Financial and Administrative Positions
(Primarily Grades GS-5 to GS-15)

CATEGORY: ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS

Description

Fiscal responsibility and accountability are extremely important in NSF programs. Working for NSF, you may have the opportunity to collect and disburse funds, examine and audit expenditures.

Features

• Appointments are made under the NSF delegated examining authority and merit promotion authority.
• Entry level positions are filled at the GS-5, GS-7 or GS-9 grade level (or equivalent) and usually have career ladder promotion potential to GS-11, GS-12, or GS-13 (or equivalent).

Recruiting Sources

• USAJobs, Colleges, job fairs, professional organizations, placement offices, other Federal agencies, and advertisements.

Eligibility

• Candidates must meet qualification requirements, which include 24 semester hours in accounting or auditing courses.
• Candidates must be a citizen or national of the United States.

The links below shows the total minimum qualification requirements for professional positions at grades GS-7 to GS-15.

http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/IORs/GS0500/0510.htm (Accountants)

http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/IORs/GS0500/0511.htm (Auditors)

In addition to the educational requirements above, candidates must have the following specialized experience (as indicated, in some cases, education may be substituted in lieu of experience).

Grade/Positions	Education	Specialized Experience
GS-7	1 year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement	1 year equivalent to at least GS-5
GS-9	2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree	1 year equivalent to at least GS-7
GS-11	3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree	1 year equivalent to at least GS-9
GS-12 and above		1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level

CATEGORY: BUDGET ANALYSTS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTS, CONTRACT SPECIALISTS, GRANTS AND AGREEMENT SPECIALISTS, HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALISTS, PROGRAM AND MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS, PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALISTS, AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

Descriptions

Management and Program Analyst, Program Specialist, Program Analyst, Support Services Specialist. Performs work in the areas of administration and management. NSF policies, practices, and programs are constantly being refined to meet new challenges. Work involves developing, analyzing, evaluating, advising on and improving the effectiveness of work methods, procedures and programs.

Budget Analyst. Fiscal responsibility and accountability are extremely important in NSF programs. Working for NSF, you may have the opportunity to develop and improve accounting systems, develop budgets, collect and disburse funds, examine and audit expenditures.

Grant and Agreement Specialist, Contract Specialist. NSF conducts much of its business through the award of grants, contracts and interagency agreements. You may help to manage this activity, or work in negotiating contracts and agreements for a wide variety of goods and services.

Information Technology Specialist, LAN Manager. As one of the leading agencies in technology advancement, NSF accomplishes much of its work processes by using information technology. You may perform a variety of analysis, design, programming, troubleshooting, maintenance and report generating tasks.

Staffing and Classification Specialist, Employee Relations Specialist, Employee Development Specialist. Employees in this field provide NSF's scientific, administrative, clerical and technical staff with a wide variety of Human Resources-related services in the areas of recruitment, placement, position classification, position management, employee development and employee relations.

Public Affairs Specialist, Writer-Editor, Legislative Specialist. NSF has an ongoing responsibility to communicate its mission and accomplishments to the public. The format of this communication can be written or visual -- portable exhibits, brochures, films, videos or other publications.

Features

• Appointments at all grade levels are made under the NSF delegated examining and merit promotion authorities.
• Entry level positions are filled at the GS-5, GS-7 or GS-9 grade level (or equivalent) and usually have career ladder promotion potential to GS-11,  GS-12, or GS-13 (or equivalent).

Recruiting Sources

• USAJobs, colleges, job fairs, placement offices, other Federal agencies, and advertisements.

Eligibility

• Candidates must meet qualification requirements.
• Candidates must be a citizen or national of the United States.

The link below shows the total minimum eligibility requirements for administrative positions at grades GS-7 to GS-15.  Positions in this occupational family generally do not require a college degree to meet the minimum qualification requirements.  However, candidates must have the requisite 1 year of specialized experience to qualify.  At grade levels GS-11 and below, education may be substituted in lieu of experience to qualify.
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/group-stds/Gs-admin.asp