Program Management Specialist

• Initiates bill payment related to office operations including review of payment documents ensuring that payment documentation meets standards for further authorization monitoring expenditures against targets and/or budgets.
• Prepares and manages correspondence including travel messages and other cables formats formal correspondence drafted by other staff members.
• Ensures that the equipment server and system are properly maintained and arranges for service. Works closely with HQ to make purchase repair and disposal recommendations for computer equipment.
• Utilizes the FAS Integrated Financial Accountability System (iFAS) to view manage and track request for funding approved allocations expenditures and allow users to reconcile transactions from both the FAS and State accounting systems.
• Provides administrative and logistical support for trade capacity building activities in the region including making recommendations regarding contracting with hotels for meeting space.

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period unless previously served.
• Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities visit E-Verify at is an *office-centered position*--you must physically report to the duty station stated in this announcement on a regular basis.

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education as defined below.

FOR THE GS-09 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-07 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local county state Federal) sectors which demonstrates:
- Experience with financial/budget software tools to create reports budgets and/or financial recommendations.
- Experience processing administrative work to effectively support the workforce such as office management document control travel coordination maintaining calendars scheduling and planning meetings taking minutes during meets scheduling reserving
conference rooms acquiring supplies maintaining an inventory of supplies; timekeeping writing newsletters or other written publications on a regular and reoccurring basis about happenings and events within an organization etc.
- Experience coordinating formal gatherings for the office ensuring that participants are notified space/supplies are available for meetings and/or conferences.
- Experience utilizing Information Technology (IT) software such as MS Office Suite and/or other Microsoft programs to complete administrative work (travel authorizations and vouchers employee personnel files etc.) in compliance with policies regulations and
laws.

OR at least two full years of graduate level education (36 semester hours 54 quarter hours or equivalent) OR Masters degree OR LL.B. OR a field of study directly related to the work of this position as described in the vacancy announcement.

Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for this grade level.

TRANSCRIPTS are required if:

• This position requires specific coursework or a degree in a specific field to be basically qualified.
• You are qualifying for the position based on education.
• You are qualifying for this position based on a combination of experience and education.
• This education must have been successfully completed and obtained from an accredited school college or university