Clarification from the agency

Current Federal employees serving under career or career-conditional competitive service appointments, former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility, or persons eligible for non-competitive appointment under special appointment authorities. Veterans who are preference eligible or separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 or more years of continuous service may apply under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA).

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Supervisory and/or Managerial Responsibilities:
Performs the administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised. Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff members, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system. Observes subordinates' performance; demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques. Provides informal feedback and periodically evaluates employee performance. Resolves informal complains and grievances. Develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary. Provides advice and counsel to workers related to work and administrative matters. Effects disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area. Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests. Assures that subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of the safety regulations.

Management of Budget Operations:
Oversees and manages budget operations for OIG's Budget Execution functions. Develops and directs the budget operation for HHS/OIG with multiple major subordinate components, each with diverse, multi-year, substantive programs. Develops policies and procedures that support the budget execution process. Develops the annual call for financial plans to execute the OIG budget. Works with components to identify, define and justify spending and needs. Coordinates the compilation of budget estimates and program requirements into a financial review and analysis process for senior management officials. Reviews program requirements with the agency's organizational units, recommending approval or disapproval, pointing out budget limitations and significant deviations from past years, suggesting solutions to funding problems, and advising on probable reactions of Congressional committees to budget proposals. Serves as the organization's authority on budget execution matters, managing agency budget execution for multi-year substantive programs. Manages the execution of the operating budget, including the establishment of necessary controls, and approves, from a budgetary standpoint, expenditures for individual items of personal service, travel, printing, supplies, and the entire array of objects of expenditures.

Makes investigations and recommendations involving the proper utilization of these funds. Directs annual in-depth baseline reviews of each fund to ensure expenditures are consistent with the budget, program, and planning processes. Provides authoritative analysis, advice, and assistance on complex budget issues of national scope with a visibility towards the priorities of OIG, HHS, OMB, and Congress. Participates in discussions and decisions regarding reprogramming actions; receives requests for major reprogramming; obtains necessary statistical and program data; considers requests in light of the overall budget program and makes recommendations as to whether the proposal should be accepted in its entirety, in part, or should be rejected; prepares reprogramming letters to the Congress; and justifies the request to committee staff.

Budget Execution Oversight:
Plans and implements agency-wide program and budget guidance governing the execution of budgets. Recommends policies that impact on substantive program goals and national priorities. Coordinates and integrates current and long-range financial planning data pertaining to the budgets of several major subordinate organizations with diverse programs and program needs and varying procurement, production, planning and scheduling, cost accounting, and financial and accounting systems. Serves as senior expert and advises other budget experts throughout the agency and/or other agencies on issues that involve applying or tailoring methods and procedures.

Oversight of Management Planning and Analysis:
Directs and presents the management and financial analysis of OIG programs. Oversees a staff responsible for performing these analyses in order to determine the impact of new or revised policies, procedures, programs and legislation on OIG programs and the agency's budget. Monitors the implementation and review of management planning and analysis functions including reviews of specific OIG business functions, management or programmatic structures.

Budget Formulation Oversight:
Provides support in the administrative and policy direction in the formulation and justification of budgets for the OIG. Analyzes, plans, schedules, and coordinates all phases of budgeting needed to formulate and execute the budgets for multi-year substantive programs having impact on the budgets and programs of such entities as other Federal agencies, State and local governments, and/or major private industrial firms.

Conditions of employment

• U.S Citizenship is required.
• Registration with the Selective Service (if applicable).
• Suitability for Federal employment determined by background investigation.
• One-year probationary period may be required.
• Time in grade must be met within 30 days of closing date of announcement.
• THIS POSITION IS SUBJECT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 14043 MANDATING COVID-19 VACCINATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
• One-year supervisory probationary period may be required.

Qualifications

You must meet the requirements of the job by 11:59 (Eastern Standard Time) of the closing date: 03/12/2022

Expanded/Maximum telework Posture:

• Due to COVID-19, the agency is currently in a maximum telework posture. If selected, you may be expected to telework upon your appointment. As employees are permitted to return to the office, you may be required to report to the duty station listed on this announcement, even if your home/temporary telework site is located outside the local commuting area. Your position may be eligible for workplace flexibilities which may include remote work or telework options, and/or flexible work scheduling. These flexibilities may be requested in accordance with the HHS Workplace Flexibilities policy.
• Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.

Applicants must meet all the qualification requirements, including education, and any selective placement factors described below within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. Education used as part of an application package will only be considered if complete transcripts are submitted and must be from an accredited institution as recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. To see if your institution is accredited, please follow this link: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

1. Experience analyzing, planning, scheduling , and coordinating all phases of budgeting needed to formulate and execute the budget for mulit-year substantive programs that may impact Federal agencies, State and local government and/or major private industrial firms;
2. Experience recommending and/or developing policies and procedures that support the budget execution process and;
3. Experience providing authoritative analysis, advice, and assistance on complex budget issues of national scope.

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. Your resume should include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.

How you will be evaluated

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

Additional selections may be made for similar positions across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) within the local commuting area(s) of the location identified in this announcement. By applying, you agree to have your application shared with interested selecting official(s) at HHS. Clearance of CTAP/ICTAP will be applied for similar positions across HHS.

Your eligibility for consideration and qualifications for the position will be determined based upon a review of your detailed resume and your responses to job specific self-assessment questions. Your resume will be evaluated based on evidence of your ability to demonstrate possession of any specialized experience and how well your background and experience relates to the self-assessment questions in the job announcement.

The self-assessment questions relate to the following knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies (KSA's). You do not have to provide a narrative response to the KSA's.

• Budget Administration
• Financial Management
• Managing Human Resources
• Planning and Evaluating

Your responses to the self-assessment questions serve as the basis for your initial rating. You will receive a numerical score based on your responses to these questions. Next, your responses will be evaluated by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a subject matter expert against the information provided in your resume. Your resume must support your answers to the self-assessment questions, or your score may be adjusted or lowered accordingly which may affect your overall final rating. Falsifying your background, education, and/or experience is cause for not hiring you or for changing your scored responses to questions you've answered, which may affect your overall final score.

Please note that a complete application is required for consideration. (Please review the "Required Documents" section of this job announcement to see what must be included in a complete application).

To view the application form, visit: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/11407379

Selections may be made for vacancies across the entire Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). By applying, you agree to allow your application and other personal information to be shared with one or more HHS hiring officials for employment consideration for same/similar positions within the location(s) identified in this announcement.