Department of the Air Force

CIVILIAN PAY TECHNICIAN

Little Rock AFB, Arkansas Full time

CIVILIAN PAY TECHNICIAN

Department: Department of the Air Force

Location(s): Little Rock AFB, Arkansas

Salary Range: $49960 - $64952 Per Year

Job Summary: This is a Detail position not-to-exceed (NTE) 30 SEP 2026. The organizational location: Air Mobility Command (AMC). The primary purpose of this position is: to serve as Civilian Pay Technician providing various financial management functions involving the execution of the installation payroll program. Works with various agencies as payroll liaison to provide civilian pay related support and training to the installation workforce.

Major Duties:

  • Serves as focal point and subject matter expert involving all finance-related requirements of the Civilian Payroll System/Timekeeping Program including tracking, reporting and auditing of related civilian pay financials. Serves as an advisor to management by identifying and assessing risk using data analytics for accurate reporting in identifying problems/trends and providing advisory support as to proper methods, techniques, and factors. Researches and analyzes highly complex transactions involving multiple errors from different sources in long-term payroll comps and develops resolutions or recommendations to resolve each individual situation. Serves as intermediate civilian pay administrator providing advice, guidance, and general oversight over lower grade civilian pay administrators.

Qualifications: In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Clerical and Administrative Support Positions, GS 0544 series. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-06, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes providing various financial management functions involving the execution of the installation Civilian Payroll Program. Applies knowledge and skill in the application of related laws, regulations, policies precedents, methods and techniques of financial management. Works with various agencies as payroll liaison to provide civilian pay related customer service support and training to the installation workforce. In addition to having knowledge of extensive and diverse financial regulations, operations, and procedures relating to civilian pay and/or time and leave matters to resolve nonstandard transactions, complaints, or discrepancies; provide advice; or perform other work that requires authoritative procedural knowledge. This knowledge is used to serve as the customer service liaison with the Defense Finance Accounting System (DFAS) on payroll situations involving a broad range of payroll transactions. FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-06 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-07 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Knowledge of various associated financial and accounting systems and software products to support civilian pay responsibilities. Knowledge of generally accepted financial principles regarding pay and leave rules, guidelines, policies, procedures and how to apply these to conduct research efforts to provide responses using payroll program functions within financial and accounting systems. Organizational skills to allow for the appropriately prioritized, effective management of multiple and/or competing requirements. Skill in verbal communication to provide training and briefings that are well articulated, concise and informative and written communication skills sufficient to generate reports, memoranda, and briefing material, which are well organized, grammatically proper and written at a level appropriate for the receiver. Ability to analyze data, computer generated data, reports generated from external and internal sources. Ability to apply knowledge to interpret personnel management rules/practices, recommend approaches or solutions to problems while safeguarding proprietary information. PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

How to Apply: The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 01/16/2026 To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12866117 To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the application questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Application button at the end of the process. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Your Resume. If you submit more than one resume, only the most recent will be reviewed. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the latest timestamp. Resumes may not exceed two pages. The two-page resume ensures the most relevant experience is reviewed and considered, which is a common practice in both the public and private sectors. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. Additional information on how to complete or update your resume may be located here. For qualification determination your resume must contain hours worked per week and dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive consideration for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e. GS-0301-09. Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance related rating (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your resume. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your name, first and last, MUST be included on your resume. 2. A complete Application Questionnaire 3. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name. 4. Help recruiters find you. Make your resume and profile searchable, which means recruiters may contact you about possible jobs. Additional information may be located here. PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources WILL NOT modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant.

Application Deadline: 2026-01-16