This position is located at Departmental Offices, Office of the Deputy Secretary. As a TRAVEL SPECIALIST, you will be responsible for assuring that all travel documents are prepared in accordance with Departmental and Federal travel policies, regulations, and procedures, and advises all office travelers and staff on them.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-12. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position. Advise and provide recommendations to high-level officials regarding travel regulations as they prepare for travel to domestic or international localities with high profile political implications. Develop and implement operational standards, guidance, and practices that govern domestic and international travel. Oversee and execute the internal administrative and travel control programs; and manages requests and issuances of official passports and visas required for official travel. Ensure travel tickets and itineraries issued by the contract travel service office correspond with travel authorized and Federal Travel Regulations (FTR). Perform studies in order to determine improvements that can be made to enhance productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency within travel operations. If you do not meet any of the categories listed below, this opportunity is also open to Status Candidates under Announcement 23-DO-946. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-12 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Preparing travel authorizations and vouchers and advising office travelers of policies, regulations and relocation procedures; AND Resolving technical and functional problems in travel automated systems while serving as a liaison between users and operations staff; AND Preparing duty orders domestically and internationally including obtaining diplomatic passports/visas. For the GS-11 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Experience advising on and applying travel regulations and policies to domestic and international duty travel; AND Advising travelers on the completion of travel authorizations, vouchers and/or other expense reimbursement procedures; AND Participation in the maintenance of a travel system to include providing user access, identifying issues and making recommendations for resolution. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. For the GS-9 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Experience advising employees on procedures for completing travel authorizations, vouchers, expense reimbursements or similar documents; AND - Experience maintaining clear and concise records regarding travel corresponding with travelers to complete documentation; AND Providing user assistance on automated travel systems, issuing access and editing documents. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree. OR LL.B. or J.D., if related. OR You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Deputy Secretary Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]