MILITARY PAY TECHNICIAN (RETIRED PAY)

Full Job Description

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To be hired at the GS-7 entry grade level, applicants must minimally have: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-06) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

Specialized Experience is defined as: Possess experience utilizing a large body of military and/or retired payroll rules, procedures and operations sufficient to process pay audits, corrections, and adjustments.

Reviewing and processing final actions to resolve complicated payroll issues and determining complex payroll entitlements.

Possess in-depth knowledge of military payroll systems sufficient to intervene and bypass normal automated systems and procedures.

Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement.

Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-6 or higher grade in Federal Service.

** To verify you meet the time-in-grade requirement, please provide a copy of a recent SF-50 that shows you have completed at least 52 weeks at the next lower grade level.

Awards SF-50 will not be accepted to determine eligibility Examples of qualifying SF-50s include: Within-Grade Increase (WGI) Promotion Any SF-50, if its effective date allows a specialist to calculate 52 weeks of service.

(The effective date is in the upper-right corner of the SF-50)** 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.

Major Duties:

• Position independently resolves difficult and complicated retired pay actions.
• Pay actions involve the comprehensive audit of pay accounts, correction, and adjustment of several items of pay.
• The incumbent resolves questions of entitlement to additional retired pay compensation.
• Corrects and adjusts retired pay due to retroactive legislative adjustments which affect benefits due from other agencies.
• Determines applicability of payments, and initiates collection of overpayments as necessary.
• Performs other duties as assigned.