Administrative Officer (Budget) Job in Anchorage, AK

Vacancy No. AAL-ATO-24-AKDCB-90759 Department Federal Aviation Administration
Salary $52,112.00 to $97,046.00 Grade G to H
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 6/8/2024 Close Date 6/28/2024
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Status Candidates
Locations:
Anchorage, AK


Job Description (Please follow all instructions carefully)

Summary

The position is located within the ATO, Technical Operations, District/Technical Services, Operational Support Staff.

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

Open to Permanent Current, FAA Employees Nation Wide

Duties

Duties G Band

The primary responsibility of this position is to provide support to management with budget formulation and execution within an assigned area of responsibility.

The incumbent performs a combination of routine and multiple and varying assignments and acts as an individual contributor and/or member of a team for projects/programs within a defined area of responsibility within the office. The incumbent plans, develops, monitors, and presents briefings while making recommendations to District/Technical Services in Financial and Fiscal program areas. Incumbent interprets guidelines and provides management advice and counsel on the operation of an extensive budget program.

Serves as liaison between District/TS and other Technical Operations organizations, as well as the regional office or service center. Supports ATO objectives to direct highly technical, complex, professional work for the development of a key agency budget tracking/reconciling program. Store Credit Program, and performance plan (financial plan) program. Duties are performed independently, under minimal supervision.

Collects and analyzes data/information; conducts research; applies policies and procedures; identifies problems; and works with higher level and lower-level professionals in day-to-day operations. Uses appropriate automated budget tools such as REGIS and DELPHI to allocate, track, reconcile and report the status of funds. Develops/ prepares spreadsheets, financial reports, statements and data of both factual and analytical nature.

Works closely with first level managers and support personnel providing guidance and oversight to assist them with their local budgets. Contacts are primarily internal to the organizational unit, major subdivision, or LOB/SO with a manager and other employees to share information, provide data and/or written analyses, and/or explain the status of assignments.

Duties H Band

Performs multiple and varying assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional. Acts as an individual contributor and/or member of a team and may perform some leadership functions for small projects/programs or other work activities.

Applies experience and advanced knowledge applicable to his/her discipline to plan and accomplish assignments. Assignments may require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines. Typical assignments may include maintaining line of sight when establishing District/Technical Services goals, ensuring they fall within the FAA goals and objectives. Determines the soundness of the goals and objectives within the established programs by identifying and analyzing actual or potential problem areas, trends, significant program accomplishments, areas of imbalance, or other factors in the program areas. Recommends changes in program objectives, operations, and resource utilization. Assists in the planning and integration of new programs or new staff into existing programs in order to maximize program effectiveness. Analyzes and evaluates office procedures in support of existing programs, as well as workload and distribution from the aspect of optimum office efficiency and effectiveness. Serves as an organization's principal budget expert and, as such, is responsible in assisting the organization's management in the formulation and use of best practices while assisting with the execution of budget matters.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
  • Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
  • Position sensitivity is designated as Moderate Risk; a background investigation may be required
  • Please read "How to Apply" and "Required Documents" section carefully.
  • This is not a 100% Telework or Virtual Position

Qualifications

FV-G: To qualify for this position at the FV-G (FG/GS 10-11) level you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-F or FG/GS 5-9. Specialized experience is: experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experienceis use of appropriate automated budget tools to allocate, track, reconcile and report the status of funds. Develops/ prepares spreadsheets, financial reports, statements and data of both factual and analytical nature

FV-H: To qualify for this position at the FV-H (FG/GS 12) you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to FV-G (FG/GS 10/11). Specialized experience is: Experience applying management principles, practices, methods, and techniques to solve the problems of the organization; experience integrating management services with the general management of an organization; experience developing and securing the fiscal and business resources and services needed to manage and run an organization. Experience performing systematic general management reviews and audits to reach conclusions and make recommendations.

This position may be filled at the FV-G or FV-H level. If filled below the FV-H level, this announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote the employee selected at some future date. Promotion will depend upon the selectee meeting all training, qualification requirements and
recommendation by the supervisor.

Refer to OPM's Operating Manual Qualification Standards at https://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-admin.asp for more information.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Applicants should include examples of how the specialized experience is met within their Work History.

Education

Education substitution for FV-G: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of
progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR a combination of
education and experience may be qualifying for this position. Education at the graduate level in an
accredited college or university must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to
do the work.

There is no education substitution at the FV-H level.

Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in
interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited US educational institution in
terms of equivalency to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the
evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.

If you are qualifying based upon your education, you must submit your college transcripts. If
selected, official college transcripts will be required.

Preview Job Questionnaire

Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.

Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements

The U.S. Department of Transportation strives to ensure that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communication permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirations, please consider joining the DOT family.

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Appointment type: Permanent Full Time
Security: POS Sen 5 (Mod Risk).
Substance Testing: Not Required.
Financial Disclosure: No
Interviews: All or none may be interviewed



This is a bargaining unit position. This position is represented by PASS: Regional Tech Ops and AEA.

Links to Important Information: Locality Pay , COLA

Benefits

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

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



IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Required Documents

An online resume is required and must be submitted online via the USAJOBS system. Please read the "How to Apply" section within this announcement for examples of what your resume should include. If a resume is not attached to your online application, your application will be considered incomplete and will not receive further consideration. A copy of your latest SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action is required. Please read additional information below regarding your SF-50. We highly encourage using the upload feature in USAJOBS for supporting documents. If you are unable to use the upload feature in USAJOBS you may fax or mail the documents (refer to Agency Contact Info) below for the address and fax number. If you use fax or U.S. mail, you must include a cover sheet with your name, announcement number, and contact phone number(s). All supporting documents must be received in our office before or on the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration.



If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.

If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.

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.

How to Apply

You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.

We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creation of resumes.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information:

  • Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)

  • Duties (be specific in describing your duties)

  • Employer's name and address

  • Supervisor name and phone number

  • Start and end dates including month and year (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)

  • Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)

  • Salary


Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible.

You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide, Document Upload Guide, for more information on uploading and re-using the documents in your applications.

Agency contact information

Daphne Becker
Phone
1 (907) 271-4451
Fax
1 (907) 271-5367
Email
daphne.c.becker@faa.gov
Address
Federal Aviation Administration
AAL Regional HR Services Division
222 West 7th Ave #14
AHF-N100
Anchorage, AK 99513
US
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Next steps

Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.

For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide.

Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.

All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.


Note: We cannot accept applications on behalf of Federal Agencies. Application instructions are listed within the Job Description.