What are the responsibilities and job description for the Management and Budget Specialist III, N25 position at Montgomery County Government?
About The Position
This position is open only to:
Who We Are
Montgomery County is located adjacent to Washington, D.C., and with over one million residents, is the most populous County in the State of Maryland. The County is also the most diverse County in the State and ranks among the top ten most diverse Counties in the nation. Montgomery County contains many major U.S. government offices, scientific research and learning centers, and business campuses.
The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for delivery of the County’s public health and human services that meets the needs of our community’s most vulnerable children, adults and seniors. The Department provides services through more than 120 programs at more than 20 locations. With over 2,000 employees, the Department of Health and Human Services is the largest County Department.
As a Department, we believe health and wellness of the county can only be achieved by ensuring that every resident has fair opportunities to reach their fullest potential. This means access to quality housing, transportation, education, employment, health care, human services, safe neighborhoods, and healthy food. HHS provides critical services for residents who face a variety of obstacles in achieving their full potential. HHS plays an essential role in building a healthy and strong community.
Who We Are Looking For
The Services to End and Prevent Homelessness has the mission to make homelessness a rare, brief, and non-recurring event. SEPH provides a full continuum of services with public and private partners, including housing stabilization, diversion from the experience of homelessness, outreach, shelter services, Healthcare for the Homeless, Office of Home Energy Programs, and permanent housing. SEPH is looking for an experienced Management and Budget Specialist III to provide essential financial support to the service area to help achieve our mission. The Management and Budget Specialist must have highly developed accounting, budget and contract management skills, knowledge of general accepted accounting principles, and financial and procurement procedures. The Management and Budget Specialist III must be skilled at providing analysis and recommendations to leadership to help inform budget decisions that will impact services delivery to consumers.
What You'll Be Doing
The primary purpose of this position is to support and guide the professional staff at SEPH with work involving the preparation, implementation, and monitoring of a department’s operating and capital budget.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience: Three (3) years of professional experience reviewing, analyzing and monitoring operating
and/or capital budgets, including analysis of and reporting on management and programmatic issues
having budgetary implications.
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree.
Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
Preferred Criteria
Preferred Criteria, Interview Preferences
The Office of Human Resources (OHR) reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position.
Montgomery County Government(MCG) is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.
MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference .
All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria or interview preference status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on the Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for an interview.
This will establish an Eligible List that may be used to fill both current and future vacancies.
If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.
Montgomery County Ethics Law : Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code . Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.
This position is open only to:
- Current Montgomery County Government employees;
- Montgomery County employees who were affected by reduction-in-force and currently have RIF priority rights;
- Active Montgomery County local fire and rescue department volunteers with at least 50 points under the length of service award program; or
- Active Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Interns, QUEST Interns, Project SEARCH Interns or former Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Interns, QUEST Interns, or Project SEARCH Interns within 24 months of completion of internship.
Who We Are
Montgomery County is located adjacent to Washington, D.C., and with over one million residents, is the most populous County in the State of Maryland. The County is also the most diverse County in the State and ranks among the top ten most diverse Counties in the nation. Montgomery County contains many major U.S. government offices, scientific research and learning centers, and business campuses.
The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for delivery of the County’s public health and human services that meets the needs of our community’s most vulnerable children, adults and seniors. The Department provides services through more than 120 programs at more than 20 locations. With over 2,000 employees, the Department of Health and Human Services is the largest County Department.
As a Department, we believe health and wellness of the county can only be achieved by ensuring that every resident has fair opportunities to reach their fullest potential. This means access to quality housing, transportation, education, employment, health care, human services, safe neighborhoods, and healthy food. HHS provides critical services for residents who face a variety of obstacles in achieving their full potential. HHS plays an essential role in building a healthy and strong community.
Who We Are Looking For
The Services to End and Prevent Homelessness has the mission to make homelessness a rare, brief, and non-recurring event. SEPH provides a full continuum of services with public and private partners, including housing stabilization, diversion from the experience of homelessness, outreach, shelter services, Healthcare for the Homeless, Office of Home Energy Programs, and permanent housing. SEPH is looking for an experienced Management and Budget Specialist III to provide essential financial support to the service area to help achieve our mission. The Management and Budget Specialist must have highly developed accounting, budget and contract management skills, knowledge of general accepted accounting principles, and financial and procurement procedures. The Management and Budget Specialist III must be skilled at providing analysis and recommendations to leadership to help inform budget decisions that will impact services delivery to consumers.
What You'll Be Doing
The primary purpose of this position is to support and guide the professional staff at SEPH with work involving the preparation, implementation, and monitoring of a department’s operating and capital budget.
- Incumbents serve as specialists assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services, Services to End and Prevent Homelessness.
- The work involves the performance of a full range of procedural and predominantly substantive analytical functions, including the formulation, justification, presentation, and execution of the operating budget and/or the capital budget (annual budget iteration and multi-year projections).
- Serve concurrently as the unit liaison for human resource management, information technology, procurement, and/or other types of administrative, logistical, or general business office support and/or have special responsibility for administering and reporting of grants or for tracking and reporting on revenue collection.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience: Three (3) years of professional experience reviewing, analyzing and monitoring operating
and/or capital budgets, including analysis of and reporting on management and programmatic issues
having budgetary implications.
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree.
Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
Preferred Criteria
Preferred Criteria, Interview Preferences
- Do you have experience working with a social services continuum of care.
- Do you have experience in providing guidance and leadership support to program staff.
- Do you have experience providing budget analysis and recommendations to leadership to help inform their decisions.
- Do you have knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, financial and procurement procedures.
- Can you demonstrate experience communicating and collaborating effectively with leadership and staff.
- Experience working with a Homeless Services continuum of care.
- Knowledge of equity tools and how budgets, contracts, and policies can be used to create equity in resources and service delivery.
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, financial and procurement procedures.
The Office of Human Resources (OHR) reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position.
Montgomery County Government(MCG) is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.
MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference .
All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria or interview preference status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on the Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for an interview.
This will establish an Eligible List that may be used to fill both current and future vacancies.
If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.
Montgomery County Ethics Law : Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code . Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.
Salary : $81,122 - $123,507
