The Bureau of Budget and Planning (BP) is the central budget office for Diplomatic Engagement, comprising appropriations, transfers, trust funds, feecollections, and reimbursements, including from other Federal departments and agencies. BP directs Department-wide budget planning, formulation,presentation, justification, and execution for those accounts.Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement.NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement.Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:Experience advising on and interpreting the laws that govern the budget cycle (i.e. preparation, submission, and execution of the budget, and applies the principles of federal appropriations law).Experience coordinating and developing budget issue papers in support of senior agency leadership annual budget hearings (i.e. written testimony and response to hearing questions for the record).Experience monitoring the execution of approved financial plans and recommending the reprogramming of resources at the agency/department level.There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-15 position.In addition, applicant's experience must also demonstrate that the candidate possesses the following qualities:Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others;Objectivity and fairness in judging people on their ability, and situations on the facts and circumstances.Ability to adjust to change, work pressures, or difficult situations without undue stress.Willingness to consider new ideas or divergent points of view; andCapacity to "see the job through."#J-18808-Ljbffr