About the Position: This position is located at Fort Novosel, Alabama, home of the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence. Fort Novosel is located in the "Wiregrass" area in Southeast Alabama, surrounded by Enterprise, Ozark and Daleville. The geography and climate are ideal for year round military training. Recreation activities are abundant in the immediate and surrounding areas for family and fun.

Duties

Provide support to one or more military personnel programs, operations or functions including personnel manning, MOS/Medical Retention Board and reclassification, IPPS-A Operation, reassignments, student management, transition services and casualty. Utilize personal computers and software to include IPERMS, IPPS-A and TRANSPROC to perform a variety of basic automated operations and functions related to military personnel operations. Provide counseling and information to spouse of Army retirees, active duty and of terminally ill military personnel regarding benefits to which they may be entitled. Maintain, update, and initiate actions pertaining to military personnel processing and services. Distribute and ensure a balanced workload among a minimum of three subordinate employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization. Reviews subordinates assigned work. Coordinate matters relating to Officer Candidate School, Warrant Officer Candidate School, hardship discharge, and Officer Resignations and soldier separation actions.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 10% of the time.
• This is an obligated position. An obligated position is one to which an employee has statutory restoration rights or entitlement based on active military service, recovery from a compensable injury, or return rights based on an overseas tour.

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. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority 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 Eligible In order to qualify, you must meet the experience 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. Specialized Experience for in service applicants with current or prior Federal Service: one year of specialized experience which includes reviewing others work, reviewing military personnel date, ensuring accuracy and completeness; examining a wide variety of military personnel records and forms to verify eligibility; utilizing automated military personnel database systems such as Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS), Real-Time Personnel Identification System (RAPIDS), Electronic Military Personnel Office (EMILPO), Enlisted Distribution Assignment System (EDAS), Total Officer Personnel Management Information System (TOPMISS II), or Army Training Requirements and Resource System (ATRRS), to review and update information; processing official documents for Active Duty, Retirees, Reserve/Guard, Foreign Military of Family members, such as ID Cards, military records or personnel actions; utilizing a wide variety of procedures, reports, and technical guides used in military personnel to provide advice and assistance on requirements for processing personnel records or actions and maintaining required files and reporting data. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-05. For outside applicants (i.e., those without current or prior Federal competitive or excepted service), must possess one year of specialized experience which includes: one year of specialized experience which includes reviewing others work, reviewing military personnel date, ensuring accuracy and completeness; examining a wide variety of military personnel records and forms to verify eligibility; utilizing automated military personnel database systems such as Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS), Real-Time Personnel Identification System (RAPIDS), Electronic Military Personnel Office (EMILPO), Enlisted Distribution Assignment System (EDAS), Total Officer Personnel Management Information System (TOPMISS II), or Army Training Requirements and Resource System (ATRRS), to review and update information; processing official documents for Active Duty, Retirees, Reserve/Guard, Foreign Military of Family members, such as ID Cards, military records or personnel actions; utilizing a wide variety of procedures, reports, and technical guides used in military personnel to provide advice and assistance on requirements for processing personnel records or actions and maintaining required files and reporting data. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. This position requires a typing proficiency of at least 40 words per minute (WPM) based on a 5 minute sample with 3 or fewer errors. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: ClericalComputer LiteracyManages Human ResourcesOral CommunicationPersonnel Action Processing and Recordkeeping 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).

Contacts

• Address EG-APF-W6CEAA US ARMY GARRISON FT NOVOSEL DO NOT MAIL Fort Novosel, AL 36362 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk