Job Listing: Budget Technician, GS-0561-05/06/07, BR(D)

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 1 vacancy - Honolulu , HI The National Weather Service, the world's preeminent weather and
atmospheric sciences organization, offers you an opportunity
to help protect American lives and property. Since 1870, NWS has
served the public by providing forecasts and hazardous weather
warnings while studying the most dynamic forces of nature.
Contribute your talents to this tradition. NWS...Working together
to save lives.
This position is located in the National Weather Service, Pacific
Region, Administrative Management Division, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The
incumbent performs technical aspects of administrative programs and
activities for the office related to budget, funds control,
permanent change of station travel, and international travel.

The position may be filled at the GS-5, GS-6, or GS-7 grade
levels with known promotion potential to the GS-7.

Salary Chart:
GS-5: $26,264-$34,139
GS-6: $29,276-$39,060
GS-7: $32,534-$42,290.
PLUS, 25% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA), which is not federally
taxed.

This position requires the completion of additional forms and/or the
submission of supplemental materials. Please thoroughly review the
vacancy announcement and carefully follow all instructions. Failure
to provide the required information and/or materials may result in
you not being considered for the vacancy.

Major Duties

The incumbent maintains overall control for single trips,
conferences, Permanent Change of Station (PCS) and other special
travel order expenditures in order to reconcile the overall levels
reflected in the fund status reports, determines errors and problem
areas, and provides input to monthly resource reports; assists in
the compilation of financial data and preparation of reports which
reflect the current obligational status of regular and PCS travel
expenses; monitors travel budget ceilings; tracks financial data for
other programs including FEDEX, Government Bills of Lading, GSA
Vehicles, travel and energy consumption reports; maintains files,
spreadsheets, or other records for forecasting milestones and
tracking progress and relevant expenditure categories such as funds,
FTE, work hours, materials, maintenance, and energy; prepares
recurring and special reports; receives, analyzes, corrects and
classifies all classes of travel orders submitted by regional staff;
prepares, numbers and processes travel orders; maintains files and
financial records for current and prior year travel and PCS
expenditures and provides a monthly analysis of differences and
trends; maintains computerized tracking system for all travel and
PCS; verifies expenses and provides reports of expenditures;
accesses financial data for travel from database system; and
prepares year-end accrual adjustment entries. The incumbent will
also be responsible for passenger travel services which includes
domestic, foreign, and PCS travel. More specifically, the incumbent
plans itineraries, prepares travel orders and travel vouchers,
secures reservations and tickets and maintains the travel card and
purchase card application program for the region.

How to Apply

Application under this announcement requires the applicant to
complete a USAJOBS application by accessing MY USAJOBS at
https://www.usajobs.opm.gov. The submission of any
application other than the USAJOBS application will result in
your application not being considered under this vacancy
announcement. We do not accept mailed, faxed or e-mailed
applications/resumes.
Please be sure when applying through the automated system that you
click the finished button at the bottom of each completed section,
whether you have finished or not. You may edit you resume, question
responses, etc. any time while the announcement is open.
Failure to click the finished buttons will result in your inability
to view the status of your application.
PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN YOUR
APPLICATION.
FULL NAME
MAILING ADDRESS
DAY AND EVENING TELEPHONE NUMBERS (With area code)
EDUCATION - High School: Name, City, State; Date of diploma or GED.
College/University: Name, City, State; Major(s), Type and year of
any degrees received, Total credits earned and indicate whether
semester or quarter hours (Note: You may be asked to submit a copy
of your college transcript prior to interview and selection if the
position you apply for requires proof of education.)
Vocational/trade/business or technical School: Name, City, State,
Date of certificate or graduation.
WORK EXPERIENCE - (Include paid and nonpaid job-related work
experience. List your most recent job or jobs first, and work back.)
Job title (and grade level if Federal employment)
Duties and accomplishments
Employer's name and address
Supervisor's name and telephone number
Starting and ending dates (month and year)
Hours worked per week
Salary
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS (Include job-related training courses; Job-
related skills such as typing speed, computer software/hardware
tools, other languages, etc.; Job-related honors, awards, special
accomplishments, publications, memberships in professional or honor
societies, leadership activities, and performance awards).
NOTE: To receive credit for experience, your application MUST
include a description of your prior work experience or work history.
Separate each period of employment and provide the title of the
position; applicable starting and ending dates; the number of hours
worked per week; and if the work is/was with the Federal government,
include the title, series and grade level(s) held.
IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS COMPLETING YOUR ON-LINE APPLICATION, contact
the Hiring Management Help Desk at 1-866-656-6831 or by e-mail at
mgshelp@monster.com. The help desk is available Monday-Friday 7:00
a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You may call and leave a voice mail
message at all other times. If you do not have access to a computer
or the Internet to complete the on line application, please contact
the Human Resource Specialist listed on the vacancy.


