This position is part of the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The incumbent will be responsible for providing advisory/management analysis services with particular emphasis on Payroll functions as these relate to employment matters.

Duties

As a HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST at the GS-0201-9/11 some of your typical work assignments may include: Serves as a technical authority with full administrative responsibility for the support of approximately 900 Federal civilian employee payroll accounts across Joint Staff. Serves as liaison and CSR to provide responsive customer service to management officials and employees within and outside of the Command. Acts as the liaison with representatives from DFAS, various financial institutions, Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor, state unemployment offices, state Cabinets for Health and Family Services (e.g., court ordered child support), and other courts (e.g., garnishment of wages). Establishes routine and special timelines and cutoff schedules to assure timely transmission of data to meet DFAS processing schedules and Audit Readiness requirements. Creates reports for leave availability, missing timecards, and invalid transactions for a segment of the overall Defense Civilian Payroll System (DCPS) Program Reviews. Reviews and interprets a wide range of pay regulations, policy, directives, DCPS Payroll Office Advisory Releases regarding the DCPS Application System and Defense Agency Initiative (DAI). Reviews, verifies, and processes a variety of payroll documents and submission, and time and attendance data impacting pay, electronic funds transfer (EFT) payroll deposits, leave, taxes, benefits, other deductions, and master payroll record information. Maintains liaison between the Joint Staff and the servicing Human Resources Specialist in areas of staffing, classification, and benefits. Assists to conduct organizational studies, review of organizational structure and/or workforce utilization. Serves as the Joint Staff's Leave Transfer Program Coordinator, reviewing requests from leave recipients and leave donors.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply)
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• Recruitment Incentives: May be Authorized
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Not Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible
• Security: Employee must obtain/maintain a Critical Sensitive (Top Secret) security clearance: Top Secret-The Pentagon / Suffolk -Secret
• Drug Testing Designated Position: Yes
• Locations: Location to be determined at the time of selection.

Qualifications

You may qualify at the GS-09, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service: 1. Serves as a Customer Service Representative (CSR) in support of HR Specialist utilizing knowledge of HR terminology, requirements, procedures, operations, functions, and regulatory policy. 2. Training in financial principles, theories, and techniques to provide payroll coordination support to Federal civilian employees, managers/supervisors, timekeepers, and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) processes and procedures to ensure payroll integrity. 3. Knowledge of Federal, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and Department of Defense (DoD), HR regulations, policies, and procedures of pay and leave entitlements, payroll deductions, and personnel benefits. OR B. Education Substitution: Masters 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 education and specialized experience. OR C. Combination of education and specialized experience: You have some specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and you have more than one year but less than two years of education as described in B. You have computed the percentage of the requirements that you meet, and the total is at least 100%. (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond the first year by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.) You may qualify at the GS-11, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service: 1. Utilizes HR concepts, laws, policies, practices, analytical and diagnostic methods and techniques to solve a wide range of complex, interrelated HR problems and issues. 2. Serves as liaison, Customer Service Representative (CSR) and Leave Transfer Program Coordinator to provide responsive customer service and HR Support to management officials and employees. 3. Applies financial principles, theories, and techniques to provide payroll coordination/liaison for Federal civilian employees, managers/supervisors, timekeepers, and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) processes and procedures to ensure payroll integrity. 4. Knowledge of Federal and multiple state laws, and of Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Department of Defense (DoD), HR regulations, policies, and procedures affecting pay and leave entitlements, payroll deductions, and personnel benefits. OR B. Education Substitution: 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 C. Combination of education and specialized experience: You have some specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and you have more than one year but less than two years of education as described in B. You have computed the percentage of the requirements that you meet, and the total is at least 100%. (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond the first year by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.) *NOTE: If substituting education for experience, failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application, or (2) If you are serviced by the office filling this position and your transcripts are on file in your official personnel folder, you are not required to submit. However, it is your responsibility to ensure transcripts are on file.

All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that 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: Foreign Education

Contacts

• Address Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Staff Pentagon Washington, DC 20318 US
• Name: JCS Servicing team
• Phone: 614-692-2646
• Email: [email protected]