Administrative Support Assistant
What you'd do
About the Position: This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the This position is with INSCOM, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade serving as a technical assistant in a Civilian Personnel Office performing procedural human resources duties.
Major duties
Serves as a technical assistant to the Administrative Officer in the Civilian Personnel Office (CPO) and other staff personnel on all civilian administrative and technical procedures and personnel automated software. Serves as personnel liaison to the Administrative Officer and Staff, and relays information from the personnel community to the Staff on such subjects as position management, classification, recruitment and staffing, etc. Responsible for civilian personnel files and local records maintenance, civilian correspondence, evaluation reports, promotions, awards, temporary duty orders, and duty rosters. Assists in the coordination with the Brigade S-3 (Force Modernization Office) for the TDA authorization/requirements to achieve optimum position management. Primarily responsible for the following functions and programs: personnel database management, automation management, and the Civilian Sponsorship Program. Provides liaison assistance between assigned civilians and Customer Service Representatives regarding pay issues. Inspects subordinate organizations to ensure that they adhere to prescribed procedures and established policies and that legal or regulatory requirements are properly identified and corrections are made.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. Specialized experience is progressively responsible intelligence-related security work directly related to the position being filled. Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector or in another government agency as long as it was at a level at least equivalent to the next lower band in the series. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one (1) year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as experience performing and coordinating a variety of procedural civilian personnel actions, such as leave administration, pay allowances, and time and attendance programs; experience with computer software to maintain databases of current vacancy status and to run recurring strength reports. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the GG/GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Progressively responsible experience is that which has included intelligence-related research, analysis, collections and /or operations. This experience should have included intelligence analysis and/or production, intelligence collection and/or operations, counterintelligence, or threat support directly related to the position to be filled. This experience should demonstrate: Knowledge of intelligence processes, cycle and organizations; Knowledge of and/or ability to use research tools such as library holdings, photographs, statistics, graphics and maps; Knowledge of the systems, procedures and methods of analyzing, compiling, reporting and disseminating intelligence data; and/or Knowledge of organization(s) for and methods of collecting and analyzing intelligence data.
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