Job opening: MILITARY PAY TECHNICIAN
Salary: $37 696 - 49 009 per year
Published at: Oct 04 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
The primary purpose of this position is to provide military pay and personnel support services to all U.S. Navy personnel and personnel services to civilians, and other military sponsored personnel assigned in specified geographic areas.
Duties
Determines, processes and tracks travel pay entitlements. Performs final prepayment review of all travel documents to ensure the accuracy and validity of monetary entitlements.
Determines, processes, and follows-up on a wide variety of active duty and reserve pay entitlement actions that require carrying out numerous different and unrelated procedures.
Supports military personnel programs. Processes all paperwork and standard actions necessary to process members for assignment, enlistment, reenlistment, promotion, awards, performance evaluation, routine boards, separation, discharge, retirement, release from active duty, student control, disciplinary, DEERS eligibility or similar matters and performs a substantive review of records to determine eligibility for appropriate actions.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship Required
- Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
- Disclosure of Political Appointments
- This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance
- Personal data, to which the incumbent has access, are controlled by the Privacy Act of 1974 and must be safeguarded appropriately.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain DEERS verifying official certification
- This is a Financial Management Level l Certified position IAW the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, Section 1599d
Qualifications
In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Clerical and Administrative Positions.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-04, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes knowledge and skill in applying, an extensive body of military pay/personnel rules, laws, regulations, procedures, and precedents relating to military programs sufficient to resolve complicated pay problem and/or to determine and process a full range of military pay transactions and reconstruct pay records.
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EDUCATION: Applicant musthave successfully completed four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts.
OR
COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts.
FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-04 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-05 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:
Knowledge of a body of standardize military pay rules, regulations, laws, allowances, and procedures; the data system(s) used to support military pay action; and federal debt collection rules and regulations sufficient to process a variety of requests and corrections for military pay/ personnel actions.
Knowledge of a standardized body of military personnel regulations and procedures relating to military assignments, separations and retirements, testing, passports, and of the format, content, and uses of the military personnel records and the procedures and requirements regarding their maintenance sufficient to process a variety of requests for personnel action.
Knowledge of basic military organizational stucture, protocol, and similar matters.
Knowledge of the military pay/personnel automated system! and various office automation hardware, software programs, tools, and techniques to support office operations and produce a variety of documents such as letters, reports, spreadsheets.
Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, and maintain effective work relationships with the ability to interpret/analyze/apply regulations and procedures related to military pay.
Knowledge of complex procedures and rules concerning payment of government claims (e.g., travel), and comprehensive financial and accounting processes and procedures.
PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.
VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you
MUST submit transcriptswith the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click
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FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
Contacts
- Address JB Charleston
101 E Hill Blvd
Bldg 503
JB Charleston, SC 29404
US
- Name: Total Force Service Center
- Phone: 1-800-525-0102
- Email: [email protected]
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