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Capital Allocation Budgeting Specialist

General Services Administration
Public Buildings Service
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Summary

As a Capital Allocation Budgeting Specialist, you will assist in performing a range of studies and analyses of significant difficulty and sensitivity that have an impact on Capital Planning and Budgeting.

Location of position: Public Buildings Service (PBS), Office of Portfolio Management and Customer Engagement, (GSA Regional or National Offices) Location negotiable after selection.  

This position is not a Full-Time Telework position.

Overview

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Open date: 03/12/2020
Closed date: 03/26/2020
Location
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$78,681 - $144,676 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 13
Promotion potential
13
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-Time
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required.
Appointment type
Permanent - Permanent
Supervisory status
No
Federal service type
This job is in the Competitive Service
Drug test
No
Security clearance
Other
Position sensitivity and risk
Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk
Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. The type depends on the job.
Background check type
Announcement number
20PBSC176KTMP
Control number
562747100

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Clarification from the agency

Your application will be considered if you are a: • GSA employee (Nationwide) • GSA surplus or displaced employees in the local commuting area who qualify for the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP). You must be serving on a career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service.

Duties

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As an Capital Allocation Budgeting Specialist, you will perform the following duties:

Provide advice to regions on capital planning, budgeting, and customer agency housing strategies. Includes working with the regions to provide program oversight and pursue the most effective and innovative methods of accomplishing program goals and meeting customer requirements. Assist the Capital Allocation Officer with the allocation of capital for appropriate budget activities; identifying criteria for allocation; developing the capital budget call; and assessing regional submissions. Assists in the review and approval of regionally submitted spend plans with the intent to efficiently and effectively maintain GSA’s real property portfolio. Provides detailed reports of funding trends and expected future funding requirements to the Capital Allocation Community. Make funding recommendations based on qualitative and quantitative analysis of individual projects. Upon adoption of study recommendations, coordinate activities, as necessary, to implement revised or new programs and policies. Work with regions, Public Buildings Service (PBS) Senior Leadership, Office of Design and Construction and PBS Financial Services Division staff on development of the Capital Investment and Leasing Program (CILP). Provide information concerning programs and operations to appropriate stakeholders. Serve as liaison to customer representatives and Regional PBS customers.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
  • Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
  • Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable
  • Register with the Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959

If selected, you must meet the following conditions:

  • Receive authorization from OPM on any job offer you receive, if you are or were (within the last 5 years) a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch.
  • Serve a one year probationary period, if required.
  • Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 investigation level).

Qualifications

For each job on your resume, provide:

  • the exact dates you held  each job (from month/year to month/year)
  • number of hours per week you worked (if part time).    

If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.

For a brief video on creating a Federal resume, click here. 

The GS-13 base salary range starts at $78,681 per year .  Locality Pay will be added after selection.   

The location of this position is negotiable after selection.   The incumbent may be selected for one of the following duty stations that are GSA Regional or National Offices:  Washington, DC; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA;  Chicago, IL; Kansas City, MO; Fort Worth, TX; Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Auburn, WA. 

This position is not a Full-Time Telework position.


SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:  

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience in a real estate program which includes two (2) or more of the following functions: analyzing project investments; prioritizing investment strategies; developing annual capital plans; use of asset management tools; performing various real estate related financial analyses; analyzing, measuring and bench-marking building investments/liabilities and assisting in developing plans for the management of operations and maintenance of facilities.

Additional information

Bargaining Unit status: NFFE

Relocation-related expenses are not approved and will be your responsibility.

We are currently filling one vacancy, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed through this announcement or other GSA organizations within the same commuting area.

Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement as needed; through other means; or not at all.

How you will be evaluated

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

You will be scored on the questions you answer during the application process, which will measure your possession of the following competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities.  Your responses to these questions must be supported by your resume or your score may be lowered.

  1. Knowledge of real estate capital allocation to apply new developments to problems not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods, and/or make recommendations which significantly change, interpret or
    develop important public policies and programs.
  2. Knowledge of organizational and management principles, techniques, theories, practices and policies to address a variety of management and organizational problems, provide advice and recommendations.
  3. Knowledge of, and skill in applying fact-finding, investigative, qualitative and quantitative evaluative methods and techniques, in order to plan and conduct complex analytical studies.
  4. Skill in oral communication is required to conduct briefings, give speeches, negotiate requirements and implementation of recommendations. Skill in written communication is required to develop and prepare analytical reports of findings and recommendations, and briefing papers.

Additional assessments may be used, and, if so, you will be provided with further instructions.

If you are eligible under GSA’s Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), you must receive a score of 85 or higher to receive priority.


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Public Buildings Service

Agency contact information

Kelvin Towe
Phone
202-341-6663
Fax
000-000-0000
Email
Kelvin.towe@gsa.gov
Address
GSA, Public Buildings Service
General Services Administration
Washington Area Service Center
1800 F Street NW - 7th Floor
Washington, District of Columbia 20405
United States

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