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HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT (MILITARY)
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Department of the Navy
GS-5 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $33,878 - $44,042
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience. Bachelor's degree.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves helping manage military personnel records by reviewing documents, researching rules, and fixing errors related to service time, awards, pay, and discharges in the Navy.
You'll also handle customer questions and write official responses to inquiries from veterans or Congress.
It's a good fit for someone with attention to detail, experience in administrative work, and an interest in supporting military personnel.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-05 level or equivalent, including analyzing military personnel records for errors in service time, awards, benefits, pay, and separations
- Ability to determine eligibility for honorable discharges, campaign medals, service/unit awards, and foreign decorations
- Skills in investigating and resolving customer inquiries about personnel records, identifying issues, and taking corrective actions
- Proficiency in drafting official correspondence, such as responses to Congressional or Department of Veterans Affairs inquiries
- Experience reviewing, evaluating, and recommending on routine, controversial, and complex personnel cases
- Knowledge of researching and interpreting military regulations, policies, and precedents
- Ability to prepare written and electronic documents like letters, forms, reports, and memoranda
Full Job Description
You will serve as a HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT (MILLITARY) in the NAVY PERSONNEL COMMAND.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-05) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:1) Analyzing and researching military personnel records, regulations, and policies identifying errors or discrepancies pertaining to active-duty service time, awards, benefits, military pay, and separations; 2) Determining eligibility requirements for the awarding of honorable discharge, campaign and service/unit awards, and foreign decorations; 3) Investigating and resolving customer inquiries concerning issues with personnel records, including identifying the source of the problem and taking corrective action; and 4) Drafting official correspondence in response to customer inquiries or other official matters, such as responding to Congressional and Department of Veteran Affairs inquiries.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:
- You will review, evaluate and make recommendations on routine, controversial, and complex cases.
- You will analyze, research and interpret past and present regulations, policies, and precedent decisions pertinent to the accomplishment of work assignments.
- You will determine eligibility to receive honorable discharge, campaign medals, service/unit awards, and foreign decorations thought research of various sources.
- You will prepare a variety of written and electronic documents such as letters, forms, memoranda, messages, listings, reports, etc. in response to specific requests.
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