Clarification from the agency

Internal Permanent Air Force Employees in the Financial Management Career Field Only

DUTY 1:
Performs Career Broadening assignments/duties. Applies the full range of Financial Management (budget, cost, accounting/finance, etc.) in planning developing and managing course curricula for the Defense Financial Management & Comptroller School courses.

DUTY 2:
In a Career Broadening capacity, prepares lessons and presents materials or coordinates for SME presentation of a variety of financial management topics.

DUTY 3:
Facilitates and leads discussions and exercises on various financial management and leadership subjects.

DUTY 4:
As a Career Broadener, conducts special projects and studies, as assigned by the School Director which have far-reaching impact on the DFM&CS, faculty and students. Serves as a key person for curriculum issues concerning assigned financial management area of responsibility.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Mobility is a condition of employment; employee must sign an Air Force-wide mobility agreement
• Employee must be able to obtain and maintain appropriate security level clearance.
• If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
• PCS cost will be paid IAW Career Broadening Policy under this agreement.
• Career Broadening positions are managed by AFPC/DPZ and are centrally funded.
• Positions are established specifically to provide developmental experience designed to broaden the skills and/or enhance the leadership perspective of a high-potential, mid-level manager.
• Career Broadening also provides training and developmental opportunities at various organizational levels.
• These assignments offer the qualified candidate a unique assignment in that the candidates brings certain experience to the assignment while gaining new experiences in a different work environment
• TEMPORARY PROMOTION: If the position is filled as a temporary promotion, upon completion of the career broadening assignment, the temporary promotion may lead to permanent promotion without further competition
• Employee may be required to travel by military and/or civilian aircraft in the performance of official duties.
• Position has significant requirements for work outside normal duty hours, including attendance at student social functions, hosting guest speakers, travel to conferences, and being available as needed to work with students on special projects.
• Employee shall comply with the requirements of this Financial Management Level 2 position within two years of assignment and maintain currency at the certification level 3.
• Disclosure of Political Appointments

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Administrative and Management Positions.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: 1) Expert knowledge of the concepts, principles, practices, laws, and regulations governing cost analysis, cost research, and budget activities as well as the financial and budgetary relationships between subordinate and most senior levels of financial management and budgeting within the AF financial management community; 2) Comprehensive knowledge of advanced quantitative methods, statistical techniques, and applied mathematics sufficient to serve as an AF authority on financial management issues; 3) Knowledge of DoW acquisition process and military command structure and missions in order to perform studies and develop curriculum that affect students across DoW; 4) Knowledge of accounting, finance, mathematics, economics, statistics, operations research, or directly related disciplines with extensive and quantitative cost analysis; and 5) Knowledge of complex quantitative methods, cost research/modeling techniques, and their application to cost estimating and inflation rate forecasting analysis.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Applicants must have served at least 52 weeks at the GS-12 or higher grade (or equivalent in an alternate pay system) within the Federal Civil Service to be considered for referral. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

1. Comprehensive knowledge of financial management program policies, principles, and practices.
2. Knowledge of budget and cost functions, interrelated activities and statutory and regulatory requirements of a wide variety of DoW and Air Force activities.
3. Skill and ability to comprehend Public Law, DoW, and Air Force directives.
4. Skill and ability to gather facts and use effective; analytical, and evaluative methods to accurately assess information and make sound problem solving decisions.
5. Ability to prepare special studies and staff reports including the ability to meet emergency and/or changing program requirements within available resources and with minimum sacrifice of quality or quantity of work.
6. Ability to communicate effectively with others both orally and in writing, in working out solutions to problems or questions relating to work.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

Your responses to the questionnaire may be compared to the documents you submit. The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "insufficient information" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.

Applicants who disqualify themselves will not be evaluated further.

APPRAISALS/AWARDS: Hiring Managers use objective methods and consider previous performance appraisals and awards in the selection process. Current Federal Civilian employees should list any relevant performance related rating and/or awards in your resume.

The following documents are required and must be provided with your application. Applicants who do not submit required documentation to determine eligibility and qualifications will be eliminated from consideration. Other documents may be required based on the eligibility/eligibilities you are claiming. Click here to view the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide and the required documents you must submit to substantiate the eligibilities you are claiming.

1. Online Application: Questionnaire
2. Resume: Your resume may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume is illegible/unreadable. Additional information on resume requirements can be located under "How To Apply".
3. Current or Former Federal Civilian Employees (includes current Air Force employees): You must submit a legible copy of a SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action. The SF-50, block 24 must contain "1" or "2" AND block 34 must be a "1". Employees eligible under an OPM approved interchange agreement, block 34 may contain a "1" or "2".
4. Promotion Consideration: If you wish to be considered as a promotion candidate and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one-year time-in-grade requirements. You will need to provide additional SF-50s which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within-Grade, Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date more than one year old).

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