The United States Space Force (USSF) at Cape Cod Space Force Station, MA is searching for a Resource Advisor & Program Manager to support 6 SWS (NH-0560-03, GS 12/13 equivalent).

Description:
Advises the installation commander on all budgetary, financial, and overarching resource management matters. Executes the commander's vision on resource allocation in support of mission and installation operations, maintenance, and sustainment. serves as the resident subject matter expert for all mandated administrative support and resource management programs. Ensures unit program compliance with regulations, laws, policies, and squadron commander directives. To maintain maximum operational flexibility, responsibilities include, but are not limited to: task management, cybersecurity liaison (CL), Government Travel Card (GTC) program, Unit Deployment Manager (UDM), Defense Travel System (DTS) administrator, Drug Demand Reduction Program (DDRP), health care program, fitness program, Government Purchase Card (GPC) program, safety program, Automated Data Processing Equipment (ADPE) accounts, security program, supply program, civilian timecard program, and unit recognition program. Develops and implements procedures to track program status, identify and respond to program trends, and maintain program health.

Assists in planning, administering, and monitoring manpower resource requirements. Serves as the point of contact for both civilian and military position utilization. Maintains manpower manning documents.

Serves as the organizational point of contact and liaison with the personnel flight on military and civilian personnel issues. Stays abreast of current personnel issues and provides explanations of personnel-related requirements, regulations, and procedures to supervisors and managers. P
Performs budget formulation work, including the preparation of detailed analyses of annual and/or multi-year budget estimates for assigned organizations/programs into a consolidated budget request. Assembles and/or develops background data, information, and documentation to support required program budgets. Researches and analyzes available factual information, trends in the cost of accomplishing specific work objectives, and relationships among organizational needs and objectives.

Performs budget analysis, execution, and administration involving the monitoring of obligations incurred and the actual expenditures of a budget with different sources and types of funding.

Performs other clerical and administrative work, readily adapting to emerging administrative requirements and executing special projects as directed by leadership.

Ideal Candidate:
Installation Resource Advisor performing a variety of budget functions involving the formulation, execution, and/or analysis of budgets for substantive programs and support activities. Responsible to the commander for executing routine and complex budget functions for assigned mission activities, while flexibly directing, managing, and adapting overarching administrative, personnel, and manpower support programs to meet evolving installation needs.

Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Knowledge of commonly used budgetary methods, practices, procedures, regulations, and policies, as well as the structure, missions, functions, goals, work methods, and sources of funding pertinent to installation programs and organizations, including personnel and manpower issues.
2. Knowledge of sources of factual information related to budgeting and organizational operations (e.g., accounting reports, payroll records, work reports, inventory, and supply data), combined with knowledge of automated data processing concepts, systems capabilities, and office automation software to accomplish complex tasks and produce documents, spreadsheets, databases, and graphs.
3. Skill in applying analytical methods and techniques (e.g., cost-benefit analysis, zero-based budgeting, amortization, depreciation, and prorating revenues and costs) to gather and assemble data, evaluate the effects of changes in program plans, develop alternatives, and make recommendations to resolve complex budget and funding problems.
4. Skill in formulating, justifying, and executing assigned budgets and programs, coupled with advanced abilities in fact-finding, problem analysis, problem resolution, and developing concrete action plans to solve emerging challenges.
5. Ability to plan, organize, and manage diverse administrative programs and functions of an organization, ensuring work is completed efficiently, adapting to new or unusual situations, and meeting commander-driven deadlines.
6. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to justify, defend, present, and advise leadership on budgetary processes, actions, administrative directives, and organizational operations, using tact and courtesy.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• PCS / Incentive funding is not authorized.
• Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
• May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
• May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 20 days per year.
• This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
• Employee must within 30-days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, “Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
• This is a Financial Management Level (1, 2, or 3) Certified position IAW the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, Section 1599d.
• This is a drug testing designated position. The incumbent is subject to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment, and participation in random drug testing.

Qualifications

The 0560 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.

How you will be evaluated

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

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:

Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

Resume:You must submit a resume that 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 exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:

1. Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
2. Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
3. Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
   • Job title
   • Detailed duties and accomplishments
   • Employer's name and address
   • Supervisor's name and phone number
   • Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
   • Hours per week
   • Salary, if applicable
4. Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses

College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

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