Business Technician

Full Job Description

This position is part of the St Stephen's Indian School, Bureau of Indian Education.

As a Business Technician you will be responsible for serving as critical administrative support in a BIE School or Facilities location on or near the Reservation.

This position may be identified for specialty of specific technical area by parenthetical. This position IS NOT suitable for telework or remote consideration under any circumstances.

Basis of Rating: All applicants for this position will be rated based upon the documentation submitted. Applications may be further evaluated by subject matter expert.

The judgment of qualifications will be based on the material submitted; therefore, it is to the applicant's advantage to give complete and thorough responses and to present information in a neat and orderly fashion.In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements contained in the approved job category for P.L.

95-561 described below.

Education & Experience Requirement: Level 02: Must have High School or General Equivalency Development diploma AND three years of related experience OR an Associate Degree OR 60 college semester hours in related field AND one year of related experience Level 03: Must have High School or General Equivalency Development diploma AND five years of related experience OR an Associate Degree OR 60 college semester hours in related field AND two years of related experience Related field of study may include administrative technical areas (e.g., human resources, accounting, management, etc.) which provides knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform in supportive administrative role.

Per Job Category Standard #072, Related Experience must be equivalent to lower level of difficulty in a technical area.

Representative technical areas may include bookkeeping, budget, finance, purchasing, human resources, administration, clerical, etc.

For Level 02, related work experience equivalent to level 01 or GS-03 level of difficulty.

For Level 03, related work experience should be in more two (2) or more different administrative technical areas (e.g., human resources assistant, accounting technician, purchasing agent, etc.) and equivalent to level of difficulty of level 02 or GS-5 level of difficulty for a minimum of one year in each technical area.

Per 62 BIAM, Chapter 11 - Creditable Experience - must be gained after receiving the minimum required degree and in a position essentially identical to the approved professional job category, may be credited.

Human Resources Office will consider 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).

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. Major Duties:

As a Business Technician CE 0303-2/3, your typical work assignments may include the following under supervision: Business Technician is responsible for providing a variety of technical and clerical services in support of school operations and positions may have a specialty (e.g., finance, human resources, etc).

Overall the incumbent supports school operations by being responsible/assisting in short- and long-term planning and coordinating of personnel, budget activities, fund management, automated data processing, travel, public information, and other varied activities related to school operations.

Responsible for coordinating personnel matters with Human Resources Office including organizational chart, recruitment, contract renewal, separating employees, timesheets, employee inquiries, etc.

Maintains and executes the approved budgets, apportionments, and operating programs by maintaining day to day obligation and expenditure ledgers for school accounts.

Provides upon request, financial data, and status reports.

Prepares and/or receives a variety of obligation/action documents including requisitions, purchase orders, travel authorizations, vouchers, requests for training, and other fiscal documents for the supervisor's approval.

Prepares and maintains variety of records, reports, files, and correspondence, as required.

Ensures compliance with established policies, procedures, and bureau regulations regarding compliance and records management.