Job Details

Human Resources Assistant (Military/Office Automation)

The Military Entrance Processing Station plays a vital role in maintaining the nation's military might by ensuring that each new member of the Armed Forces meets the high mental, moral & medical standards required by the DoD & the military services. Every MEPS represents state of the art in testing, examining & processing applicants for enlistment into the Armed Forces. This will be a permanent position.

This job is open to federal employees - competitive service, career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), land and base management, veterans, military spouses, and individuals with disabilities.

Duties

As a Human Resources Assistant (Military/Office Automation), you will:

• Provide assistance to visitors by directing them to appropriate points of contact within assigned processing center
• Answer and/or forward telephone calls to appropriate personnel
• Administer pre-oath briefings to inform applicants regarding processing center procedures
• Maintain office security by controlling access (i.e. issuing visitor badges, maintaining visitor logs, etc.) via the reception desk
• Operate a variety of office automation equipment to prepare enlistment and other military personnel documents.
• Perform records management of electronic and paper applicant records
• Obtain applicants' fingerprints to initiate a background investigation
• Perform quality review of military applicant records, packets, and forms to ensure compliance with all requirements
• Prepare recruitment and other military personnel documents for individuals enlisting or reenlisting into military service

Requirements

Conditions of employment:

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position is designated as non-sensitive and requires a personal security background investigation.
• This position may require you to work an occasional Saturday and/or shift work (work before 0600 or after 1800 hours).
• This position will require you to work unscheduled overtime to accommodate fluctuations in workload based on the daily mission requirements
• This position requires you to successfully complete applicable Military Health System (MHS) GENESIS Training within 30 days of entering the position and/or as required.

To qualify, you must meet the experience and/or education 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.

Specialized Experience: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, including: Maintaining applicant records by updating account information; Utilizing office automation software to update account information; Obtaining data from applicants for completion of personnel records; Maintaining applicant records in accordance with an established filing system; Utilizing appropriate formatting to create written correspondence and/or documents. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04).

Education: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.

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%.

Proficiency Required: This position requires a qualified typist. A qualified typist can type 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors.

Time in Grade Requirement: Candidates may be advanced without time restriction to positions up to GS-05 if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade the employee held within the preceding 52 weeks under his or her latest non-temporary competitive appointment.

In addition, if your step reflects '00', you must include your current salary for each position.

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

One year trial/probationary period may be required.

Direct deposit of pay is required.

Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.

If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.

This is a Human Capital and Resource Management Career Field position.

Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.

Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.

Recruitment/Relocation incentive may be authorized if determined to be in the best interest of the Federal Government and requirements are met.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.