About the Position: Serves as Supervisory Financial Readiness Manager with full authority to plan, organize, direct, staff, carry out, review, and evaluate the overall operation of the Garrison Financial Readiness Programs at a large or medium garrison. Works under the general supervision of the Army Community Service (ACS) Director who provides general guidance on program policy and objectives.

Duties

Serves as Supervisory Financial Readiness Manager with full authority to plan, organize, direct, staff, carry out, review and evaluate the overall operation of the Garrison Financial Readiness Programs. Advises supervisor of highly controversial problems involving the relationship of the work of the Financial Readiness Programs to broader ACS, installation and Army goals. Supervise, plan, and assign work to be accomplished by subordinate staff based on priorities, difficulty of assignments, capabilities of employees, and work schedules. Reviews, approves, modifies or rejects changes to functions, structure, staffing, policies and budgets proposed by program/activity managers. Develops the designated annual operating budget for appropriated and non-appropriated funds. Meets with program/activity supervisors and coordinates the implementation of plans to meet ACS goals and objectives. Establishes and maintains internal controls to ensure that personnel and funds are used in accordance with governing regulations. Develops and administers plans and procedures to provide for continuing and aggressive financial planning and emergency assistance programs for the military community.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• This position requires pre-employment financial disclosure and annually thereafter in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R.
• Term employment is subject to a one-year trial period.
• This position is supervisory as defined by the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) General Schedule Supervisory Guide (GSSG).
• This is an obligated position.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.
• This position requires you to obtain and maintain a nationally recognized financial counselor certification in accordance with DoDI 1342.22, 3.d (6)(b) within 12 months of start date.
• This is a Term position scheduled to last 13 months and/or 6 years.

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 Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments This is a Term Appointment, not to exceed (NTE) 13 Months. Term Appointments may be extended by 1-year increments without further competition; however, appointments may not exceed a total of 6 years. Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for a Term appointment will be appointed/converted into a Term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position. Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed (NTE) 13 months or 5 years by a current permanent Army employee. Time-limited promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years. Time limited reassignments and changes to lower grade may exceed five years, however return rights may be impacted. In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Developing and implementing programs for direct counseling assistance. Resolving complex personal financial readiness problems for single or multi person households, 2) Developing long range plans to assist clients with the elimination of debt, 3) Determining if personal financial client problems fall within guidelines for emergency assistance by government or private organizations, 4) Overseeing general personnel management policy matters and other personnel actions. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Financial ManagementManages Human ResourcesPlanning and EvaluatingReading Comprehension Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address FU-W0VFAA US ARMY IMCOM-USAG FT JOHNSON DO NOT MAIL Fort Johnson, LA 71459 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk