Clarification from the agency

This position allows for situational and recurring telework but does not qualify for full-time or remote telework.

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), Defender Services Office, Program Operations Division seeks a self-motivated, experienced budget professional to serve as the chief of the Program Budget Branch.

The Program Budget Branch develops the annual Defender Services appropriation request, calculates individual federal defender organization budgets, issues allotments and grants, gives budget advice to 82 chief federal defenders around the U.S., conducts analysis related to budget and staffing, and monitors expenditures.

The Supervisory Budget Analyst provides daily oversight, supervision, assistance, and support to a staff of four to six analysts.

1. Supervising, directing, and providing technical and administrative guidance to program budget staff.
2. Coaching and mentoring program budget staff.
3. Coordinating the preparation and justification of the Defender Services annual appropriation request.
4. Assigning and coordinating work across functional areas.
5. Facilitating collaboration among staff, including creating new mechanisms and workflow models.
6. Serving on a management team to provide advice on improving financial management.
7. Establishing priorities, identifying solutions, developing short- and long-term program and project timelines, and ensuring deadlines are met.
8. Overseeing Program Operations Division and Defender Services expenditures, and supporting budget development and execution.
9. Acting as a liaison by developing and maintaining effective working relationships within the Defender Services Office and with stakeholders inside and outside the Judiciary.
10. Serving on or leading various committees, meetings, and working groups.
11. Preparing and presenting briefings and documents to AO senior management, court executives, and judges.
12. Serving as subject matter expert and supervising Program Budget Branch subject matter experts.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

1. All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
2. Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO. If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/. For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
3. All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
4. New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
5. All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
6. You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
7. If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.

Qualifications

Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below. This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.

Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position. Specialized experience is demonstrated experience leading staff, developing and preparing annual appropriation request, calculating individual federal budgets, issuing allotments and grants, monitoring expenditures, and conducting budget and hiring analyses.

How you will be evaluated

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

We will review your resume and supporting documentation and compare this information to your responses on the occupational questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this job, we will evaluate your application package, to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement.

You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume and/or narrative responses, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Failure to submit the mandatory narrative responses will result in not receiving full consideration and/or rating credit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, withdrawing an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.