SUPV MILITARY PAY TECHNICIAN

Summary Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. These positions with USAFMCOM are located at Ft. Richardson, AK. This announcement will be used to fill positions with an entry grade of GS-8 or GS-9, with a target grade of GS-9. Responsibilities Serves as a Supervisory Military Pay Technician with responsibility for managing a work unit performing technical military pay support activities that facilitate the mission of the US Army Financial Management Command (USAFMCOM). Assigns work to subordinate employees based on immediate priorities, workload, difficulty of assignments, and the capabilities of employees. Reviews work for technical adequacy and compliance with established policies, procedures, and deadlines. Provides advice, guidance, and instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters. Interviews candidates for vacant positions; recommends hiring, promotion, reassignment, or separation of employees. Hears and resolves minor employee complaints, referring more serious unresolved complaints to higher-level supervisor; takes minor disciplinary measures, such as warnings, reprimands, and recommends more severe disciplinary action. Responsible and accountable for establishing and maintaining internal processes and administrative, technical, and automated systems controls. Accountable for maintaining a system of procedural controls to ensure the integrity of internal records of any financial accounting transactions. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Time in Grade: For entry at the GS-08 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-07 or higher grade in the Federal Service. For entry at the GS-09 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-08 or higher grade in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience: For the GS-08, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-07 if outside the Federal service. Specialized experience for the GS-08 is defined as reviewing and researching various military pay rules, procedures and operations sufficient to process pay actions requiring audits, corrections, and adjustments of military pay; and working with related payroll systems to take necessary intervention and bypass of normal automated systems and procedures, and resolve issues within the automated systems. For the GS-09, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-08 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-08 if outside the Federal service. Specialized experience for the GS-09 is defined as identifying and analyzing various complex military pay problems for alternate solutions; identifying and providing developmental training and military pay technical support to subordinates; and proposing and initiating process improvement operating procedure changes to increase productivity and quality. In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirements, qualified applicants must also possess the quality of experience as it relates to how closely or to what extent an applicants background, recency of experience, education, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position. Candidates must clearly demonstrate the possession of knowledge, skills and abilities, or competencies necessary to successfully perform the work of the position at the appropriate level to be qualified for the position. Applicants must describe how their experience meets the competencies within the body of the resume. No separate statements addressing KSAs or competencies are required. Competencies: Communication, Concepts, Policies, and Principles of Payroll, Financial Management Systems, Fundamentals and Operations of Military and Civilian Pay, and Leadership Qualification and time-in-grade requirements must be met within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement. Education GS-08 Substitution of Education for Experience: Eighteen months of graduate level education may be substituted to meet the specialized experience required when it is directly related to the work of the position being filled. SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE AT GS-09 LEVEL: Two full years of progressively higher level graduate education, or Masters or equivalent graduate degree such as LL.B. or J.D., may be substituted to meet the experience requirement. If you are using education to qualify for this position you will need to submit your transcripts with your application. Failure to provide transcripts, or a determination that you do not possess the education requirement, will result in objection to your qualifications, and removal from consideration in accordance with competitive examining procedures. To be creditable, education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. You must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions that are recognized by the U.S. Department of Education 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 the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services at the time of application. National Association of Credential Evaluation Services Additional Information This position is subject to completion of 1 year probationary period for assignment to a supervisory position. Management has the prerogative to select at either grade level. This recruitment provides promotion opportunity to target position without further competition when selectee is eligible and recommended by management. However promotion is not guaranteed and no promise of a promotion is implied. We may use this announcement to fill additional vacancies within 90 days of the closing date. PCS, Recruitment, Relocation, or Retention Incentives MAY Be Authorized. Telework availability will be based upon the mission requirements and supervisory determination. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 makes certain reimbursements/payments taxable. For information on these changes click here. Salary plus Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) is authorized. This position requires you to obtain and maintain a Level 2 Certification in accordance with Army FM Certification Policy Certification Program as a condition of employment. If you are selected, you will have to obtain this certification within 2 years of your entry on duty in the position. If you are transitioning from a position with DoD FM Certification requirements, you are now required to adhere to Army FM Certification Policy. Failure to become certified may be grounds for removal from the position and/or from Federal service. For more information on veterans preference click here. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP eligible click here. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated at 85 or above on the rating criteria for this position. The Department of Defense (DoD) policy on employment of annuitants issued March 18, 2004 will be used in determining eligibility of annuitants. It is applicable to former Federal civilian employees receiving a retirement annuity from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund that are hired within the DoD on or after November 24, 2003. The policy also applies to annuitants (appointed in DoD on/or after November 24, 2003) who move from one position to another within DoD through voluntary reassignment, promotion, change to lower grade or transfer between military departments. The view this policy: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/1400.25-V300.pdf. This position is subject to the limitations imposed by the DOD Priority Placement Program. Priority Placement Program (PPP) Military Spouse Preference (MSP) eligible candidates will receive priority consideration at the highest grade level for which they have applied and been determined best qualified up to and including the full performance level. PPP Application Based Preference Eligibles (Military Reserve and National Guard technicians, Military Reserve and National Guard technicians receiving disability retirement, and Retained Grade employees) will receive priority consideration at the full performance level only. For more information regarding qualifications requirements please click here. You may submit a cover letter which will be forwarded to the selecting official with your resume. All applicants are encouraged to apply electronically. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may contact 317-212-0454.