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Summary The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the primary point of contact for all military pay issues, transactions and procedures. Responsible to monitor, review or initiate appropriate documents to ensure general ledger is correct, transactions are valid, and discrepancies or inconsistencies are addressed. To establish, maintain, correct, and close pay accounts for active, reserve, inactive reserve (IMA) or retired armed forces personnel and their annuitants. Responsibilities 1. As the senior technician, monitors, reviews or initiates a variety of documents to ensure general ledger is correct, transactions are valid, and discrepancies or inconsistencies are addressed. 2. Determines the appropriate processes, and follows-up on a wide variety of complicated pay actions in the area of reserve pay which require carrying out numerous different and unrelated procedures. 3. Manages, resolves and processes a wide range of complicated debt collection cases which typically require extensive research, review, and application of prior year laws, regulations GAO decisions, and audit of several months to years of pay history. 4. Performs miscellaneous technical tasks in support of military pay actions. 5. Provides customer service in person or by telephone, and completes correspondence (e.g. answers written inquiries, prepares letters to obtain missing information, etc.) related to military pay. Requirements Conditions of Employment 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 Positions, Clerical and Administrative Support Positions. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-06, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes in-depth knowledge of current and prior military pay procedures, regulations, laws and applicable Comptroller General Decisions to resolve complicated pay problems and/or to determine and processes a full range of military pay transactions and reconstruct pay records. Thorough knowledge and understanding of the automated pay system's internal processing methods, interrelationships between pay system files, audit trail requirements, detailed input requirements, and output products to determine when manual processing is necessary, to devise methods for input transactions to bypass computer operations and to troubles shoot, identify and report programming and systems problems. And ability to communicate orally and in writing and to interact with others to explain complex actions taken in regard to military member's entitlements, allowances, or collections. OR EDUCATION: I have successfully completed one full year of graduate level education in a field directly related which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts. OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: : 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%. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts. 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-06 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-07 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: 1. Knowledge of a large body of rules, regulations, laws, and procedures for one or more military pay specializations; the data system(s) used to support military pay actions, and federal debt collection rules and regulations. 2. Skill in performing arithmetic computations to compute military pay. 3. Ability to interpret/apply regulations and procedures related to military pay. 4. Ability to communicate orally and in writing. 5. Ability to operate a calculator. 6. Ability to use a keyboard, a qualified typist is not required. 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. Education IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcripts with the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click here to check accreditation. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Additional Information 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 well qualified or above for this position. You must submit a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location. Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information. 120-Day Register: This announcement may result in a 120-day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur. Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible: MSP applicants, if determined best qualified, must be selected at the full performance level and placed at the full performance level. You must include a completed copy of the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility for MSP. Click here to obtain a copy of the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist. Priority Placement Program (PPP) Applicant Eligible: PPP Applicants, if determined well qualified and selected, will be placed at the at the full performance level. You must include the applicable completed copy of the PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility as a PPP Applicant. Click here to obtain/download a copy of the applicable PPP Self-Certification Checklist (DD3145-1 through DD3145-4, select the appropriate checklist for your claimed preference). To determine the applicable PPP Self-Certification Checklist required to substantiate the eligibilities you are claiming, refer to the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide located in the Required Documents section of this vacancy announcement. Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit. If you have questions regarding this announcement and have hearing or speech difficulties click here.