This position is located in Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development in Washington. As a senior budget analyst, the incumbent plans, organizes, and carries out a major, substantive budget for a significant program component, ensuring the effective integration of program and budget planning.
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As a Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14, you will be responsible for: Planning and carrying out major, substantive budget execution activities for a significant program component, ensuring the effective integration for program and budget planning. Providing authoritative interpretations of Congressional legislation and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) policies and precedents. Providing advice to top management on the Federal budget process.
May develop, recommend, and implement budgetary policies affecting the financing and accomplishment of national programs. Performing a wide variety of administrative and analytical duties connected with the review, justification and presentation of the budgets for a Principal Office Component (POC) or major component(s) of a POC. Providing long-range analysis of the potential effects of budgetary actions on national economic, social, and political objectives.
Reviewing, approving, disapproving, and recommending the amount and timing of allotments of funds to agency components and programs. Justifies budget to the Office of Management and Budget. Tracks progress of the Principal Office Component appropriations through Congress. Responsible for leading reconciliation activities for all department offices and accounts. Responsible for the A-123 reporting and reconciliation and financial audits. The U.S.
Department of Education (ED) has interagency agreements (IAAs) with other agencies to ensure efficient delivery of funded programs and activities and move closer to fulfilling the President's promise to return education to the states. Employees may receive detail assignments to these agencies in support of the IAAs.
Education cannot be substituted for experience for this position and grade level.
As an ED employee, you will also benefit from our family-friendly work environment. As part of our commitment to maintain a work life balance, we offer excused leave for Parent/Teacher Conferences (3 hours); excused leave for annual health screenings (4 hours); and matching leave for community volunteer service. Other flexibilities that may be available to you include alternative work schedules. You may be eligible to receive a recruitment incentive for this position.
To receive this incentive payment, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S. Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon. You may be eligible to receive a relocation incentive for this position. To receive this incentive payment, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S. Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon.
You may be eligible to participate in the Student Loan Repayment Program as a recruitment incentive for this position. To receive student loan repayments, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S. Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon.
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senora.jones@ed.gov · (202)-987-1235
This position is with Department of Education Headquarters, Department of Education.
The posted pay range is $143913 – $187093/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-29.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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