About the Position: This is a Program Analyst, GS-0343-11 position with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Little Rock District, Real Estate Division. This position is located in Little Rock, AR. For additional information on USACE Little Rock District click Here
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the Command Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Developing, implementing, or controlling budgets for real estate or similar programs; AND 2) Monitoring obligations and expenditures against an annual operating budget to ensure regulatory compliance; AND 3) Analyzing financial data to recommend fund transfers or advise management on program effectiveness. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in Public Administration, Business Administration, Management, Finance, Economics, or other fields related to the position. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).
Responsible for the development of the overall Real Estate Division budget, implementation and control of real estate funds for civil, military, and reimbursable (revolving funds) projects.
Research, compile, and summarize current and historical budget information and data, and provides to Real Estate Division managers, Corps Division offices, and Headquarters.
Establish controls for and monitors obligations and expenditures throughout the fiscal year, in support of the execution of the annual operating budget.
Recommend transfer of funds between object class and line-item accounts.
Participate in studies to determine the feasibility of adapting real estate systems and processes to total or partial automation, or to update programs to meet changing environments.
Perform analysis on proper level of cost detail required and initiates and administers programming activities.
Coordinate with Finance and Accounting personnel, negotiating overhead percentage required to meet nominal balance at end of each quarter, and accomplishing fiscal year closeout/balancing of the account.