Director Military Pay Operations

Job summary

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Major duties

Serves as senior advisor and recognized authority for AMPO programs, functions, services, and activities. Develops, plans, coordinates, and executes policies, plans, and strategies regarding both short term and long-range planning efforts for the execution, oversight, and evaluation. Provides authoritative interpretations of DoD and DA regulations, policies, and administrative guidelines, as well as legislative changes, directly related to the AMPO services provided. Maintains a continual review of organizational and administrative operations and support functions. Ensures DoD, DA, and AMC programs and policies are implemented in accordance with USAFMCOM goals and objectives and are consistent with management objectives of the organization. Participates in formal and informal management, policy, planning, and decision-making meetings and sessions regarding both short-term and long-range program planning efforts. Represents USAFMCOM on various DoD and DA on a wide range of initiatives and study groups related to AMPO operations.

Qualification

Time in Grade:For entry at the GS-15 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-14 or higher grade in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience:For the GS-15, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-14 if outside the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience in Providing leadership to a financial management organization regarding Military Pay Operations. Serving as a supervisor, team lead or senior-level expert/consultant providing analysis and assessment on high visibility initiatives or projects as well as daily operations and mission support. Providing advice and recommendations to senior leaders regarding issues impacting financial management standards, policies, processes and operating procedures to ensure efficient delivery of Army Military Pay services. You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.

Education

There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at the GS-15 grade level

Evaluations

IMPORTANT NOTE - YOU MUST FOLLOW ALL APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. ERRORS OR OMISSIONS MAY AFFECT YOUR RATING. You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application and your responses to all assessments required for this position. The USA Hire Assessment includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be considered. You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.