This position is part of the Blackfeet Dormitory, Bureau of Indian Education. As a Business Technician you will be responsible for serving as a Business Technician (Human Resources) in a BIE School on or near the Reservation. The Business Technician (Human Resources) position is the major support position for the BIE School.

Duties

As a Business Technician CE-0303-2, your typical work assignments may include the following under supervision: Responsible for local job opportunity announcements and being liaison with Human Resources Office for all personnel actions and payroll transactions. Serving as timekeeper for assigned personnel and inputs time and attendance records into an automated system. Assists in receiving and performing audits, and/or quality assurance on completed personnel and position actions. Provides technical advisory assistance to school staff and supervisors. Preparing and processing training requests, tracking completed training, and maintaining accurate training records. Serving as point of contact for all pay and personnel management activities which are complicated by a variety of work schedules, specialized occupations, the full range of premium pay issues, shift work, and complex travel issues. Review correspondence prior to routing to other offices. Receive phone calls in order to refer to the appropriate staff. Greet customers before directing them to appropriate offices.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a background clearance.
• Must possess and maintain valid state driver's license.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Applicants with Indian Preference All U.S. Citizens Qualifications: In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements contained in the approved job category for P.L. 95-561 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. Basic Education AND Experience Requirements for the Business Technician 0303-02: Sixty (60) semesters hours in a related field AND one (1) year of related experience OR Associate's Degree in a related field AND one (1) year of related experience OR High School or General Educational Development (GED) Diploma AND three (3) years of related experience. Related technical areas are: Business Accounting Finance Human Resources Related experience could include bookkeeper, budget clerk, financial clerk, purchasing clerk, human resources clerk, or other similar clerical and administrative support functions. Pay tables for Bureau of Indian Education Title 25 positions can be found at https://www.bie.edu/topic-page/education-pay-table-archives Basis of Rating: All applicants for this position will be rated and ranked based upon the extent and quality of their experience, training and/or education as reflected in the assessment questionnaire. Applicants will be further evaluated according to the degree to which they possess or have the potential to acquire knowledge, skills, abilities, and personal characteristics as listed below. The judgment of qualifications will be based on the material submitted; therefore, it is to the applicant's advantage to give complete and thorough responses and to present information in a neat and orderly fashion. Qualifications and Indian preference eligibility will be determined on the basis of information submitted.

Education

To meet the education requirements, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Official transcripts are required upon selection.

Education must have been obtained from an accredited or pre-accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications.

For further information on creditable education visit: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html

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:http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address Blackfeet Dormitory P.O. Box 880 Browning, MT 59417 US
• Name: Antoinette Yazzie
• Phone: 505-563-5385
• Email: [email protected]