You are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of your application package. We encourage you to read the entire announcement before starting the application process. Qualifications and requirements must be met by the announcement closing date. This recruitment is subject to restrictions of the DoD referral system for displaced employees. Additional positions may be filled from this announcement up to 90 days after it closes.

Duties

Serves as the GPC Program Specialist, within the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA), Headquarters (HQ), Acquisition Management Directorate. The incumbent serves as the DeCA subject matter expert for the GPC Program responsible for initiating, developing, planning, programming, coordinating and recommending operational policies, procedures, guidance, oversight and the execution of the entire DeCA Government-wide Purchase Card (GPC) Program. The incumbent serves as the Agency/Organization Program Coordinator (A/OPC) and as a Program Specialist within the Acquisition Management Directorate at HQ DeCA with overall responsibility for the Agency's purchase card program. Position responsibilities include: Reviews and identifies various program requirements (i.e., initiatives to provide modernization of the process for capture, storage, processing and analysis of program transaction and card user data) in alignment with DoD initiative of data mining techniques. Conducts Agency-wide research and analysis of program compliance, procedures and guidelines, and develops recommendations for program changes and improvements across the entire spectrum of GPC users and interfaces. Provides advice to cardholders and approving officials as particular issue arise. Conducts reviews of purchase card accounts and transactions at numerous locations to ensure program compliance including proper use of the purchase card, adherence to delegated limits, DoD, agency, local policies and procedures and law.

Requirements

• Be a U.S. citizen or national. Applicants with a Permanent Resident Card are authorized to live and work in the U.S. but are not eligible for employment in positions requiring U.S. citizenship. If selected, proof of citizenship may be required.
• Meet minimum age requirement. See Additional Information.
• Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered with or exempt from Selective Service.
• May be subject to successful verification of identity and employment eligibility through E-Verify. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, at https://www.e-verify.gov/.
• May be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as required. New federal employees will be fingerprinted.
• Be able to obtain and maintain clearance eligibility based on the appropriate background investigation.
• May be subject to a probationary/trial period.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Meet the physical requirements identified in the Qualifications section.
• May be subject to one year supervisory probationary period.

Qualifications

In accordance with the Group Coverage Qualifications Standards for Administrative and Management Positions, https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-ADMIN-OCCUPATIONS, Experience may not be substituted for education at this grade level. Volunteer Experience: Your experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through a National Service program (e.g., 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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Examples of qualifying specialized experience: Assessing and analyzing purchase card operations through management, auditing, finance principles, theories, and techniques. Gathering data and making recommendations within acquisition or purchase card program guidelines and regulations. Using in-depth fact finding investigative techniques to determine waste, fraud or abuse within purchase card programs. Provide training and operational oversight to ensure compliance with the GPC Program Objectives. You must also meet the following requirements by the announcement closing date: Current and former federal employees in either the competitive or excepted service and current federal employees applying under VEOA eligibility are subject to time-in-grade. You must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade level to be eligible for promotion. See the Required Documents section to learn what documents are necessary to show you meet this requirement. The next lower grade level for this position is GS-11. Current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest nontemporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens."

Education

Education used to qualify for this position must be from an accredited school or educational institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and a copy of your transcript is required as part of your application package. For the application process, unofficial transcripts are acceptable if they contain the applicant's name, the name of the school, the date and degree that was awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. If selected, you must provide an official transcript before we set your entrance on duty date.Foreign Education.

If using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign education programs has deemed the foreign education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program or show that a U.S. accredited college or university has given full credit for the foreign courses.

You may not use education to qualify.

Contacts

• Address DECA HQ 1300 Eisenhower Street Fort Gregg-Adams, VA 23801 US
• Name: DeCA HQ Servicing team
• Phone: 614-692-2331
• Email: [email protected]