About the Position: This position is located in Anchorage, Alaska on Fort Richardson. The Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) plays a vital role in maintaining the nation's military might by ensuring that each new member of the Armed Forces, Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Space Force and Coast Guard, meets the high mental, moral and medical standards required by the Department of Defense and the military services.

Duties

As a Processing Technician (Office Automation), you will: Provide administrative assistance with transportation functions of moving recruits from the MEPS. Coordinate projected shipping dates and status with Service Liaisons. Conduct the pre-enlistment and/or the pre-accession interviews of applicants for enlistment. Enter data in Command automated system(s) to record applicant processing information. Maintain records of orders, distributes copies of transportation orders and enlistment contracts.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position has been designated as non-sensitive and requires a personnel security investigation.
• Employee may be required to work an occasional Saturday and/or shift work (work before 0600 or after 1800 hours)
• Employee will routinely be required to work unscheduled overtime to accommodate fluctuations in workload based on the daily mission requirements
• Employee may be required to perform occasional overnight travel as assigned.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience and/or education 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 GS-05: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must clearly describe at least one year of specialized experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled such as: 1) Briefing personnel on procedures to ensure compliance with regulations, 2) Obtaining data from others to verify eligibilities for employment and/or to update records, 3) Utilizing office automation software programs to accomplish task (such as preparing correspondence, reports, spreadsheets, graphs, etc.). This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-4). OR Education: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. -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 your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages. TYPING: This position requires a typing proficiency of at least 40 words per minute (WPM) based on a 5-minute sample with 3 of fewer errors.

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 BR-W4VWAA US ARMY MIL ENTRANCE PROCESSING CMD DO NOT MAIL Fort Richardson, AK 99505 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk