Traffic Management Specialist

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serves as a Traffic Management Specialist in the Documentation Management Oversight DMO Section, International Movement Support Branch (G33-IS), International Movement Division (G33), Operations Directorate (G3).

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.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments If you are NOT a current permanent Army employee and would like to be considered for a Term Appointment NTE 3 year position, please apply under Announcement MCGT-26-12705387-MP 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.

GS-09Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: (1) Coordinating transportation activities; (2) Applying transportation regulations to analyze requirements; (3) Utilizing automated transportation systems; and 4) Resolving transportation-related issues.

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 with a major study in accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position.

(Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) 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.

(Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) GS-11 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: (1) Coordinating transportation activities to ensure the safe, efficient, and timely movement of goods and/or passengers; (2) Utilizing a broad knowledge of freight tender and contract transportation law, procedures, policies, and regulations; (3) Assisting customers with the business processes and operating procedures for shipping cargo utilizing automated transportation systems; (4) Resolving carrier and shipper budget and/or cost disputes; and (5) Providing technical advice and guidance on domestic cargo movements.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position.

(Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) 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 second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

(Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) Time in Grade Requirement for the GS-09: 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).

Time in Grade Requirement for the GS-11: 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-09).

Major Duties:

• Responsible for providing cargo documentation support for transportation and distribution activities using various automated transportation system such as Global Air Transportation Execution System (GATES).
• Serves as point of contact for G3, terminals, and shipping activities on matters relative to effective utilization of surface systems for ocean cargo documentation processing.
• Provides information concerning acceptability of format, timeliness and technical application and procedure(s) for manual processing of data into Global Air Transportation Execution System (GATES).
• Receives and responds to requests from terminals and resolves problems arising between shippers, terminals and carriers.
• Reviews daily high visibility reports from shippers and carries which are the results of incorrect input or missing data.