Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. About the Position: Serve as a Human Resources Assistant (Military/Office Automation) for the Military Personnel Services Division of the Directorate of Human Resources at USAG Fort Novosel, Alabama.

Duties

Provide administrative support to one or more military programs, operations or functions include personnel manning MOS/ Retention Boards and reclassification, IPPS-A Operation reassignment, student management, transitions services and casualty. Prepare orders for on-post transfers and attachments of personnel already assigned to the installation. Assist the Assignments Manager in the gathering and verifying of statistics as relates to personnel manning for officers and enlisted personnel. Use personal computer and software to include iPERMS, IPPS-A, and TRANSPOC to perform a variety of basic automated operations and functions related to military personnel operations. Initiate actions pertaining to military personnel processing and services, including but not limited to coordinating matters relating to the Army Casualty System. Perform a wide variety of actions pertaining to or associated with the care and disposition of deceased active, retired, or veteran and assistance to their next of kin. Process Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) reclassification actions. Provide assistance in military honors, burial arrangements, funeral services, flag to present to Next of Kin, headstone, reimbursement for preparation and transportation of remains, interment allowance. Screen Officer and Enlisted Records Briefs and security records to gather background information necessary to process action.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• May require TDY travel 10% of the time.
• May require travel using military or commercial aircraft or vehicle.
• Overtime may be required.
• Emergency overtime may be required.
• May be required to be on-call after duty hours.
• Positions may require performance of duties on the HURCON Evacuation Team or Mass Casualty Team.
• Performance of these duties shall require employee availability 24 hours a day 7 days per week.
• Position requires possession of a favorable National Agency Check (NAC).
• This position requires a valid state driver’s license.
• Position requires a typing proficiency of at least 40 words per minute (WPM) based on a 5-minute sample with 3 or fewer errors.

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. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Priority 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 EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. Proficiency Required: This position requires a qualified typist. A qualified typist can type 40 words per minute based on a 5-minute sample with three or fewer errors. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Entering data in automated systems; AND 2) Providing clerical support to ensure efficient office operations; AND 3) Retrieving data from various information sources, both manual and electronic. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04). OR Education: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages. Time in Grade Requirement: Candidates may be advanced without time restriction to positions up to GS-5 if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade the employee held within the preceding 52 weeks under his or her latest non-temporary competitive appointment.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address FS-W6CEAA US ARMY IMCOM-USAG FT NOVOSEL DO NOT MAIL Fort Novosel, AL 36362 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk