About this role
Job SummaryYou will serve as a Budget Analyst at National Land Imaging with Geological Survey. You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 5 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. Pay will vary based on grade level and/or duty location for which you're selected. Salary is based on General Schedule (RUS) pay table. For locality pay information, click here. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.
QualificationsAll qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 08/21/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. AND- Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying. To qualify for this position at the GS-13 grade level: Experience: Must have one year of specialized experience at or equal to the next lower grade level (GS-12). Examples of this experience may include, but is not limited to: Working with other management officials to develop budget estimates, goals, Working independently to find solutions to problems in budget and fiscal data; Searching for, compiling and analyzing historical statistical and narrative data relating to budgetary planning to determine the impact of higher level decisions and possible organizational impact; Supervising preparation of internal documentation to insure accountability and distribution of funds to appropriate project accounts; Preparing cost-benefit analysis with recommendations regarding budget and financial planning. Volunteer Experience: 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.
Major DutiesSome of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Providing day-to-day financial and administrative management support for NLI Program budget formulation, execution, and tracking. Conducting fiscal analysis and coordinating fund allocations across appropriated, reimbursable, and multi-year satellite mission budgets. Monitoring, reconciling, and reporting on multi-source accounts and inter-agency agreements while managing year-end close-outs and variance analyses. Representing the program in bureau-level financial and operational working groups while coordinating across regional and cost-center leadership. Guiding support staff on established business processes and executing special projects in direct support of program leadership.RequirementsMust provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.