U.S. Department of Defense
LEAD MILITARY PAY TECHNICIAN
Pay$46696.00 - $77601.00 / year
LocationFort Drum/New York
Employment typeFull-Time
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Job Description
- Req#: 749879300
- Serves as a Lead Military Pay Technician responsible for providing instructions, distributing and balancing the workload of three or more employees who perform such work as processing a wide variety of military pay transactions.
- Distributes and balances the workload among employees in accordance with established work flow or job specialization, assures timely accomplishment of the assigned workload, and assures that each employee has enough work to keep busy.
- Keeps in touch with the status and progress of work, and makes day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities, obtaining assistance from the supervisor on problems that may arise.
- Estimates and reports on expected time of completion of work and maintains records of work accomplishments and time expended and prepares production reports as request.
- Instructs employees on tasks and job requirements, develops written instruction as necessary, and answers questions regarding procedures, policies, and directives.
- Reviews a full range of technician transactions to determine correct input; returns or rejects work for corrective action.
These positions with USAFMCOM are located atFort Campbell, Kentucky
Fort Johnson, Louisiana
Fort Drum, New York
Fort Sam Houston, Texas
The General Schedule (GS) basic pay schedule may vary by geographic locality. To view pay rates in a specific location visit the Office of Personnel Management pay tables.
This announcement will be used to fill positions with an entry grade of GS-07, or GS-08 with a target grade of GS-08.Duties
Requirements
Qualifications
Time in Grade:
For entry at the GS-07 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-06 or higher grade in the Federal Service.
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.
Specialized Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal service.
For the GS -7: Specialized experience is defined as reviewing and processing a wide variety of non-recurring military payroll transactions; determining entitlements; verifying all documents for propriety, completeness and accuracy; and resolving problems within automated pay accounts related to payroll actions, regulations, policies and procedures.
For the GS -8: Specialized experience is defined as Investigating, resolving and/or identifying problems, errors and discrepancies within an automated military pay system; and reconstructing complex military pay histories to resolve pay and entitlements errors.
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 applicant's 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 KSA's or competencies are required.
Competencies:
Qualification and time-in-grade requirements must be met within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.About the company
The United States Department of Defense is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces. The DOD is the largest employer in the world, with over 1.3 million active-duty service members as of 2020. More employees include over 826,000 National Guard and reservists from the armed forces, and over 732,000 civilians bringing the total to over 2.8 million employees. Headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., the DoD's stated mission is to provide "the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security".