Program Support Asst (OA).

About the Role

This position serves as a Program Support Assistant for the Camp Butler National Cemetery. The incumbent supports financial management, budget preparation, and operational activities to ensure efficient cemetery operations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain fund control activity listings and monitor daily availability of funds.
• Forecast anticipated expenditures, install controls for cost accounting, and adjust for changing funding requirements.
• Assist the Cemetery Director in preparing the quarterly operating budget and planning cemetery program operations.
• Calculate percentages and tabulate financial data from daily activity files for budget execution.
• Initiate justifications for funds and personnel by analyzing past performance, compiling information, and composing narrative statements for approval.
• Prepare yearly budget estimate requirements by extracting and consolidating information.
• Advise and recommend changes to the operational budget plan.
• Take necessary actions to fund salaries, contract payments, services, and purchases.
• Project estimates of cost accounting for current, outstanding, or anticipated accounts.
• Make allotment changes or adjustments and distribute funds to appropriate control points as directed.
• Advise supervisors of new or changing trends in budgetary requirements.
• Reconcile balances of fund control points with financial reports to avoid anti-deficiency of funds.
• Perform public outreach as needed.

Schedule

• Required to work Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM.
• May include occasional weekends.
• Staff may be required to work on Federal holidays or Saturdays when a holiday falls on a Monday or Friday.
• All staff must work Memorial Day and Veterans Day each year.
• Overtime, weekends, and holidays may be required to meet cemetery needs.
• Occasional emergency overtime may require being called back to the facility.
• Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not available.
• Telework: Not available.
• This is not a virtual or remote position.

Requirements

• Subject to a background/security investigation.
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must serve a probationary period if selected.
• Must be a U.S. citizen to apply.
• Selected applicants will complete an online onboarding process.
• Must be able to type at least 40 words per minute.
• Must possess and maintain a REAL ID-compliant valid state driver’s license.

Qualifications

To qualify, applicants must meet specialized experience and time-in-grade requirements within 45 days of the closing date of this announcement (08/19/2026).

Time-In-Grade Requirement

• Applicants who are current Federal employees must have held a GS grade for at least 52 weeks at the GS-06 level within the past 52 weeks.
• An SF-50 showing time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with application materials.

Specialized Experience

One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-06), including:

• Interacting with customers and staff.
• Analyzing data and preparing graphs, charts, or presentations.
• Maintaining a database system.
• Tracking and logging expense items.
• Scheduling appointments, meetings, or conferences.
• Establishing and maintaining filing and reference systems.
• Using automated data processing equipment to generate reports.
• Typing letters, memos, reports, and other documents in final form.
• Processing incoming and outgoing correspondence, reports, and memoranda.
• Establishing priorities and setting deadlines.
• Interpreting policies and providing recommendations.
• Gathering data, preparing reports, and developing justifications.
• Coordinating budgets or performing work as a Contracting Officer representative.

Competencies

• Communication
• Computer Skills
• Critical Thinking
• Self-Management
• Writing

Physical Requirements

Work is conducted within an administrative office setting, requiring bending, stooping, and sitting.

Benefits

As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a comprehensive benefits package. Eligibility depends on the type of position held. Contact the hiring agency for more information on specific benefits offered.