Civilian Pay Technician

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/14/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6. For a GS-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. For a GS-5 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-4. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Failure to provide an SF-50 that demonstrates one-year time-in-grade will result in disqualification from being considered. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Minimum Qualification Requirements GS-05: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-4 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: answering requests and providing advice on rules, regulations, and procedures related to pay; answering questions on leave regulations, procedures and balances. NOTE: Such experience MUST be well represented in resume. Failure to do so will result in a Non-Qualification Determination. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed (4) years of education above the high school level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. One year of full-time undergraduate study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial or technical. NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with application and must include degree and date degree was awarded/conferred to be creditable. Education cannot be credited without documentation. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have equivalent combinations of successfully completed post high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e. beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. NOTE: If using education combined with specialized experience to qualify, a copy of your transcript is required. Minimum Qualification Requirements GS-06: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: performing control point activity duties such as receiving and controlling the routing of input and output documents processed under the PAID system, and initiates actions to obtain corrected input for rejected data. Organizes the tasks in Payroll and Paid control point activities to meet all schedules set by the Data Processing Center, Treasury Department, other government agencies, and central and local management, and the accounting section. Responsible for the accurate and timely preparation and submission of all payroll reports required by VA, other Federal agencies, state agencies, and financial institutions. Provides facility management with accurate salary information as required. NOTE: Such experience MUST be well represented in resume. Failure to do so will result in a Non-Qualification Determination. Minimum Qualification Requirements GS-07: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: performing control point activity duties such as receiving and controlling the routing of input and output documents processed under the PAID system, and initiates actions to obtain corrected input for rejected data. Organizes the tasks in Payroll and Paid control point activities to meet all schedules set by the Data Processing Center, Treasury Department, other government agencies, and central and local management, and the accounting section. Responsible for the accurate and timely preparation and submission of all payroll reports required by VA, other Federal agencies, state agencies, and financial institutions. Provides facility management with accurate salary information as required. NOTE: Such experience MUST be well represented in resume. Failure to do so will result in a Non-Qualification Determination. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Auditing Computer Skills Customer Service (Clerical/Technical) Operating Systems Organizational Stewardship 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; religions; 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The employee performed sedentary work, however there may be some walking, standing, bending, or carrying of light items. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management’s website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
This position functions as a Civilian Pay Technician in the Fiscal Program of the Bronx VA Medical Center. At the entry level (GS-5), this position will determine pay and maintain payroll records for civilian employees. At the senior level (GS-7) this position is responsible for determinations of pay, maintenance of payroll records, the completion of payroll reports and the establishment, maintenance, review, and disposition of time and leave records and a variety of pay and leave systems.