Duties

Summary

DO NOT APPLY THROUGH USAJOBS or EMAIL- APPLY ONLINE AT www.cbo.gov/careers. CBOs Budget Analysis Division seeks a manager to direct its Health Systems and Medicare Cost Estimates Unit. That group communicates regularly with and provides assistance to Congressional committees; prepares policy studies and multiyear budget projections; and produces cost estimates for legislation affecting Medicare, the Federal Employees Health Benefits program, and programs of the Public Health Service.
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Responsibilities

Among the unit chiefs responsibilities are the following: Organize, supervise, and evaluate the groups work to ensure high-quality, nonpartisan analyses andestimates, often within tight deadlines; Coordinate preliminary analyses for proposals; Review and edit CBO cost estimates of legislation; Coordinate the preparation of CBOs 10-year baseline spending projections and its analyses of thePresidents budgetary proposals for the relevant program areas; and Help develop and review CBOs studies of health-related policy issues, including cost analyses for avariety of health studies and budget options

Travel Required

Not required

Supervisory status
Yes

Promotion Potential
0

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Excepted Service

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Tier One Background Investigation

Qualifications

CBO is looking for a leader with superior analytical skills who can manage and motivate a highly skilled staff, help them develop professionally, and encourage collaboration that crosses organizational lines. The position requires an ability to convey complex material clearly and concisely and to communicate effectively with Congressional staff. Candidates must be able to manage a variety of work products in a complex and constantly evolving legislative environment. Experience with the federal budget and knowledge of Congressional budget and legislative processes are strongly preferred, as is a familiarity with the financing of Medicare, other health care systems, or prescription drug coverage in the United States.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:

See qualifications above

Education

EDUCATION:

Candidates must have an advanced degree in public policy, public administration, economics, mathematics, or a related field.

Additional information

EXCEPTED SERVICE

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application includes your résumé, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your résumé includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a not qualified determination. Those who aren't qualified will be informed and not considered further. Others will be referred to the hiring division for further consideration.

NOTE: To ensure consideration you must submit a complete application by August 26, 2019 at www.cbo.gov/careers (not USAJobs). Although we may continue to accept applications beyond that date, we are only ensuring that those who submitted by the deadline above will be considered. Should the hiring division wish to review candidates who applied after that date, we will then process those applications to determine if they are qualified and should be forwarded for management review.

Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Confidential

Drug test required
No

Required Documents

Cover letter, résumé, salary history, a one to two page writing sample, and contact information for three references

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.