You will serve as a HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (INFORMATION SYSTEMS) in the Military Sealift Command (MSC), Total Force Management Program Office (N1), Civilian Workforce Policy and Sustainment Division (N11), Recruitment/Staffing and CIVMAR Processing Branch (N11B), Marine Processing (N11B3) of MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND.

Duties

You will be responsible for implementing and supporting Military Sealift Command (MSC) procedures and processes related to and supporting Civil Service Mariner (CIVMAR) payroll processing by Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS). You will be responsible for reviewing and maintaining CIVMAR personnel records in the Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS). You will be responsible for processing actions and developing and maintaining reports and records in other supported systems under related MSC Human Resources (HR) programs. You will serve as a HR Specialist or troubleshooter for the CIVMAR Human Resources Office (HRO), Customer Service Representatives (CSR) activity points of contacts (POC) on personnel issues with responsibility for resolving problems. You will analyze data points, circumstances, and determine the best course of action. You will interface with DFAS to resolve pay issues that affect CIVMAR personnel records, to include non-pay status reports. and analyze issues and determine whether resolution of issues require internal system changes and recommend those changes.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.

Qualifications

GS-11 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the 09-grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience can be defined as: Experience working with the Office of Civilian Human Resources (OCHR) San Antonio to correct and resolve CIVMAR record issues in DCPDS and perform quality checks against information within the database, performs quarterly personnel reconciliations, monitor system suspense's, and taking appropriate actions regarding the suspense items. Experience disseminating guidance on changes to the DCPDS System (to include patch documentation, Systems Advisory Notices), Guide to Processing Personnel Actions, and Payroll Advisories; serves as a custodian of the Official Personnel Folders (OPF) for all CIVMAR and uses HR Link to pull daily and weekly reports for key errors, TSP, Pay New/Reject, etc. and to make necessary changes. Experience producing, monitoring, and reviewing the various DCPDS system reports in order to provide quality review of personnel and position records for the CIVMAR population including discrepancies, rejected actions, and invalid actions and coding. Experience developing technical documentation to train lower graded personnel on established practices and uses of the system sufficient to develop and maintain manuals, instructions, and operating procedures for processing personnel actions. Experience testing actions, troubleshooting, and finding workarounds as needed within HR systems. GS-09 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the 07-grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience can be defined as: Experience monitoring and answering all personnel emails as well as any DCPDS emails and interpreting DCPDS requirements and changes as they affect CIVMAR personnel and payroll administration procedures. Experience ensuring that transactions and record updates are processed accordingly through to DFAS so that employees are appropriately paid. Experience resolving rejects and incorrect information without assistance and will notify the appropriate HR Assistant (Information Systems) personnel for action. Experience creating accurate personnel and position records in DCPDS for all newly hired CIVMAR employees and building personnel and position records in DCPDS, calculating the service computation date from available records, and requesting previous Federal and military records when necessary. Experience creating the RPA and processes through to generation of the Notification of Personnel Action (NPA) and reviews all new hire forms for accuracy to make sure that all required new hire forms are entered in the eOPF and when building personnel and position records, ensuring that all required data elements are entered into DCPDS accurately. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:
GS-11

• Successful completion Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

• Successful completion of 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

or

• Possession of an LL.M., that is related to this position being filled. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/

**A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.**



GS-09

• Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree

OR

• Successful completion of two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree.

OR

• Possession of an LL.B. or J.D. that is related to this position being filled. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/

OR

• A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience.

**A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.**

Contacts

• Address MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND 471 East C Street Norfolk, 23511 GB
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]