Job opening: LEAD MILITARY PAY TECHNICIAN (OFFICE AUTOMATION)
Salary: $48 655 - 63 247 per year
Published at: Oct 30 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
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The Primary purpose of this position is to provide leadership of a team of pay technicians who provide a variety of military pay services for active duty reserve, and /or retired service members as well as annuitants, and to perform office automation duties
Duties
Serves as Team Leader
Determines, processes, and follows-up on a wide variety of active, reserve, retired, and/or annuitant pay entitlement actions which require carrying out numerous different and unrelated procedures
Assists in performing auditing work on various pay actions
Receives and processes indebtedness actions against military members
Performs miscellaneous technical tasks in support of military pay actions
Provides customer service
Use multiple office automation software with varied functions to produce a wide range of documents, formats, etc.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship Required
- Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
- Applicant must obtain and maintain a secret security clearance
- This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
- Position may be subject to random drug testing
- The incumbent must have the ability to type a minimum of 40 WPM
- Disclosure of Political Appointments
- Recruitment Incentive may be authorized for this position
- Relocation Incentive may be authorized for this position
- Leave accrual may be authorized upon request
- 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 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.
BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT:
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service which includes in-depth knowledge of current and prior pay procedures, regulations, laws, and applicable 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: Applicant has successfully completed one 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 official 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-05 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-06 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:
1. Knowledge of a body of standardized military pay rules, regulations, laws, allowances, and procedures: the data system(s) used to support military actions; and federal debt collection rules and regulations
2. Knowledge of various office automation software programs, tools, and techniques to support office operations and produce a variety of documents such as letters, reports, spreadsheets, databases, and graphs. Knowledge of principles and practices of team building
3. Skill in typing; a qualified typist is required. Skill in performing arithmetic computations to compute military pay
4. Ability to interpret/apply regulations and procedures related to military pay; and to operate a calculator
5. Ability to establish performance goals and assess progress toward their achievement
6. Ability to plan, organize work, meet deadlines, and adjust work operations and program objectives to meet emergencies or changing programs within available resources and with minimum sacrifice or quality or quantity of work . Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
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 March ARB
1351 Graeber Street
Ste 105
March ARB, CA 92518
US
- Name: Total Force Service Center
- Phone: 1-800-525-0102
- Email: [email protected]
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