Management Analyst (Budget)

This is a non-status, non-permanent Personal Services Contract (PSC) position. This position does not provide competitive or excepted service status into the civil service.

This position is in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Directorate of Threat Investigations and Analysis (DS/TIA). 

In this position, you will provide support to the DS/TIA Senior Resource Manager, regarding the administration of resources allocated to offices within the TIA Directorate.

This is a telework eligible position. 

Duties:

• Provides expert advice to office managers in reviewing, editing, and consolidating annual and multi-year budget estimates for the office into a single budget request.
• Provides full range of budget oversight, control, and execution for the assigned office within DS/TIA and recommends to management on approval of expenditures and obligations to ensure all budget and program requirements are met.
• Oversees all costs incurred within the assigned office and ensures expenditures comply with budget authorizations.

Key Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements, including education, and any selective placement factors described below by the closing date of this announcement.  Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience leading audits and reviews of the financial management activities.
• Experience providing technical guidance pertaining to program procedures.
• Experience monitoring and tracking obligations and expenditures of budgeted funds throughout the execution phase. 

There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-13 position.

How You will be Evaluated:

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs) and other characteristics that are relevant to the duties of this position and must be fully supported by information in your resume

• Knowledge of financial management principles.
• Ability to prepare financial plans. 
• Ability to provide financial management expertise. 

Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this job opportunity. 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). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week. 

HOW TO APPLY:

Submit a detailed resume. Applications must be received electronically by 11:59 pm on February 7, 2023. Your resume or application must clearly reflect the requirements of this position, if not your application may not be considered.  Applications, which are incomplete, not received by the deadline stated above will not be considered.   All materials submitted will become property of the Department of State. For any questions, please contact DS/EX/HRM, Nadya Ahmed, ahmedn3@state.gov. 

Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this job opportunity. 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). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week. For assistance with creating a resume, please click here.

Applicants must meet all the qualification requirements and submit any required supporting documentation by the closing date of this job opportunity.  Applicants found to be among the top qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring official for further consideration and possible interview.

Benefits:

Personal Services Contractors are eligible to participate in the PSC Health Insurance Reimbursement Program which allows for a contribution of 72 percent against the contractor’s health insurance premium costs toward either an individual or family policy, provided that such costs may not exceed the maximum U.S. Government contribution for direct-hire personnel as announced annually by the Office of Personnel Management.  Supplemental  insurance, such as dental and vision, is not eligible for this reimbursement under this program. The Department’s PSC Life Insurance Reimbursement Program allows for PSC’s to be provided a contribution of 50 percent against the actual costs of an individual annual life insurance policy not to exceed $500.00 per year. 

Personal Service Contractors entering on duty with prior qualifying service, as defined by OPM, may have their service computation dates updated to credit their years of applicable prior service for higher annual leave accrual rates.  PSC leave accrual rates are explained in 3 FAM 9116.1. 

Benefits for PSC’s in the Department of State are outlined in 3 FAM 9116.

How to Apply: 

Submit a detailed resume. Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week. Your resume must be received electronically by 11:59pm on TBD. Your resume must clearly reflect the requirements of this position, if not, your application may not be considered. Applications, which are incomplete, not received by the deadline stated above, will not be considered. All materials submitted will become property of the Department of State.

For any questions on this announcement, please contact Nadya Ahmed, ahmedn3@state.gov.