About the Position: This is a military technician position with the 81st Regional Support Command, Reserve Personnel Advisory Center Volunteer Hub, TN014, located at Nashville, Tennessee. This position requires an active membership as a Soldier in the Army Reserve before a start date can be set. To learn more about minimum qualifications to join the Army Reserve, visit http://www.goarmy.com/reserve/jobs.html.

Duties

Provide advisory services to active and reserve component employees and unit commanders on military personnel issues and programs. Administer a wide variety of military human resources programs to include life cycle management functions. Assure all work in the Reserve Component personnel and pay areas of the Soldier Readiness Processing Center is in accordance with current regulations and within required timelines. Apply Army principles, policies, regulations, practices, methods and techniques of military human resources management programs. Resolve complex pay issues that require extensive coordination with commands. Advise on changes in guidance, priorities, or policies that would affect any pay processes. Provide technical advice and guidance regarding the establishment and maintenance of military pay accounts for supported soldiers. Ensure compliance with internal controls to minimize pay problems and inquiries. Compose correspondence to higher headquarters or other military agencies. Analyze data to identify trends, deficiencies and accomplishments. Manage personnel and finance automated systems. Develop recommendations to improve operations or action processing. Analyze workload to set priorities and assign work to subordinates to meet timelines. Resolve employee grievances and effect minor disciplinary measures. Interview candidates for positions in the organization and make recommendations to such positions. Counsel employees on work and administrative matters. Develop performance standards to support expectations of personnel.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• THIS POSITION REQUIRES ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP AS A SOLDIER IN THE U.S. ARMY RESERVE (USAR).

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 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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: Utilizing knowledge of military personnel, finance and administrative regulations; Utilizing operational procedures to manage military personnel programs; Reviewing military personnel and pay actions and resolve complex military pay issues; and Maintaining compliance with internal controls and inquiries. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work of the position, such as Business Administration. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: AccountabilityAdministrative LawEmployee HR Management - BasicFundamentals and Operations of Military and Civilian Pay 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-09).

Education

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address DE-W6KFAA 81ST US ARMY RESERVE REGIONAL SPT CMD DO NOT MAIL Fort McCoy, WI 54656 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk