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Job opening: MILITARY PAY TECHNICIAN

Salary: $50 652 - 65 846 per year
Published at: Oct 17 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
The primary purpose of this position is to perform duties as a senior military pay technician and primary point of contact for all military pay issues, transactions, and procedures for active, reserve, inactive reserve or retired Armed Forces personnel and their annuitants. Responsible for resolving the more difficult complex actions, developing and revising local procedures, and providing liaison functions between base organizations and the Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS).

Duties

As the senior technician, monitors, reviews or initiates complex transactions where guidelines lack specificity to requirements, circumstances or problems, and/or frequently change. Serves as the primary point of contact on reserve pay actions and coordinator on resolving reserve pay matters. Manages and/or assists lower-level technicians in resolving more complicated debt collection cases. Accomplishes the more difficult customer complaints and technical military pay issues. Assists with training lower level clerks/technicians on miscellaneous technical tasks and various complex actions in support of military pay 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
  • May be required to perform an unusual tour of duty (i.e., Saturday and/or Sunday)
  • May be required to fly in commercial and military aircraft to perform temporary/permanent duty assignment
  • This is a Financial Management Level 1 Certified position IAW the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, Section 155d
  • A background check is required

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 Support Positions. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-06, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes current and prior pay procedures, regulations, laws, and applicable Resources General Decisions to resolve complicated pay problems and/or to determine and process a full range of pay transactions and reconstruct pay records; knowledge and understanding of the automated pay system's internal processing methods, interrelationships between pay system files. OR EDUCATION: One full year of graduate level education in a field directly related which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. 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 transcript. 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-06 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-07 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 large body of rules, regulations, laws, and variety of procedures for one or more military pay specialization; the data system(s) used to support military pay actions, and federal debt collection rules and regulations. Knowledge of a variety of accounting and budget functional areas and their relationships to other functions to research or investigate problems or errors that require reconciling and reconstructing incomplete information. Skill in performing arithmetic computations to compute military pay. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to present and /or advise on processes/actions. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to present and/or advise on processes/actions. Ability to operate a calculator and use a keyboard; a qualified typist is not required. 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 here to check accreditation.

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 NAS JRB Fort Worth 1780 Doolittle Avenue NAS JRB Fort Worth, TX 76127 US
  • Name: Total Force Service Center
  • Phone: 1-800-525-0102
  • Email: [email protected]

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