed to ensure applicants meet the basic qualification requirements. Each applicant who meets the basic qualifications will be further evaluated on the information provided in the resume, application questionnaire, and other assessment criteria identified in the “How You Will Be Evaluated” section above. Best-qualified applicants will be referred to the selecting official. After making a tentative job offer, a suitability and/or security background investigation will be conducted. A final job offer is typically made within 40 days after the deadline for applications. Applicants should monitor their status for positions with the Bureau of Reclamation by regularly checking their public status notifications in the USAJOBS profile.
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