General Supply Specialist
What you'd do
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Major duties
As a General Supply Specialist you will be responsible for the following duties: Prepare material status briefings for PSNS project management staffs and attends meetings to brief material status. Serve as the supply focal point for material support. Review reports and schedules to determine material support requirements. Record material status accurately and promptly in the PSNS Material Access Technology (MAT) data system. Include all information required to support timely and efficient receipt and distribution of material. Pass urgent material requirements to General Services Administration (GSA), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), other Navy supply agencies and Contracting. Expedite the acquisition and movement of material.
What you need to qualify
To qualify for a General Supply Specialist your resume and supporting documentation must support: A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-09 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: Interpret and follow material procurement policies and procedures and trains other personnel. Understand material problems created by the practice of conducting ship repair work under the project management concept and the actions required to minimize them. Analyze and resolve difficult issues and problems related to supply processes, work methods, supply data management or day-to-day operational procedures. Maintain workload statistics; analyze and compile data for reporting. B. Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx. If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: a master's or equivalent graduate degree or, two (2) full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B or J.D., if related. C. Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-09 and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-09. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
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