Duties

Summary

You are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of your application package. We encourage you to read the entire announcement before starting the application process.

This recruitment is subject to restrictions of the DoD referral system for displaced employees.
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Responsibilities

Serves as the Lead Commissary Support Clerk in a Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) location. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a working leader over a group of at least three or more employees performing store-level work in accounts and price maintenance and, as assigned supply work. The incumbent personally performs the work of the position lead.

Position responsibilities include:

• Performs account maintenance, computer operations, supply clerical duties, and other clerical support to the commissary management team.
• Distributes and balances the workload among employees, assuring timely accomplishment of the assigned workload.
• Monitors the status and progress of work and makes day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities.
• Instructs employees in specific tasks and job techniques.
• Gives on-the-job training to new employees.
• Checks on work in progress. Spot checks work not requiring regular reviews and reviews completed work.
• Amends and rejects work not meeting established standards.
• Recommends changes in work methods that will improve timeliness and/or quality of work.
• Monitors working conditions, resolves simple, informal complaints of employees, and assists the supervisor in preparing work schedules.

By 11:59 PM ET on the announcement closing date, you must meet qualifications, conditions of employment, and other stated requirements, and submit a complete resume and all applicable required documents and select at least one eligibility that applies to you. When choosing your eligibility or eligibilities, carefully read the explanation as it will identify additional required documents to include in your application package to prove you meet the selected eligibility or eligibilities. All submitted documents must be legible. Illegible documents may result in you being marked ineligible. Additionally, failure to meet qualifications and/or requirements, submit a complete resume, submit required documents, or select an eligibility applicable to you will result in you being ineligible for this position. Applicants who disqualify themselves receive no further consideration.

Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Supervisory status
No

Promotion Potential
5

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• ?Must be a U.S. citizen or National.
• ?Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must be registered with the Selective Service System or exempt from registration. See https://www.sss.gov/ for more information.
• ?Must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance eligibility based on an appropriate background investigation.
• ?Direct deposit of pay is required.

Qualifications

Your resume and supporting documents must show that you meet the qualifications for the grade level or levels for which you are applying.

(A) one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level or equivalent to at least GS-04 under other Federal service pay systems, private sector, or military, OR (B) applicants must have completed four years of education beyond the high school level from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education in an appropriate field of study as described elsewhere in this announcement, OR (C) a combination of experience and education that equals 100% of the qualification requirements. To compute the percentage of experience and education you have that meets the qualification requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours by 60. Add the two percentages.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

See the OPM Qualification Standards for more information on qualifications and/or combining experience and education to meet the minimum qualifications. This position is covered in accordance with the Group Coverage Qualification Standards for Clerical and Administrative Support Positions, http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-cler.asp.applications.

By the announcement closing date you must also meet the following requirements:

Time after competitive appointment . Current federal civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens."

Education

Education used to qualify for this position must be from an accredited school or educational institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and a copy of your transcript is required as part of your application package. For the application process, unofficial transcripts are acceptable if they contain the applicant's name, the name of the school, the date and degree that was awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. If selected, you must provide an official transcript before we set your entrance on duty date.

Foreign Education . If using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign education programs has deemed the foreign education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program or show that a U.S. accredited college or university has given full credit for the foreign courses.

Additional information

• Applicants with a Permanent Resident Card (aka Green Card) are authorized to live and work in the U.S. but are not eligible for employment in positions requiring U.S. citizenship. This position requires U.S. citizenship.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) are not authorized.
• Position is not obligated.
• Position is not exempt from Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
• Position is covered by a bargaining unit.
• Subject to occasional overtime.
• Financial Difficulty does not automatically remove you from consideration for a position.
• Position does not meet the DoD criteria for re-employing former Federal employees who retired under either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).
• Deliberate attempts to falsify your application information, such as copying portions of this job announcement into your resume, may result in you being removed from consideration for this position.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated against the qualification requirements and the following competencies:

• Accounting.
• Commissary Store Operations.
• Communication.
• Leadership.
• Human Resources Procedures.

Application Review. We review your application package to confirm your appointment eligibility, determine your qualifications, and verify you meet requirements. If your application package lacks any of the information necessary to make these determinations, or the information is illegible, we may determine you are ineligible for consideration.

Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Not Required

Drug test required
No

Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determination process
Suitability/Fitness

Required Documents

Submit a complete application package by 11:59 PM ET on 09/27/2021.

1. Resume: Required. Your resume must contain your name and contact information. Additionally, for each position listed, you must provide the employment beginning and ending dates (month/year to month/year or month/year to present), number of hours worked per week, position title, pay plan (e.g., GS, WG, WL, WS) and grade level, and a narrative description of the job duties you performed. This information is required to determine your qualifications for the position. Resumes without the required information will not be considered. We encourage you to use the USAJOBS resume builder to prepare your resume or guide you in preparing your resume. If you submit multiple resumes, we only review/use the last resume you submitted. Illegible documents will not be considered. Do NOT include photographs (or links to social media such as LinkedIn), inappropriate material, inappropriate content, or personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume.

2. Transcripts: Required when using education to qualify for this position. For the application process, unofficial transcripts are acceptable if they contain the applicant's (your) name, the name of the school, the date and degree awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rating ineligible for this position. If selected, you are required to provide an official transcript before we set your entrance on duty date.

3. Questionnaire: Required. This preliminarily measures your background against the required competencies.

4. Supporting Documents: As applicable. Read your selected eligibility or eligibilities closely to determine which documents you must submit to verify your eligibility to apply. Submission of documents required to verify your eligibility applies to all applicants.

5. Standard Form (SF) 50: Required.

• All current DeCA employees, regardless of location or human resources service provider, must submit a copy of a recent SF50 showing your current position title, pay plan-series-grade, tenure and position occupied. Note an award SF50 will not suffice.
• If you are applying for a higher grade than you currently hold you must also submit SF 50s to verify you held the next lower grade level for at least 52 weeks (called the time-in-grade requirement). Some SF 50s dated within the last 52 weeks do not demonstrate you meet time-in-grade on their own (e.g., Gen Adj from the current year). You may need to submit two (2) or more SF 50s to show you meet this requirement. Examples of appropriate SF 50s include Promotion, Reg WRI, and SF 50s effective more than 52 weeks ago. Do not submit an award SF 50.

All current Department of Defense (DoD) employees can access MyBiz and/or eOPF to obtain copies of their SF 50s.