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Supply Management Specialist

Military Treatment Facilities under DHA

Department of Defense

Fresh

Location

Salary

$69,789 - $90,731

per year

Type

Closes

January 23, 2026

GS-7 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $41,966 - $54,557

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-6. Bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement or 1 year graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves managing medical supplies for Army hospitals in Alaska, including buying items, tracking inventory, and ensuring stock levels meet needs.

It's a support role in a military health facility, ideal for someone organized with experience in purchasing or logistics who wants to work in a remote, government setting with added living cost benefits.

A good fit would be detail-oriented individuals comfortable with administrative tasks and federal employment rules.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience in initiating purchases, conducting inventories, monitoring stock levels, and using automated supply systems (equivalent to GS-07 level)
  • OR Master's degree or equivalent graduate education (or 2 years of progressively higher graduate education) in a relevant field
  • OR Combination of education and experience totaling at least 100% of the requirements
  • 52 weeks of federal service at GS-07 or equivalent within the last 52 weeks (time-in-grade requirement)
  • Eligibility under specific federal employment authorities (e.g., current DHA/DoD civilians, veterans, military spouses)
  • Ability to conduct research on customer needs and perform contract administration for medical supplies

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located at Bassett Army Community Hospital, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Federal employees in Alaska are currently entitled to receive a 1.49% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) in addition to the base salary. This is subject to change.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes initiating purchase actions, conducting inventories on supplies, monitoring stock levels, and utilizing an automated supply system.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).

Major Duties:

  • Serve as a Supply Management Specialist in the Installation Medical Supply Activity (IMSA).
  • Support all Army medical requirements within the geographic area of Alaska.
  • Serve as the senior purchasing agent and inventory manager.
  • Coordinate and advise on supply stock levels, initiate purchasing actions, and perform contract administration activities for a variety of medical supplies.
  • Conduct research to anticipate customer requirements and initiate action to maintain supply stock levels.
  • Perform inventory management functions that involve local purchase of medical durable, non-expendable, and expendable equipment and supplies.
  • Maintain inventory control records utilizing the automated supply system Defense Medical Standard Supply System (DMLSS).

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/17/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/17/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: HSJW-26-12865682-MPP