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The Budget Analysis Branch (BAB) of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seeks applicants qualified to perform as Policy Analysts engaged in developing the President's Budget and performing related analysis, including participating in development of teh economic forecast for the President's Budget in support of the President, the Director of OMB, and other OMB officials.
04/01/2019 to 04/15/2019
$68,036 - $126,062 per year
GS 11 - 13
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
15
No
Yes
OMB-19-27-KJ-DE
529259300
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
United States Citizens
As a Policy Analyst, GS-0301-11/12/13, your typical work assignments may include the following under supervision:
Policy analysts in the Budget Analysis Branch apply financial, economic, statistical and other analytical skills to review budget estimates, make budget projections, and track budget outcomes. Staff members also quantify the relationship of tax receipts and program spending to demographic, economic, and other variables; monitor economic performance; participate in development of the economic forecast for the President's Budget; and measure the impact of changing economic conditions or alternative economic scenarios on the budget and fiscal policy. Analysts prepare information for use by the President, OMB officials, the Congress, and the public, and work closely with others in OMB and other Federal agencies, often under short deadlines.
These BAB analysts work independently and in teams to perform duties such as:
Participating in the formulation of economic assumptions for the President's Budget, in collaboration with the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) and the Treasury Department. The process involves re-formatting data from the President's Budget and making projections to be input into a macroeconomic forecasting model; representing OMB at the staff level during meetings with CEA and Treasury; and producing an economic assumptions package to be distributed to Federal agencies for input into their own models and projections. Duties also include providing ongoing economic analysis during the budget formulation and policy decision process, using in-house models to determine how economic changes will affect key budget metrics such as the debt and deficit.
Examples of other tasks may include modeling future interest payments and receipts for the Federal Financing Bank; producing high-level summary tables of budget data for inclusion in the President's Budget; tracking budget data during the policy formulation process and projecting where key metrics will be once the budget is finalized; ensuring the accuracy of data entered by agencies in the budget database.
Responsibility will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progresses.
ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
OMB Diversity and Inclusion Statement: OMB is committed to creating a multicultural and supportive work environment and strongly encourages applications from candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the organization.
Condition of Employment -
OMB Financial Disclosure: This position is subject to the confidential financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-521). Therefore, if selected, you will be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) (OGE Form 278 SES) to determine if a conflict or an appearance of a conflict exists between your financial interest and your prospective position with OMB. Providing this information will be an annual requirement.
If you are a veteran with preference eligibility and are claiming 5-points veterans' preference, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility. If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you must also submit an SF-15, "Application for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof required by that form. For more information on veterans' preference visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Veterans.
Active Duty Military Members MAY apply under this announcement due to the Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act. You must submit a certification of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions along with your application for Federal employment. A certification is a document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days from the date of application. If selected, appointment eligibility requirements must be met prior to the effective date of appointment.
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx).
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Programs & Career Transition Assistance Programs: These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) be rated well-qualified for the position with a score of 85 or above; and, (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more information visit: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/
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If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternative Application.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Once the announcement has closed, your résumé and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your résumé and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):
Accountability, Economics, Oral Communications, Team Work, Technical Competence, and Written Communications
The Category Rating Process does not add veterans' preference points or apply the "rule of three" but protects the rights of Veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality category. Veterans' preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent will be listed in the highest quality category (except in the case of scientific or professional positions at the GS-09 level or higher).
To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes:
1. Your résumé showing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment and duties performed
2. Other supporting documents:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.
Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.
After a tentative job offer, we will conduct a security background investigation and drug screening. If the drug screening is negative and security background is cleared, then a formal job offer will be extended to candidate.
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The Budget Analysis Branch (BAB) at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seeks a policy analyst with an economics focus to take on an exciting portfolio of modeling and analysis with the opportunity to innovate and collaborate with policy experts across OMB and the Federal government improvement processes.
BAB is one of the four branches in OMB's Budget Review Division (BRD), which coordinates preparation of the President's Budget, monitors action on budget-related legislation, and supports budget execution throughout the year. In addition to participating in the development of the economic assumptions that underlie the President's Budget. BAB provides strategic and technical support for development of the President's Budget; monitors and analyzes overall budget trends and crosscutting issues, particularly in the area of entitlements; oversees the budgeting of Federal credit programs; and tracks the Congressional budget resolution and other legislation, including scoring legislation under the Statutory Pay-As-You Act.
To learn more about the Office of Management and Budget please visit: http://www.WhiteHouse.gov/OMB.
