Job opening: MILITARY PAY TECHNICIAN (OA)
Salary: $50 326 - 65 425 per year
Published at: Jul 30 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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The primary purpose of this position is to provide a variety of military pay services for Air Force Reservists and Individual Mobilization Augmentees.
Duties
Determines, processes, and follows-up on a wide variety of complicated pay actions in one or more specialty areas (e.g., active, reserve, retired, and/or annuitant) which require carrying out numerous different and unrelated procedures.
Researches, audits, and makes pay adjustments involving a variety of complicated pay problems (e.g., correcting accounts involving pay changes due to overturned disciplinary actions, allotment reconciliations, etc.).
Manages, resolves, and processes a wide range of complicated debt collection cases which typically require extensive research, review, and application of prior year laws, regulations, GAO decisions, and audit of several months to many years of pay history.
Performs miscellaneous technical tasks in support of military pay actions. Uses varied functions of multiple office automation software to produce a wide range of documents, formats, etc.
Provides customer service in person or by telephone, and completes correspondence (e.g., answers written inquiries, prepares letters to obtain missing information, etc.) related to military pay.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship Required
- Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
- This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
- Disclosure of Political Appointments
- The work requires the incumbent to obtain and maintain a background security clearance
- A qualified typist is required
Qualifications
In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Clerical and Administrative Support Positions.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-05, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes in-depth knowledge of current and prior military pay procedures, regulations, laws, and applicable Comptroller General Decisions to resolve complicated pay problems and/or to determine and process a full range of military pay transactions and reconstruct pay records.
FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-05 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-06 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:
Knowledge of a large body of rules, regulations, laws, and procedures for one or more military pay specializations.
Knowledge of the data system(s) used to support military pay actions.
Knowledge of federal debt collection rules and regulations.
Skill in typing; a qualified typist is required. Skill in performing arithmetic computations to compute military pay.
Ability to interpret/apply regulations and procedures related to military pay.
Ability to communicate orally and in writing. Ability to operate a calculator.
PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.
VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address AFRC Non-ART JB Andrews
1500 W Perimeter Road
Ste 5300
JB Andrews, MD 20762
US
- Name: Total Force Service Center
- Phone: 1-800-525-0102
- Email: [email protected]
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