Job Summary

This position is being filled under the memorandum from the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) "Expansion of Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense," dated August 12,2024. This position is part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

Job Description

You may qualify at the GS-09, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service as listed below: Guiding research in DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution Process (PPBE) and its associated cycles as well as experience in formulating and justifying budgets; Using funds for a program and administrative purposes (to include Purpose, Time and Amount) and executing funds; Reviewing data or request for the budget submissions and financial data such as obligation and expenditure rates, providing decision support and analysis to support the budget. (THIS EXPERIENCE MUST BE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED IN YOUR RESUME), OR B. Have a master's degree or two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such degree or have a LL.B or JD if related, OR C. You have some specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and you have more than one year but less than two years of education as described in B. You have computed the percentage of the requirements that you meet, and the total is at least 100%. (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond the first year by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.) You may qualify at the GS-11, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service as listed below: Providing advisory and guidance with DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution Process (PPBE) and its associated cycles as well as experience in formulating and justifying budgets; Interpreting and advising on the use of funds for a program and administrative purposes (to include Purpose, Time and Amount) and executing funds; Reviewing and providing technical advice for the budget submissions and financial data such as obligation and expenditure rates, providing decision support and analysis to support the budget; Utilizing program management and contracting on the determination of the funding of requirements for stakeholders. (THIS EXPERIENCE MUST BE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED IN YOUR RESUME) OR B. Have a 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, OR C. You have some specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and you have more than one year but less than two years of education as described in B. You have computed the percentage of the requirements that you meet, and the total is at least 100%. (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond the first year by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.) You may qualify at the GS-12, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service as listed below: Providing guidance with DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution Process (PPBE) and its associated cycles as well as experience in formulating and justifying budgets; Coordinating multiple programs on the use of funds for program and administrative purposes (to include Purpose, Time and Amount) and executing funds; Providing technical advice for the budget submissions and financial data such as obligation and expenditure rates, providing decision support and analysis to support the budget; Collaborating with program management and contracting on the determination of the funding of requirements for stakeholders. (THIS EXPERIENCE MUST BE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED IN YOUR RESUME) You may qualify at the GS-13, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service as listed below: Advising with DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution Process (PPBE) and its associated cycles as well as experience in formulating and justifying budgets; Utilizing knowledge to make decisions with complete program oversight on the use of funds for program and administrative purposes (to include Purpose, Time and Amount) and executing funds; Analyzing knowledge for the budget submissions and financial data such as obligation and expenditure rates, providing decision support and analysis to support the budget; Collaborating with program management and contracting on the determination of the funding of requirements for stakeholders; Providing financial advisory services and make decisions on complex financial issues for a large organizations to include independently researching financial issues and providing recommendations to senior managers; Working and understanding of Defense Acquisition System (DAI). (THIS EXPERIENCE MUST BE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED IN YOUR RESUME) 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.