Job opening: MILITARY PAY TECHNICIAN (OFFICE AUTOMATION)
Salary: $37 696 - 49 009 per year
Published at: Dec 14 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
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The primary purpose of this position is to 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
- 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 in person or by telephone, and completes correspondence (e.g., answers written inquiries, prepares letters to obtain missing information, etc.) related to military pay.
- Uses 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
- Background check required.
- This posn is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
- Disclosure of Political Appointments
- A qualified typist is required. The incumbent must have the ability to type a minimum of 40 WPM.
- 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. Incumbent shall comply with these requirements.
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: I have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service which includes knowledge of a body of standardized military pay rules, regulations, laws, procedures, or operations requiring considerable training and experience to perform the full range of standard clerical assignments and resolve recurring problems.
OR
EDUCATION: I have 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 transcripts.
OR
COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: I have a combination of experience as described in the job opportunity announcement and education. Therefore, I have a combination of experience and education. NOTE: You must submit a copy of official transcripts.
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 pay 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.
3. Skill in typing; a qualified typist is required.
4. Skill in performing arithmetic computations to compute military pay.
5. Ability to interpret/apply regulations and procedures related to military pay; and to operate a calculator.
6. Ability to communicate 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 Keesler AFB
500 Fisher Street
Keesler AFB, MS 39534
US
- Name: Total Force Service Center
- Phone: 1-800-525-0102
- Email: [email protected]
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