MILITARY PAY TECHNICIAN

Duties

• Monitors, reviews or initiates complex transactions where guidelines lack specificity to requirements circumstances or problems, and/or frequently change. Plans, organizes, trains, and reviews the work of lower-level clerks. Organizes work to accommodate fluctuations and changes in priority.
• Serves as the primary point of contact on pay actions and coordinator on resolving pay matters. Counsels individuals on the pay entitlement and extension requirements for continuation pay. Determines the appropriate processes and follows up on a wide variety of complicated pay actions requiring the use of numerous, different, and unrelated procedures.
• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. Selects or recommends selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignments in consideration of skills and qualifications, and mission requirements.
• Provides advice and guidance to the Wing Commander, Wing Staff, and Wing personnel on military pay policies and regulations. Responsible for briefing the Wing staff, unit commanders, and all wing personnel, including families of reservists, on all pay functions upon accession, separation, deployment, and/or mobilization.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
• This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours and/or Shift work may be required which may include overtime and/or irregular hours
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• This is a Financial Management Level 1 Certified position IAW the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, Section 1599d.
• (Cont'd) Incumbent shall comply with the requirements of this certification program.
• This position is: Lead/Supervisory

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Clerical and Administrative Support Positions.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-07, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes experience in having broad and in-depth knowledge of and skill in applying the principles, concepts, and methodology of military pay entitlements in accordance with applicable regulations, laws, precedent cases, accounting methods, military pay procedures and techniques sufficient to independently resolve complicated pay problems and/or to research or investigate problems or errors that require reconciling, reconstructing incomplete information, and conducting extensive searches for required information.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-07 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-08 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

Knowledge of a large body of rules, regulations, laws, and variety of procedures for one or more military pay specializations; the data system(s) used to support military pay actions, and regulations.

Knowledge of a variety of accounting and budget functional areas and their relationships to other functions to research or investigate problems or errors that require reconciling and reconstructing incomplete information.

Extensive knowledge and technical expertise in all facets of military computer programs as they relate to pay entitlements.

Skill in performing arithmetic computations to compute military pay.

Ability to interpret/apply regulations and procedures related to military pay and various complex actions.

Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to present and/or advise on processes/actions.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Additional information

Current Federal Civilian employees may apply for temporary and term positions and if selected, a break in service may be required prior to appointment to the position.

Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.

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