Budget Officer

Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Budget Officer. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.

Duty Location: Lakewood, Colorado; Washington, District of Columbia

Washington, DC: $169,279 - 197,200*
Lakewood, CO: $164,956 - 197,200*

* Rate limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).

Qualifications:

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume. Your resume must support your response to the Ability to do the work question - if it does not, your application will be marked as not qualified.

To qualify at the GS-15, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-14 level in federal service which must include:

• Leading or providing oversight to a multi-disciplinary team responsible for technical performance of budget program formulation, execution, and budget activities.
• Experience analyzing impacts of new or revised legislation and the potential effects of budgetary actions on program, viability, and in meeting program objectives.
• Experience developing and rendering authoritative interpretation of executive order, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidelines, policies, and directives, and presenting interpretations with and across agency lines.
• Experience facilitating resolution among conflicting interests and/or stakeholders.

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Supervisory Competencies: Applicants should possess proficiency or the potential to develop proficiency in the following competencies for successful performance of Federal supervisory work: accountability, customer service, decisiveness, flexibility, integrity/honesty, interpersonal skills, oral communication, problem solving, resilience, and written communication. Additional information on supervisory competencies: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/Specialty-Stds/GS-SUPV.asp

Time-In-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower-grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b).

You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors if applicable, by 06/02/2026.

Responsibilities:

This position is located within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Program and Budget, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; LAKEWOOD, COLORADO

At the full performance level (GS-15) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

Budget Coordination- daily, annual, and long-range budget and performance work for the offices under the Director, Program and Budget, and assists with integrating the Bureau wide functional areas into cohesive programs.

Advising top officials at Headquarters, Regional/Area Offices and serves as the Bureau's point of contact on budgetary matters with the Department, Office of Management and Budget, as well as the respective Appropriations and Oversight Committees and Subcommittees of the Congress.

Developing, maintaining, operating, and coordinating all elements of the program system to schedule expenditure of Bureau funds in accordance with Commissioner's and Department's policies, including revisions and additions.

Directs the coordination, formulation and recommendations to the Commissioner's Office, of basic policies, standards, techniques, procedures, and directives pertaining to programs and budgets, and coordination of information exchanged with Bureau financial management.

Provides technical and policy guidance to the regional offices on the development, presentation, and execution of the Bureau's programs and budgets.

Ensures that all programs are prepared in accordance with Congressional, Office of Management and Budget, Departmental, and Bureau policies and functional requirements, and that funds appropriated therefore are utilized in accordance with approved programs, as well as in accordance with all laws, rules, and regulations controlling the encumbrance, obligation, and expenditure of federal funds.

Manages, directs and oversees the planning and coordination of the processes and events necessary to justify the Bureau's budget and personnel requests to the Department of the Interior, Office of Management and Budget, and Congress.

Salary : $164,956 - $197,200