Required Documents:
This section contains valuable information on what supporting
documents are required, and how to fax them. Please read it
carefully.
When you registered to use this system, you were provided
instructions on how to print out a variety of fax cover sheets. If
you have previously faxed the required documentation to the
Department of Commerce's Automated System, you do not need to
resubmit unless your information needs to be updated. (A new fax
will replace a prior submission.) However, if you did not fax in
required documents, please see the "How to Print out the Fax Cover
Sheets" instructions listed below. Your application will be
considered INCOMPLETE if you do not fax in all applicable required
documents, which may exclude you from consideration. The
documentation required for this vacancy is listed below. Note:
Documentation requirements are based on vacancy requirements and
individual applicant eligibility.
SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action): All current and former
federal employees, including current Department of Commerce
employees, must fax a copy of their most recent SF-50
Notification of Personnel Action. It should be one that has the
grade, series, title and salary on it.
Veterans: If you are a veteran, please FAX a copy of your DD214
(Part 4 which shows characterization of service); if you are a
disabled veteran, please FAX a copy of your DD214, SF-15, and a copy
of your VA Letter.
College Transcripts: If you are substituting education for one year
of specialized experience, you must FAX your college transcripts for
verification of education. Unofficial copies are acceptable.
Handicapped: If you are applying under the handicap appointing
authority, you must FAX a copy of your State Certification.
CTAP/ICTAP: If you are applying under CTAP/ICTAP please FAX a copy
of your SF-50 and RIF Notice dated within one year.
Please FAX your documents to the fax number that appears on the fax
cover sheets. You MUST FAX each set of documents with its own cover
sheet in a separate transmission. Example: 1. Dial the fax number.
2. Fax the SF-50 cover sheet along with the SF-50 document. 3.
Finish. This constitutes ONE fax transmission. See the faxing
instructions on the Fax Cover Sheets. Your documents must be faxed
by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the closing date. Do not wait until the
last minute to fax - you are sending your documents to a high-volume
scanning center and you may encounter a busy signal. If that
occurs, please re-fax your documents. If the problem persists,
please contact Hiring Management Help Desk at 1-866-656-6831 or by e-
mail at mgshelp@monster.com. The help desk is available Monday-
Friday 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You may call and leave
a voice mail message at all other times.
HOW TO PRINT THE FAX COVER SHEETS:
There are two ways to get the fax cover sheets:
1. If you have submitted a new application for a DOC vacancy
announcement that opened after Aug 30, 2006, then log on to MY
USAJOBS, click on APPLICATIONS, this page will list your USAJOBS
application history, under the far right column titled "Application
Status" click on "More Information" and you will be automatically
redirected to the Commerce System, at that screen, click on the
radio button for "Generate Fax Cover Sheets", choose and print the
cover sheet(s) that you need.
OR
2. Go to the USAJOBS system, log on and choose a vacancy
announcement to apply for by clicking on "Apply On Line", choose one
of your stored resumes to send, you will be automatically redirected
to the Commerce site, once there, click on the radio button that
says "Update My Information on File", proceed through the next
several screens until you reach the screen that says Generate Fax
Cover Sheets, choose and print the cover sheet(s) that you need.


Contact Information:
Britta Rodie

Phone: 303-497-5511

Fax: 000-000-0000

Email: Britta.Rodie@noaa.gov


Or write:
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/WFMO
Boulder, CO 80305

Fax: 000-000-0000


What To Expect Next:
Applicants will receive notice that their application has been
received. Applicants can check the status of their application by
accessing the USAJOBS website at http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/. Click
on the MY USAJOBS, this brings you to the login screen, login. You
can check your status by either clicking on Track your online job
Applications or on the "APPLICATIONS' tab. At the next screen, find
announcement/position in question, click on More Information under
the "STATUS" tab. At the next screen, click the radio button next
to "View Detailed Status of applications with this agency," then
click the continue button, which takes you to "Current Applicant
Status" page. The status will be listed under 'VACANCY STATUS" with
any additional information in the "COMMENTS" section for the
announcement/position you applied to.