NEW JERSEY ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

FEDERAL TECHNICIAN VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

08-132

OPENING DATE  CLOSING DATE

01 MAY 2008                        02 JUNE 2008

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST BE POSTED ON UNIT BULLETIN BOARDS UNTIL THE DAY FOLLOWING THE CLOSING DATE.

 

Application must be forwarded to:

POSITION TITLE,LOCATION,PDCN,GRADE &

HQ New Jersey National Guard

SALARY RANGE

Human Resource Office

Financial Technician

3650 Saylors Pond Road

USPFO, Fort Dix, New Jersey

Fort Dix, New Jersey 08640-7600

70754000, GS-0503-07

(609) 562-0872  DSN 944-0872

$39,086 - $50,807 PA

 

AREA OF CONSIDERATION:

If the individual selected is currently on a title 10 tour no action can be taken until he/she is released from tour.

 

              AREA I      -    All New Jersey National Guard (NJNG) Technicians

              AREA II    -    All Members of the NJNG

              AREA III   -    All personnel eligible for membership in the NJARNG

 

If a New Jersey Air National Guard (NJANG) member is selected, the person must transfer to the NJARNG, and must attend a 4 week Warrior Transition Course.

 

Restricted to current on board technicians of the USPFO

 

If the individual selected is currently on a title 10 tour no action can be taken until he/she is released from tour.

 

APPOINTMENT STATUS:        ( X )  EXCEPTED        (  )  COMPETITIVE

                                                   (  )  OFFICER    (   )  WARRANT OFFICER   ( X )  ENLISTED

 

MAXIMUM RANK:  SGT/E5

 

MILITARY GRADE INVERSION IS PROHIBITED

 

MILITARY POSITION:   Any unit in the New Jersey Army National Guard.

 

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP STATUS:  Employment in this position requires concurrent military assignment to a compatible military position in the New Jersey National Guard in one of the following military specialty codes:

MOS:  42A/F/L, 44C

 

NOTE:  THE INDIVIDUAL SELECTED HAS ONE YEAR TO OBTAIN ADVERTISED AFSC/MOS

 

LEVEL OF CLEARANCE/INVESTIGATION:  Non-Critical/Sensitive

 

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTORS:   N/A

 

PRE-PLACEMENT PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:  N/A

 

METHOD OF SELECTION:   NJDMAVA TPR 335.A Merit Placement Plan

 

SELECTING OFFICIAL:  Ms. Bonnie Cunningham, Supervisory Financial Technician

 

EVALUATION METHODS: Applications will be reviewed to determine basic eligibility.  Applicants must meet the basic qualifications for the position, including any selective placement factors, in order to be considered basically qualified.  Selection for this position will be made without consideration of race, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age, lawful political or other affiliation, membership or non membership in an employee organization, physical handicap which does not prevent normal performance of duties, or other non-merit factor.  Complete and accurate information must be provided on your resume or application.  Attach additional sheets if necessary.

 

Acceptance of this position requires participation in the direct deposit/electronic funds transfer program.

THIS POSITION IS AUTHORIZED BY TITLE 32 USC, SECTION 709. POSITION HAS DIFFERENT RIF CRITERIA, NO VETERANS PREFERENCE, CERTAIN GRADE AND PROMOTION LIMITATIONS AND DIFFERENT APPEAL/GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES.
 NEW JERSEY ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

FEDERAL TECHNICIAN VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT 08-132

 

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

1.  Applicants may choose to apply by one of the following methods:

    a.  A resume;

    b.  OF 612 “Optional Application for Federal Employment”, which can be found on the NJ HRO WEB Page

(www.state.nj.us/military/hro) or from the HRO.

2.  All government employees must provide a copy of their last SF 50.

3. Insure information related to the specific job you are applying for is accurate, complete and describes job-related qualifications, rather than your entire work history over a period of years.  Please include all related military experience, i.e., AFSC, MOS, etc. and explain your duties and responsibilities.  HAVING THE AFSC/MOS DOES NOT IN ITSELF QUALIFY YOU FOR THIS POSITION.

4.  To be considered for this position, you must meet and answer the requirements for "Specialized Experience", to include KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES, or you will be found NOT QUALIFIED!

