Mission Support Specialist

The Mission Support Specialist provides financial management support budget formulation and execution management procurement activities and other administrative functions.

In this position you will:

• Procure goods and services verifying the availability of funds preparing contracts and purchase orders and ensuring that goods and services are received accounted for and paid for.
• Assist museum staff in the effective prompt and policy-compliant procurement of goods and services utilizing purchase orders purchase cards online travel tools reimbursement procedures and various inter-unit transfer procedures.
• Assist with the formulation presentation execution and analyses of organizational budgets that support HMSGs mission and functions.
• Analyze monitor and track expenses and net operating results for assigned areas to ensure proper allocation and effective use of funds during the execution phase of the annual budget.

Conditions of employment

• Requires career/career-conditional status or eligibility.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

Conditions of Employment

Qualification requirements including one year time-in-grade at the next lower grade level for promotion candidates must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date. See the Required Documents section for additional information.

For information on qualification requirements seeQualification Standards Handbook forGeneral Schedule Positionsviewable on OPM Website.

Qualifications

Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal Service. For this position specialized experience is defined as experienceproviding administrative duties for an office unit or organization; creating and reviewing purchase orders for the purpose of procuring services equipment and supplies for an organization; monitoring funds expenditures and balances including fund reconciliation; and communicating and enforcing procurement and/or travel rules and regulations for an organization.

Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead provide detailed descriptive information about your actual 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.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Or Education:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.M. if related

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study. For instructions on where to fax these documents see the Required Documents section of this announcement.

Or a Combination: Education and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualifications; For a full explanation of this option please see the Qualification Standards.

In aneffort to streamline our hiring process SI employees whose current position of record is in the same job series (0301) and who are in a Federal Competitiveas this advertised position are not required to submit a transcript with your application package. However if selected you will be required to provide a copy of your transcript before your start date in the position.

Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures anyindividual who is currently holding or who has held within the previous 52 weeks a GeneralSchedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted servicemust meet time-in-grade requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of thegrade for which you are applying).