BUDGET ANALYST

THIS IS A ND NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. Military membership is NOT required. This ND National Guard position is for a BUDGET ANALYST, Position Description Number T6356000 and is part of the ND JOINT STAFF, National Guard. Major duties: The primary purpose of this position is to perform routine budget analysis functions in assigned areas. Duties typically performed include the following: Assisting in the preparation of budget estimates and justifications. Interpreting and applying directives, policy, guidance, and circulars. Perform moderately difficult and complex assignments consisting of well-precedented tasks to further orient the employee in the application of occupational principles, methods, and techniques. Independently plans and carries out successive steps and handles problems and deviations in work assignments in accordance with instructions, policies, previous training, or accepted practices. Prepares or edits narrative justification and projected funding needs, and assures data in request is formally and accurately documented in a wide variety of forms, schedules, and reports. Provides advice, interpretation, and guidance to customers and leadership. Drafts or prepares a variety of documents to include newsletter items, responses to routine inquiries, reports, letters, and other related documents. Uses software such as word processing, spreadsheets, program language, plotting software, etc., to facilitate work. Qualifications: PCS STATEMENT: PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION COSTS WILL NOT BE PAID FOR THIS POSITION. NDNG Areas of Consideration (T5 Excepted Service) ****Area I: All onboard NDNG Federal Employees (Tenure 1 & 2)**** Area II: All onboard NDNG Federal Employee (Tenure 3) Area III: All onboard Federal Employees (Competitive or Excepted Service) Area IV: All NDNG military members (Army and Air) (VP Applies) Area V: All U.S. Citizens (VP Applies) QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE Length of time is not of itself qualifying. Candidates' experience should be evaluated on the basis of duties performed rather than strictly on the rank of the individual; however, established compatibility criteria/assignments must be followed. The applicant's record of experience and/or training must show possession of the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to fully perform the duties of the position. Verbiage displayed on your resume or application must contain your own words. You may refer to position descriptions, i.e. the general and specialized experience located within the vacancy announcement, to assist with describing work experiences; however, resumes or applications received in verbatim will not be considered. In your resume you will need to address the general and specialized experience listed below. Please use as much detail as needed, giving dates (months and years) of the experience, position title and how the experience was gained. This information is needed to determine if you are qualified for the position. To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year of specialized experience at the GS 07 grade level in the normal line of progression or civilian sector equivalent which includes: 1) Tracking expenditures by proper accounts and type; 2) Analyzing and evaluating changes in program plans and funding and their effect on the budget; 3) Working knowledge of automated data processing software programs and capabilities used to enter, track, manipulate, and retrieve data to analyze and create reports. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree -or- LL.B or J.D, if related. Such education must have provided the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. The coursework must be directly related to the position to qualify. Related academic fields include: accounting, business, finance, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizational management. You must include transcripts if qualifying with education. -OR- COMBINATION of education and experience as described above. Only graduate education in excess of the first year (18 semester hours) is creditable when combining. For example, I have six months of specialized experience (50% of the experience requirement), and 27 semester hours of graduate education leading to a graduate degree in a directly related field of study (50% of the education requirement). You must include transcripts. You must include hours per week worked. Applicants who meet one of the Priority Placement Program, Military Spouse Preference (MSP) are eligible to apply with this preference. See required documents section)