Budget Officer

As an Budget Officer in the United States Attorneys Office (USAO) District of New Mexico you will be responsible for:

• Planning formulating justifying implementing and administering budget and financial management activities.
• Providing positive recommendations and alternative approaches to improve program plans budget proposals costs of operations and program accomplishments
• Preparing budget justifications for recommended allocation levels particularly deviations from initial office submissions
• Planning work to be accomplished by subordinates sets goals and priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Assigning work to subordinates based on difficulty of assignments and staff capabilities.
• Evaluating work performance of subordinates.
• Providing technical advice and assistance to resolve problems referred by staff.
• Interviewing candidates for positions in unit and makes tentative selections subject to approval by the United States Attorney.

• You must be a U.S. or National Citizen.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint credit and tax checks and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service if applicable.
• If selected you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• If selected you will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period unless this requirement has been met previously.
• Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

GS-13: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level.

Specialized experience is defined as experience as a financial management expert in developing planning implementing and administering the full spectrum of budget and financial management activities. Examples of specialized experience include: analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of financial management programs systems and operations in meeting established goals and objectives; developing financial policies to facilitate achievement of program goals and objectives; providing recommendations and alternative approaches to improve program plans budget proposals costs of operations and program accomplishments; and providing technical guidance advice and assistance to senior management in the identification of future resource and budget requirements.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) - The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at