MILITARY SUPPORT LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE

Duties
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• You will serve as a primary point of contact for military personnel, providing expert administrative support for a range of personnel actions.
• You will apply established regulations, such as the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) and Navy pay manuals, to research, troubleshoot, and resolve personnel discrepancies for service members.
• You will draft, edit, and review official Naval correspondence, notices, and directives to ensure accuracy, proper grammar, and adherence to established formatting standards.
• You will provide on-the-job guidance and instruction to junior or rotational staff on command-specific administrative procedures.

Requirements
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Conditions of employment

• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/.
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver's license.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card to make official government purchases for goods and services.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: (1) Processing and managing a range of military personnel actions, such as pay and entitlement transactions, performance evaluations (EVALs/FITREPS), awards processing, or check-in/check-out procedures using personnel systems (e.g., NSIPS, DTS. 2) Researching and applying regulations (such as the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) or Navy pay manuals) to identify and resolve a variety of personnel and pay discrepancies. 3) Drafting, editing, and reviewing official correspondence and directives to ensure accuracy, proper grammar, and adherence to established formats (such as the Navy Correspondence Manual). AND 4) Providing guidance and on-the-job training to junior or rotational staff on administrative or personnel-related processes.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-admin.asp .

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Those who do not have the specialized experience listed under the Qualifications section may qualify with education or a combination of education and experience as follows: you have successfully completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree; or you have successfully completed two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree; or you have obtained an LL.B. or J.D. that is related to the position; or you have a combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience. Your percentage of the required education plus your percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent.

Additional information

Recruitment incentives may be authorized to eligible new hires.

Relocation incentives as described in 5 USC 5753 may be authorized in accordance with applicable regulations. PCS is not authourized.

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

If you are unable to apply online and request information about the Alternate Application process, please contact the Department of Navy's Employment Information Center.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating of 85 or higher. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/