Summary
This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) within the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Administration. The primary purpose of the position is to perform a wide range of clerical and technician work supporting budget analysis and administration with responsibility for purchasing food - equipment - supplies - and services; providing cost accounting and budgetary statistics; and preparing reports that indicate status of funds for subsistence and supplies for NFS.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position - you must meet the following requirement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: one (1) year of specialized experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge - skills - and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. To be creditable - experience must have been equivalent the GS-5 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes administering and maintaining budgets; knowledge of budgets and purchasing requests; entering and tracking information; performing clerical duties in support of finance or accounting operations; and preparing correspondence. NOTE: Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. For more information on these qualification standards - please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary but occasionally requires the carrying of light objects such as files - books - and papers. Work involves bending - stooping - standing - walking - carrying less than 15 pounds and using a computer terminal. Work is performed in an adequately climate-controlled office setting.
Duties
- ***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION - YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Developing and monitoring resources and making recommendations to the service regarding needs - distribution - or redistribution of these resources
- - Serving as the budget and financial advisor for the Chief or designee
- - Developing - formulating - and providing all essential data for the annual budget forecast
- - Tracking all expenditures and comparing with budgeted - projected and on hand inventories
- - Maintaining budget control records and assures funds are used in accordance with the operating budget
- - Advising on the status and availability of funds
- - Processing all vouchers with the appropriate office and carrying out any needed follow-up
- - Establishing and maintaining a procurement system for expendable supplies and equipment
- - Reviewing and submitting the appropriate forms for the funding of purchase orders
- - Maintaining various reports and using designated ledgers to account for cost accounting operations
- - Compiling - consolidating - checking and arranging funding data in requests to cover projected annual operating expenses
- - Preparing required documentation to resolve discrepancies with cost reports - budget analysis or other service-related needs
- - Preparing correspondence and performing other general clerical duties
- - Performing other related duties as required
- Work Schedule: Monday-Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved
