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TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANT

U.S. Marine Corps

Department of the Navy

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$37,937 - $48,377

per year

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February 26, 2026More DOD jobs →

GS-4 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $30,286 - $39,372

Typical requirements: 1 year general experience. 2 years college or associate degree.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves helping military personnel in Japan with moving and shipping their personal belongings, such as arranging deliveries, tracking shipments, and handling customer questions in a logistics office.

It requires basic administrative work using computer systems to manage records and ensure everything runs smoothly.

A good fit would be someone organized with customer service experience, comfortable with office tasks, and able to adapt to a military base environment overseas where medical care is limited.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-4 level in clerical or administrative support for transportation or logistics
  • Proficiency in using automated software like the Defense Personal Property System (DPS) to prepare shipping documents and verify accounts
  • Ability to arrange deliveries, track personal property shipments, and answer customer inquiries
  • Skills in selecting shipment modes and low-cost carriers to meet service member needs
  • Experience initiating tracer actions, preparing official correspondence, and maintaining logs and records for reports
  • Capability to perform as Quality Assurance Evaluator (QAE), Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or Assistant (ACOR) for contracts
  • Familiarity with job-relevant software including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and the Internet

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Transportation Assistant in the Distribution Management Office (DMO), G-4 Logistics Division of MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER.

***ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE IN JAPAN IS EXTREMELY LIMITED.

Please see Additional Information section below.*** Initial consideration for this announcement is limited to the number of applications listed at the top of this announcement.

All applications received on the day the application limit is reached will be accepted and processed.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-4 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Performing clerical and administrative tasks in support of the transportation office to include; arrange for delivery and tracking of personal property; utilize automated software (e.g.

Defense Personal Property System (DPS) to prepare shipping documents; verify accuracy of storage accounts, answer customer inquiries regarding personal property shipments.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: 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.

Additional Information Continued: PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ).

To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher.

ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location.

Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate.

For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Major Duties:

  • You will select modes of shipment and low cost carriers to ensure needs of the service member are met.
  • You will initiate tracer actions and prepare official correspondence in regards to Direct Procurement Method shipments.
  • You will validate and note information in the Defense Personal Property System (DPS) and maintain pick-up logbooks, tonnage distribution records (TDR), and the carders public files, information which is used to prepare monthly and quarterly reports.
  • You will perform duties of a Quality Assurance Evaluator (QAE) and Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or Assistant Contracting Officer Representative (ACOR) for the Defense Procurement Method (DPM) contract(s).
  • You will act as Claims Administrator in the absence of the Claims Investigating Representative.
  • You will anticipate and meet the needs of both internal and external customers.
  • You will demonstrate skill in using job-relevant information systems and/or software applications, such as word processing, spreadsheets, automated research tools, database applications, and the Internet.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/19/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/19/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12887651-26-DSS