5. Government postage paid envelopes , interoffice mail or government facsimile machines may not be used to submit applications for employment.  E-mail applications will not be accepted.

6.  Applications must be received by close of business on the closing date.

 

Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government's interest.

 

MAJOR JOB DUTIES (a copy of the complete position description is available in the Human Resource Office):  Performs account audits involving retroactive payment problems.  Makes adjustments to entitlements when updates to information cause discrepancies on various accounts such as Traveler’s Profile, Vendor Pay Account, and the Master Military Pay Account (MMPA).  Conducts in-depth reviews of debts on accounts on actions previously processed and interprets results to accurately determine if corrective actions are necessary.  Issues Unit Preliminary Listing (UPL) and Active Duty Master Listing (ADML) to unit(s) to initiate positive reporting of Unit Annual Training (AT) pay.  Analyzes Personnel Transactions Registers using the Standard Installation/Division Personnel System (SIDPERS) Query Screens and MMPAs to ensure erroneous transactions do not occur as erroneous transactions may be automatically created when SIDPERS personnel process actions.  Prioritizes release of transactions with regard to DJMS Reserve Component/Active Component (RC/AC) Production Schedules(s) while determining the timing of related actions without negatively affecting the soldier’s pay accounts.  Conducts unit level Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) during pre-mobilization, reviews orders to identify entitlements, provides guidance to soldiers to properly complete documents required for mobilization (MOB) entitlements.  Provides customer support to military and technician personnel, vendors and Federal and state agencies.  Coordinates technician pay procedures between the Human Resources Office (HRO) and timekeepers.  Processes student loan payments to financial institutions on behalf of soldiers in the National Guard.  Accesses the 5 Year Tax History to assist soldiers with tax-related inquires. Processes, verifies, and audits pay actions utilizing previous fiscal law cases, General Accounting Office (GAO) rulings and Comptroller General (CG) decisions as guidelines.  Possesses the ability to positively interact with others to explain actions taken with respect to entitlements, payments, collections and outstanding debts. 

 

GENERAL EXPERIENCE:  Experience, education or training which demonstrates the applicant’s ability to read and apply a practical knowledge of procedures and established methods; and skill in dealing with others in person-to-person work relationships.

 

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:  Must have 12 months of experience in the following:

KNOWLEDGE of a multitude of integrated automated financial systems to perform complicated evaluations of pay actions to troubleshoot problem disbursements to determine correct methods to input processing and/or systems procedures and to adapt procedures for complicated, unique situations when routine approaches will not resolve the problems.

KNOWLEDGE of the interrelationships of various automated systems applications and methods used to resolve unique and unusual problems.

KNOWLEDGE of computer systems, document processing, and the effects of transactions on existing records to modify automated processes in existing accounts while protecting the integrity of the historical data.

KNOWLEDGE of fiscal law, accounting and payment principles/procedures, contingency operations, financial management systems, pay and travel entitlements, National Guard structure, reporting requirements, analysis techniques, controls, budgeting principles, procedures, management principles and controls, visuals, oral and written presentation techniques and National Guard missions.

KNOWLEDGE of accounting and budgeting functional areas and their relationships to other automated systems.

KNOWLEDGE of commercial contract payment processing, receiving and invoicing procedures to compute commercial vendor payments.

 

SUBSTITUTION FOR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:  Education in schools above the high school level may be substituted for the experience on the basis of one academic year of study (i.e. 36 weeks of substantially fulltime or 30 semester hours, or the equivalent).

 

MUST SUBMIT CERTIFIED COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS FOR CREDIT TOWARDS EDUCATION. PLEASE REFERENCE THE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER ON TRANSCRIPTS.

 

 

distribution:   B,C,S HRO (3) DAG (1) DOIM (1) ESSO (4) USPFO (4) AASF #1 (2) AASF #2 (2) SAO (1) IG (1) CAO (1) DPCS-RR (1) POTO (2) UTES (5) CSMS-A (3) CSMS-B (3) ID (1) DOL (1) SRAA (1) DPCS (1) SMO (1) CFMO (1) 108ARW (25) 177FW (25) AFGE (1) ACT (1)