- Position Title
- BUDGET TECHNICIAN
- Agency
- Army National Guard Units
- Announcement Number
- NE-12679991-AR-25-051 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, January 31, 2025 to Friday, September 26, 2025
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Preferences
1.
Would you accept a temporary appointment?
Conditions of Employment
1.
This position is open to applicants Area 1, 2 and 3 applicants. What is your current area of consideration?
AREA 1: Current permanent and indefinite technicians of the Nebraska Army or Air National Guard; and current Title 5 employees of the Nebraska Military Department who are military members of the Nebraska National Guard.
AREA 2: All Drill Status/M-Day members and temporary technicians of the Nebraska Air or Army National Guard.
AREA 3: Current military service members who are willing and eligible to become members of the Nebraska Air or Army National Guard.
AREA 4: All qualified candidates eligible and willing to become a member of the Nebraska National Air or Army National Guard prior to the effective date of hire.
AREA 1: Current permanent and indefinite technicians of the Nebraska Army or Air National Guard; and current Title 5 employees of the Nebraska Military Department who are military members of the Nebraska National Guard.
AREA 2: All Drill Status/M-Day members and temporary technicians of the Nebraska Air or Army National Guard.
AREA 3: Current military service members who are willing and eligible to become members of the Nebraska Air or Army National Guard.
AREA 4: All qualified candidates eligible and willing to become a member of the Nebraska National Air or Army National Guard prior to the effective date of hire.
2.
Are you an enlisted member in the grades of E4 - E7?
MILITARY MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION. FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING ELIGIBILITY TO JOIN THE NEBRASKA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PLEASE CONTACT THE LOCAL RECRUITING OFFICE AT 402-309-7458.
3.
This position is a Financial Management Level I Certified position IAW the National Defense Authorization Act 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management Section 1599d. As a condition of employment, the employee must complete the financial management certification within 24 months of appointment. Do you understand failure to comply with this requirement will cause removal from the position?
Assessment 1
Please answer all questions truthfully and to the best of your ability.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
Do you possess at least least 1 year experience at the previous lower grade or equivalent experience of progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position?
2.
Do you posses experience that equips you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled?
To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Applicants who have the 1 year of appropriate specialized experience, as indicated in the table, are not required by this standard to have general experience, education above the high school level, or any additional specialized experience to meet the minimum qualification requirements.
To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Applicants who have the 1 year of appropriate specialized experience, as indicated in the table, are not required by this standard to have general experience, education above the high school level, or any additional specialized experience to meet the minimum qualification requirements.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Knowledge of a wide variety of interrelated steps, conditions and procedures or processes required to assemble, review and maintain complex budget and financial transactions.
4.
Knowledge of various budget and financial regulations, laws and requirements to ensure compliance and recommend action.
5.
Knowledge of a variety of budget functional areas and the relationships to other functions in order to research or investigate problems or errors that require reconciling and reconstructing incomplete information, conducting extensive and exhaustive searches for required information, or performing actions of similar complexity
6.
Knowledge of automated budget systems to reconcile errors that require an understanding of nonstandard procedures or to provide assistance in the development of automated procedures for clerical operations.
7.
Knowledge of extensive and diverse budget regulations, operations and procedures governing a wide variety of types of related transactions to resolve nonstandard transactions, complaints or discrepancies, provide advice or perform other work that requires authoritative procedural knowledge.
8.
Research, interpret, analyze, and apply regulations, policies, procedures, and legal decisions to work and/or resolve complex fiscal issues/problems.
9.
Schedule, run, and analyze various financial system reports, such as daily activity reports, error/reject reports, status reports, discrepancy and mismatch reports, transaction reports, and ad hoc reports.
10.
Modify payments, contract modifications, accessions, separations, collections, disbursements, garnishments, electronic fund transfer changes, and out-of-service debts or other actions involving complicated adjustments
11.
As previously explained, your ratings in this Occupational Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification based on the documents and references you submit. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information will be grounds for not selecting you from employment following acceptance.
I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any documents or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 USC 1001); my eligibility may be canceled, I may be denied an appointment or I may be removed and debarred from Federal Service (5 CFR part 731). I understand that any information I give will be investigated.
Please take this opportunity to review your ratings to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you: (1) understand this warning, (2) have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy, (3) verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability; and (4) realize you must join the respective Nebraska National Guard and wear the military uniform.
Failure to agree to this statement or answer this question will make you ineligible from further consideration for the position.
I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any documents or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 USC 1001); my eligibility may be canceled, I may be denied an appointment or I may be removed and debarred from Federal Service (5 CFR part 731). I understand that any information I give will be investigated.
Please take this opportunity to review your ratings to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you: (1) understand this warning, (2) have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy, (3) verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability; and (4) realize you must join the respective Nebraska National Guard and wear the military uniform.
Failure to agree to this statement or answer this question will make you ineligible from further consideration for the position.