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BUDGET ANALYST
Office of Finance, Budget Directorate, Financial Resource Management Division, Financial Appropriate
Department of Homeland Security

Overview

NSEP Exclusive

Open & Closing Dates
11/11/2024 to 11/22/2024

Salary
60515 - 95181

Pay Scale & Grade
GS9, GS11 per year

Work Schedule
Full-Time

Promotion Potential
GS12

Appointment Type
Permanent

Location

City
Indianapolis, IN

State
IN

Duties

Summary
This position is located within the Data Analysis Branch of the Data Analysis, System Tools and
Information Sharing Division, Budget Directorate, Office of Finance (OF), Enterprise Services
(ES), United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The purpose of this position is to formulate budget requirements for all phases of the budget cycle within the Budget Directorate of the Office of Finance. The incumbent performs budgetary functions in support of major CBP programs, including user fee accounts.

Responsibilities
- Plans, organizes, and carries out budget activity for a significant program component and has a fundamental understanding of the full lifecycle of the budget process and application of funds appropriated and from user fee revenue.

- Ensures the effective integration of program and budget planning.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment
- Ability to evaluate and analyze systems and contribute to identifying trends and changes in both summary and detailed data for use in analysis, forecasts, models, presentations, and recommendations.

- Ability and skill in developing singular, specific and multi-audience presentations, summaries and other communications in a clear and concise manner to organize work assignments and to assist the supervisor and higher graded analysts in developing briefing material and deliverables.

- Comprehensive skill in identifying and analyzing legislative, policy and regulatory decisions to develop budgetary plans, policies, and guidance and to make adjustments to the budget.

Security Clearance

Not Required

Required Application Materials

Resume, Cover Letter, Academic Transcripts, DD-214 (veterans or active duty military only), SF-50 (current or former federal employees only), NSEP Letter of Certification, Writing Sample

Application Instructions

Your application is due by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the application close date indicated above. Failure to follow the application instructions may result in rejection of your application.

Cover letters should be tailored to the position and generically addressed to the division mentioned above.

Resume and Supporting Materials

You will need to submit your application through the vacancy posting on the NSEPnet Job Board. Please upload each of the required documents in the appropriate location. Files should be in Word, Excel, PDF, Text or Html formats only. When naming each file, please follow the following naming convention:

Document Type_Last Name, First Name

For example, the applicant John Smith would submit a resume named “Resume_Smith, John”.

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SF-50 and DD-214

If you are a current or former federal employee, you will need to include your SF-50 (or similar document proving federal employment) in your application. If you are a veteran or active duty member of the U.S. military, you will need to include a DD-214 in your application.

Letter of Certification

You will need to request a Letter of Certification for this exclusive position. To request a Letter of Certification from the NSEPnet home page, hover over the blue “Request a Letter” option at the top of the page and click on “Certification Letter” from the drop-down options. Requests for Letters of Certification are generally processed within 1-2 business days.

HIRING AUTHORITY

The Department of Homeland Security will utilize the Schedule A (r) and/or NDAA’13 hiring authorities afforded to all NSEP award recipients with outstanding service requirements to make appointments to this position in the excepted service. NSEP award recipients who have already completed their service requirement to NSEP in full are not eligible to apply.

Additional Notes

This opportunity is only open to NSEP award recipients who have not yet fulfilled their service requirement to NSEP in full. If you have completed work which may fulfill part or all of your service under the terms of your Service Agreement with NSEP, please submit a Service Agreement Report (SAR) requesting service credit for that work as soon as possible. Feel free to reach out to the NSEP Service Team at nsep@nsep.gov if you have any questions or concerns.

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