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Job Description:

The Career Intern Program (CIP) is designed to attract and recruit exceptional individuals to federal careers. Individuals selected will participate in a 2-year formal training program with job assignments designed to develop competencies appropriate to the agency’s mission and needs. Training assignments include, but are not limited to, formal training classes, rotational or other job assignments, on-the-job training, mentors, attendance at conferences and seminars, or other approved activities. Upon successful completion of the 2-year internship, the employee will be eligible for immediate conversion to a career or career conditional appointment in the competitive service.

DUTIES:

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is seeking highly qualified applicants to fill our Auditor positions located in Sacramento, California. Duties consist of working on audits and reviews of programs and operations administered or financed by the Department. The OIG conducts audits and investigations of Department programs and operations in order to promote their efficiency and effectiveness and to detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.

This is a developmental position. Under the direction of an Auditor-in-Charge and as part of an audit team, the employee performs tasks that are designed to provide progressively more complex experience in the practical application of accounting and auditing principles, procedures, and techniques. The employee follows an audit program to perform assigned tasks, such as reviewing legislative, regulatory, policy, and procedures documents; interviewing State, local, school, and other education agency officials; analyzing information (including computer-processed data); and reaching conclusions. An employee documents and summarizes his/her work as audit evidence, which may be in electronic or hard copy form.Qualifications:

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

Applicants must have a professional-level knowledge of accounting and auditing, as evidenced by one of the following—

A. Education: A degree in accounting, auditing, or a related field, such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours of accounting. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law. (The term “accounting” means “accounting and/or auditing” in this standard. Similarly, “accountant” should be interpreted, generally, as “accountant and/or auditor.”)

OR

B. Combination of education and experience: At least 4 years of experience in accounting/auditing, or an equivalent combination of accounting/auditing experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting/auditing knowledge. The applicant’s background must also include one of the following—

1. Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;

Salary: $39,122 – $62,215

When to apply:

By 10/29/08

How to apply:

WHAT TO SUBMIT:

Applicants must submit ALL of the following materials in order to receive consideration for this position—

1. An official transcript: Please submit a copy of your official transcript(s).

2. An application: Your application may consist of a resume; Optional Form 612, Optional Application for Federal Employment (available at http://www.opm.gov/forms/html/of.htm#of612); or other written submission.

3. Veterans’ Preference: In accordance with Federal regulations, if you served on active duty in the U.S. Military and were separated under honorable conditions, you may be eligible for veteran’s preference. The Defense Authorization Act of November 18, 1997, extended veteran’s preference to persons who served on active duty during the Gulf War from August 2, 1990 through January 2, 1992. The law grants preference to persons otherwise eligible and who served on active duty during this period, regardless of where the person served or for how long. The law also authorizes the Secretary of each military department to award the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for service in Bosnia during the period November 29, 1995, to a date to be determined. The award of the Medal is qualifying for veteran’s preference.