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Supervisory Auditor (Assistant Director) (Term Appointment, NTE September 30, 2024)

Employer
USAJobs
Location
Wallops Island, Virginia
Closing date
Apr 6, 2023
Duties

USAID OIG's Office of Audit, is seeking experienced candidates to help provide independent oversight of USAID's Ukraine response. For more information on USAID OIG's Ukraine oversight plans, please visit https://oig.usaid.gov/our-work/ukraine-oversight .

As Assistant Audit Director for the OIG Office of Audit's, you will:
  • Oversee or lead multiple teams in planning and conducting highly technical and complex performance audits, and other projects that promote efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance and ensuring that work is done in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS).
  • Provide day-to-day supervision and direction to division, teams, and staff. As part of those duties, provide supervisory review and approval, using audit software of performance audit objectives, scope, methodologies, protocols, project plans, audit findings, analysis, workpapers and audit evidence, recommendations, and audit reports.
  • Oversee or lead teams in obtaining sufficient, appropriate, and reliable evidence through inspection, observation, inquiries, and confirmation to provide a reasonable basis for an opinion regarding the subject being audited.
  • Lead or participate in the planning, development, and presentation of written reports and oral briefings for senior OIG and agency leaders on progress of projects, audit findings, and recommendations.
  • Assess the progress of corrective actions taken by agency officials regarding recommendation implementation.
  • Participate in the development of division audit plans. Monitor compliance with audit teams' plans and schedules to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of audit practices, resources, and tools.
  • Perform human resource management functions that include, but are not limited to workforce/succession planning; employee counseling; supporting EEO and affirmative action initiatives; evaluating work performance; proposing staff awards; resolving complaints, identifying employee training needs; and developing and mentoring employees.


Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • United States Citizenship is required.
  • Relevant experience (see Qualifications below).
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
  • Males born after 12/31/1959, must be registered with the Selective Service.
  • You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.


Qualifications

Basic Requirements for Performance Auditors

  • Degree: auditing; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, public administration, accounting, international relations or development, regional or area studies, public policy or evaluation, journalism with international focus, or security policy.

    OR
  • Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in performance auditing, or an equivalent combination of performance auditing experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional auditing knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following:
  • A certificate as a Certified Internal Auditor or a Certified Public Accountant, obtained through written examination; or
  • Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in auditing or accounting, e.g., 15 semester hours.

  • In addition to the mandatory basic requirements/education requirements specified in this announcement, applicants must have specialized experience and/or directly related education in the increments shown below:

    Specialized Experience:

    GS-14:
    Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or higher in the Federal service to include: (1) overseeing teams planning and conducting highly technical and complex performance audits and other projects that promote efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance in accordance with the Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS); (2) reviewing final reports for technical competency and audit standards; (3) monitoring audit plans, and developing program enhancements and solutions.

    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, relevant to the duties of the position to be filled, including volunteer experience.

    CTAP/ICTAP candidates will be referred to the selecting official if they are found well qualified. Well-qualified means an eligible employee who possesses the knowledge, skills, and abilities which clearly exceed the minimum requirements of the position. A well-qualified employee must meet the qualification and eligibility requirements of the position, including any medical qualifications, suitability, and minimum education and experience requirements, meet all selective factors (where applicable); meet quality ranking factors and are assigned to the Silver Category or higher Category; be physically qualified with reasonable accommodation to perform the essential duties of the position; meet any special qualifying U.S. OPM-approved conditions; AND be able to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry without additional training.

    A well-qualified candidate will not necessarily meet the definition of highly or best qualified when evaluated against other candidates who apply for a particular position. In the absence of selective and quality ranking factors, selecting officials will document the job-related reason(s) for qualification determinations.

    Education

    This position has a positive education requirement, therefore, transcripts are required.

    Additional information

    USAID is an independent Federal Government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. With headquarters in the District of Columbia, we operate in more than 100 countries worldwide, playing an active and critical role in the promotion of U.S. foreign policy interests. When crisis strikes, when rights are repressed, when hunger, disease, and poverty rob people of opportunity, USAID acts on behalf of the American people to help expand the reach of prosperity and dignity to the world's most vulnerable people. USAID employees and contractors must commit to maintaining a workplace free of sexual misconduct, including harassment, exploitation, and abuse, and adhere to USAID's Counter-Trafficking in Persons Code of Conduct. For information on the effort to counter all forms of human trafficking, including the procurement of commercial sex acts and the use of forced labor, visit http://www.state.gov/g/tip. For more information about USAID, visit http://www.usaid.gov.

    These are Testing Designated Positions (TDP's) under the Agency's approved Drug-Free Work Place Program. All applicants selected for this position will be subject to random drug testing once they begin working for the Agency.

    Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer is required.

    Moving and relocation expenses are not authorized.

    M ythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies: https://hru.gov/Studio_Recruitment/tools/Mythbuster_on_Federal_Hiring_Policies.pdf .

    EEO Policy: EEO Policy Statement .

    Veterans' Information: Veterans Information .

    Telework: https://www.telework.gov/ .

    Selective Service Registration: http://www.sss.gov/ .

    It is the Government's policy not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. USAID will use information about an individual's employment experience only to determine their qualifications and assess their relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including behavior during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.

    Reasonable Accommodation Policy:
    USAID is committed to equal employment opportunity; therefore, reasonable accommodations are available to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you need an accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodation Division in the Office of Civil Rights at reasonableaccommodations@usaid.gov. Reasonable accommodation decisions are made on a case-by-case basis. To learn more about the Reasonable Accommodation Division, please visit our website at: https://www.usaid.gov/careers/reasonableaccommodations.

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