Summary PUERTO RICO NATIONAL GUARD ARMY TECHNICIAN VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT COLA: 2.49% DUTY LOCATION: JFHQ-PR, Military Personnel Office (G1), Fort Buchanan, PR Responsibilities This position requires military membership in the Puerto Rico Army National Guard (PRARNG). Selected applicant(s) will be required to complete an online Onboarding process. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This position requires military membership in the Puerto Rico Army National Guard (PRARNG). If you are not a military member of the PRARNG (i.e. Airman, civilian, active-duty Soldier, prior service, guard member from another state, reservist, IRR, State Guard, etc.), you must contact the Recruiting and Retention (R&R) Office at (787) 289-1400 extension 2015 or 2008 and request the PRARNG Military Basic Requirements (MBR) Certification. If the MBR certification is not submitted, or you do not meet the requirements to be a member of the PRARNG, your application will not be screened. AREA OF CONSIDERATION: HRO MUST process and clear the Department of Defense (DoD), Priority Placement Program (PPP), prior to advertising all internal and external job vacancies and promotion announcements. Area 1 = All permanent Enlisted employee's members (NG T32/NG T5) within Puerto Rico Army National Guard. Area 2 = All indefinite Enlisted employee's members (NG T32/NG T5) within Puerto Rico Army National Guard. Area 3 = Enlisted members of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard. Area 4 = Enlisted Prior (former) members of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard. Area 6 = Applicants who meet all requirements to become Enlisted member of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard. (If the MBR certification is not submitted, your application will not be screened.) First round consideration will be given to Area 1 Candidates. (All other Areas will be screened only in the event that there are no qualified or recommended Candidates). To prevent a grade inversion, military rank allowed for this position will be determined at the final evaluation of the vacancy announcement considering the military rank of the supervisor. Acceptance of any military technician position may cause the termination of entitlements and eligibility for all military bonuses and student loan repayments. For further information you must contact the appropriate military Education Office. TEMPORARY PROMOTION / INDEFINITE: This position is advertised against a valid man-year of an employee currently on an Active-Duty tour. If the employee does not exercise restoration rights, HRO MUST clear the Department of Defense (DoD) Priority Placement Program (PPP) prior to process the personnel action may become permanent without further competition, upon recommendation of immediate supervisor, or may be terminated at any time by management decision. An applicant selected for an indefinite appointment will occupy a full-time position without a specific time limitation. Permanent employees who apply for, and are selected for, an indefinite or temporary position do not maintain their permanent tenure status, nor do they have restoration rights back to their permanent position or status. These employees' Tenure Group changes as a result of a change in the appointment status in which the employee is serving. A technician NG-T32 (Dual-Status) or NG-T5 in this type of appointment does not work towards permanent tenure and can be terminated at any time with a 30-day notice. NG-T5 employee selected for this position will not have return rights to their former permanent technician position after conversion to NG-T32(Dual-Status). For more information concerning benefits for Indefinite employees see Benefits and Other Information. DUTIES: As a HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT (MILITARY)(D2017000), GS-0203-7, you serve as the final reviewer and procedural authority of personnel actions submitted to the MILPO by lower echelons. Work is to be performed in one or more of the following work areas: Officer or Enlisted Personnel Management (OPM, EPM); Retirement Points Accounting Management (RPAM); Selected Reserve Incentive Program (SRIP); Montgomery G.I. Bill; Line of Duty (LOD) investigations; Standard Installation and Division Personnel System (SIDPERS) ); Physical Disability Evaluation System (PDES) to include MEB/PEB; Incapacitation Pay (INCAP); Mobilization (MOB)/Demobilization (DEMOB); Military Medical Support Office (MMSO); Community Based Health Care Organization (CBHCO); and Warrior Transition Unit (WTU); Active Duty Medical Extensions (ADME); Medical Retention Processing 2 (MRP2); Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP). PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work is mostly sedentary. No special physical demands are involved. There may be some walking, standing, bending, or carrying of light items. WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The employee works in an adequately lighted and ventilated office environment and observes normal safety precautions. Overnight travel is required; employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours. QUALIFICATIONS: You will lose consideration for the position if your application does not include all the information/documents requested on the vacancy announcement. The USAJOBS Resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you met the required GENERAL and SPECIALIZED experience. Experiences copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and will disqualify you from the position. National Guard military (part-time) service is considered as full-time experience when evaluated against the qualification requirements. The applicant is credited with actual number of months the member has been in the National Guard provided such service is related to the position to be filled. GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position with experience using computer and automation systems. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicant must possess at least ONE (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower-level GS-06 position or the equivalent TWELVE (12) months of specialized experience performing or supervising duties such as serving as a final reviewer or processor of actions; performing complete review of records and other case documentation are procedurally correct, complete, and documentation is sufficient for proper action; ensuring that regulatory requirements related to the specific action are met; identifying gaps or inconsistencies in the record and initiates action or interviews personnel; performing personnel and administrative actions related to deployment manning documents and administrative medical processing; researching and obtaining all necessary, relevant information regarding cases and issues and providing explanations and interpretations of rules, regulations, procedures, and requirements pertaining to actions taken or recommended; forwarding cases for final review and decisions; drafting or preparing related correspondence for appropriate signature and entering data in automated systems, as needed; managing data from information sources, both manual and electronic, for use in answering questions, responding to correspondence, or preparing reports or briefings and compiling statistical data for projected FY requirements; ensuring completeness and proper forwarding of records to appropriate board; providing advice and guidance on actions in areas of expertise and advising, instructing, and interpreting to lower echelons; initiating work requests to outside agencies; providing support of automated systems and interfaces used to manage service members both locally and statewide; reviewing transaction reports for errors, correcting inaccurate data, and resubmitting transaction for update to Defense Finance and Accounting Service and local databases; conducting formal and informal system and functional training; assisting in on-site training as requested; participating in unit Soldier Readiness Processing and in organizational inspection program. Education SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Completion of 2 academic years of education in an accredited college or university (30 semester's hours or 20 classroom hours of instruction per week) for THREE (3) months of specialized experience. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester's hours or 20 classroom hours of instruction per week) for SIX (6) months of specialized experience. Courses must be directly related to the work of the position. NOTE: Copy of the Official/student transcripts showing conferred Degree must be included in order to receive credit for education. Unofficial transcripts from internet or with alterations will not be considered. To receive credit for education the information must be included in the education section of the Resume. Additional Information If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered, or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx).