Who May Apply: US Citizens
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is
in this document.
To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as performing ALL of the following duties: 1) Formally and informally managing personnel through leadership, motivation, mentoring, and training; 2) Understanding of the types of funding appropriations executed and their associated fiscal challenges in a Science and Technology organization; 3) Generating, interpreting, and analyzing financial reports and analyzing trends in financial planning and execution; and 4) Translating technical and operational requirements into financial requirements. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (DE-03 or GS-13).