About the Position: This position provides functions for all areas of the acquisitions department including but not limited to government purchase card (GPC) purchases; maintenance of expendable supplies; vendor communications; accessioning, processing, and accounting for library materials; preparation of excess and distribution lists; and filing system maintenance and organization.

Duties

This list of duties is not all-inclusive: Perform functions such as: correspondence and contract paperwork preparation, file maintenance, and proper management and use of government purchase card (GPC). Use computers, word processing, and/or other office automation equipment, not limited to Microsoft office and SharePoint to produce a variety of documents. Create or maintains spreadsheets or databases relating to Library functions. Responsible for the filing system and maintenance of sufficient records to document library activities. Utilize the library's on-line acquisitions module and prepares book and/or other library material orders for a variety of vendors. Unpack materials, review packing lists, receiving documents and inspection reports for library materials received against contracts/purchase orders to verify accuracy of stock identification, quantity, costs and other pertinent data. Provide circulation desk assistance to library patrons.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. The incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a valid Secret security clearance.
• This position requires a pre-employment physical prior to appointment and annual physicals thereafter.
• This position requires moderate-to-heavy lifting of items up to 45 pounds.
• The incumbent may be required to work weekends, evenings, and/or holidays.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. For qualifications determinations, your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present) and (if position is Federal) job series and grade. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and you may not receive consideration for this position. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) In order to qualify, you must meet the experience and/or education substitution requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: ClericalComputer SkillsCustomer Service (Clerical/Technical) Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience utilizing Microsoft Office, specifically Microsoft Excel, to prepare correspondence, reports, and spreadsheets and utilizing web-based applications and automated programs such as, Integrated Library System (ILS) to process and/or account for library materials. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). - OR - Education: A half year (i.e., 9 semester hours) of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as Library Science, Information Science, Science of Library Science or Science of Information, etc. - OR - Combination of Education and Experience: 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%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 9. Add the two percentages. Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-05). Please see the specific instructions regarding supporting documentation for Time in Grade requirements in the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section, below. NOTE: Applicants must meet all Time-in-Grade requirements and experience requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement. Current employees applying under VEOA are subject to time-in-grade restrictions like any other GS employee.

Education

Only degrees/education from a regionally accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at - http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.


FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address EX-APF-W0VP5A COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE DO NOT MAIL Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]