You will serve as a CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL COORDINATOR in the Department of the Navy Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) of OFFLEGAFFAIRS WASHINGTON DC.

Duties

You will analyze and interpret Department of Navy and Department of Defense Travel policy in order to effectively plan and implement all aspects of the Congressional Travel Program. You will plan, schedule, and arrange commercial airline reservations, military airlifts, seating assignment, hotel and car reservations via electronic databases. You will prepare reports and correspondence pertaining to travel (e.g., travel orders, advance documentation, congressional and escort claim documents, funding documents for buses and luggage vans, invitational authorization letters). You will collect, analyze, and extract trip planning information key to the formulation of logistical coordination through significant events, offer the maximum degree of service, and estimate the necessary funds to execute the trip properly. You will budget specific amounts of money to escort officers based on anticipated expenses involved in the trip. You will prepare a comprehensive study of and evaluate pertinent regulations, circulars, memoranda, policies, correspondence, files, and other records which will be of value to congressional travel.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience analyzing and interpreting travel regulations to plan and implement an organization's travel program. 2)Experience planning, scheduling, and arranging travel (e.g., commercial airline reservations, airlifts, rail, seating assignment, hotel, and car reservations) via automated electronic databases in support of an organization's travel program. Experience preparing reports and correspondence in support of an organization's travel program (e.g., budget preparation, escort claim documents, funding documents). Experience reviewing travel documents to ensure accuracy and compliance with regulations and to reconcile within cost estimates. Experience communicating orally with high-level officials to provide logistical support and guidance in solving travel issues. 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:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.M., if related

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

Contacts

• Address OFFLEGAFFAIRS WASHINGTON DC 1200 Navy Pentagon Washington, DC 20350-1200 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]