SECRETARY OF THE NAVY CIVILIAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY CIVILIAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Mariam Morad Comptroller MCAS Miramar

Opportunities • Academic Fellows – One academic year of intensive post graduate-level study in the area of financial management at the school of their choice (Two semesters or three quarters) • Career-Broadening Fellows – Up to six months of work experience in the financial management field outside the Fellow’s Command 2

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA • Professional financial employee in the 501, 505, 510, or 511 job series, and have career tenure • Have minimum of three years of civilian service employment in a financial management within the DON or MC • Be accepted by a graduate program as a student in good standing at an accredited college or university for a fulltime program of study (Academic Fellowships) • Have reached a career stage where the skills required would be greatly enhanced by an assignment at another command, preferably working financial management issues (Career-Broadening Fellowships) 3

COSTS • Costs are centrally funded – Costs of tuition, fees and books (Academic Fellowship) – Travel and transportation costs (Career-Broadening Fellowship) • Employer (Nominating Command-level) Responsibilities – Funds the Fellow’s salary during the Fellowship period. – Guarantees that the Fellow will return to their position – Shall endorse that the nominee’s potential and the contribution that the fellowship would provide to the command • Post-Fellowship Service Commitment – The fellow will continue government service for a period of not less than three times the length of the Fellowship 4

ASN Fellowship Experience • External Audit Coordination Division (NAVAUDSVC, GAO, DODIG, and the Surveys and Investigations staff (S&IS) of the House Appropriation Committee (over 1500 audit records) • Non-appropriated Fund investment oversight Committee of the MCCS Board of Director • Senior Financial Management Conference • Host-Tenant reimbursable project • Marine Corps Financial Management excellence awards • Financial Management Community of Interest (COI) competency identification and development workshop • Researched answered Budget Policy questions • Completed ADA investigation training • Attended Pre-brief, and MROC meeting for POM 13 kickoff 5

ASN Fellowship Experience Continued • Trip to Capital Hill to listen to all Service Chiefs brief to new Staffers on Secretary Gates savings initiatives • Assigned as Judge for ASMC awards in FM for Comptroller/Deputy Comptroller Category • Supported Contractors on design of a cost model to be use by installations in various situation • Provided input, reviewed DODI 4000. 19 on Support Agreements for up-date • Participated in phase I of HQMC DC, I&L Marine Corps Installation Command (MCICOM) Operational Planning Team 6

Fellow Civil Servant • • • • Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure Embrace challenges Whatever you do, do it with passion Believe in something outside of yourself Every day is an audition for the future Observe the signs of when to move on Leave it behind Re-invent yourself Practice perspective Find a mentor Harness the power of diversity The most challenging task of a civil servant is to speak truth to power (Integrity and Courage) Mark Twain once observed, “If you tell the truth you never have to remember anything. ” “Never, never, quit”-- Sir Winston Churchill (Find determination, grit and Zeal for doing good) 7