Budget Analyst (FCS)

EXPERIENCE: please address this factor in your ERA application under major duties and responsibilities.

This vacancy substitutes experience for education:

Minimum of six (6) years’ experience in business, government, or industry association in administrative management with emphasis on budget, accounting or finance is required.

This vacancy substitutes experience for education:

Secondary school (US: high school or GED, German/European: state leaving certificate) is required.

LANGUAGE: please address both language requirements in your ERA application.

Position requires fluent English language skills (reading/writing/speaking).
Position requires fluent German language skills (reading/writing/speaking).

This may be tested.

Skills and Abilities: please address this factor in your ERA application under major duties and responsibilities.

Proficiency in Excel is required.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO): The U.S. Mission provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, marital status, or sexual orientation.

All applicants under consideration will be required to pass medical and security certifications.

Locally Employed Staff, including Members of Household (MOHs), and Third-Country Nationals (TCNs), working at the U.S. Mission in Germany may receive a compensation package that includes German social security benefits, and other benefits as defined in the local compensation plan including German as well as U.S. federal holidays, 30 days of annual leave, overtime compensation either via compensatory time off or paid overtime.

For EFMs, benefits should be discussed with the Human Resources (HR) Office.

The pay plan is assigned at the time of the conditional offer letter by the HR Office.

HIRING PREFERENCE SELECTION PROCESS: Applicants in the following hiring preference categories are extended a hiring preference in the order listed below. Therefore, it is essential that these applicants accurately describe their status on the application. Failure to do so may result in a determination that the applicant is not eligible for a hiring preference.

HIRING PREFERENCE ORDER:
1. AEFM / USEFM who is a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran*
2. AEFM / USEFM
3. FS on LWOP and CS with reemployment rights **

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  IMPORTANT: Applicants who claim status as a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran must submit a copy of their most recent DD-214 (“Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty”), Letter from Veterans’ Affairs which indicates the present existence of a service-connected disability dated within the past six months, equivalent documentation, or certification. A “certification” is any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days after the certification is submitted by the applicant. The certification letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. Acceptable documentation must be submitted in order for the preference to be given.

** This level of preference applies to all Foreign Service employees on LWOP and CS with re-employment rights back to their agency or bureau.