This position is located at Departmental Offices,Management CFO - Management and Budget. As a Travel Specialist, you will have the responsibility for assuring that all travel documents are prepared in accordance with Departmental and Federal travel policies, regulations, and procedures, and advises all office travelers and staff on them.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-12. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. Advises and provides recommendations to high-level officials regarding travel regulations as they prepare for travel to domestic or international localities with high profile political implications. Coordinates with the travel card program A/OPC to ensure proper use of the accounts, in accordance with the FTR. Maintains the travel automated system for employees, including providing users access to create or edit authorization documents or voucher documents, and updates user files to reflect user setup edits.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:For the GS-12 grade level, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Preparing travel authorizations and vouchers and advising office travelers of policies, regulations and relocation procedures; AND - Resolving technical and functional problems in travel automated systems while serving as a liaison between users and operations staff; AND - Preparing duty orders domestically and internationally including obtaining diplomatic passports/visas. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:For the GS-11 grade level, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Experience advising on and applying travel regulations and policies to domestic and international duty travel; AND - Advising travelers on the completion of travel authorizations, vouchers and/or other expense reimbursement procedures; AND - Participation in the maintenance of a travel system to include providing user access, identifying issues and making recommendations for resolution. OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: completed a 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. OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:For the GS-09 grade level, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Experience advising employees on procedures for completing travel authorizations, vouchers, expense reimbursements or similar documents; AND - Experience maintaining clear and concise records regarding travel corresponding with travelers to complete documentation; AND - Providing user assistance on automated travel systems, issuing access and editing documents. OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree. OR LL.B. or J.D., if related OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions. You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.

Education

The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

Contacts

• Address Management CFO - Management and Budget Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]