MILITARY PAY TECHNICIAN

MILITARY PAY TECHNICIAN

Department: Department of the Air Force

Location(s): Hickam AFB, Hawaii

Salary Range: $52158 - $67809 Per Year

Job Summary: Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. The primary purpose of this position is: to perform duties as the senior military pay technician and primary point of contact for all military pay issues, transactions, and procedures for active, reserve, inactive reserve or retired armed forces personnel and their annuitants. This is a Temporary position (not to exceed 17 April 2026)

Major Duties:

• As the senior technician, monitors, reviews or initiates complex transactions where guidelines lack specificity to requirements, circumstances or problems, and/or frequently change. Researches, audits, and completes a variety of the most difficult procedural and technical tasks or complex pay actions (e.g., correction and adjustment of several items involving various and multiple pay changes such as overturned disciplinary actions, allotment reconciliations, etc.) Serves as the primary point of contact on reserve pay actions and coordinator on resolving reserve pay matters. Determines the appropriate processes and follows-up on a wide variety of complicated reserve pay actions requiring the use of numerous different and unrelated procedures Manages and/or assists lower-level technicians in resolving more complicated debt collection cases. Cases typically require extensive coordination with other personnel, including research, review and application of prior year laws, regulations, GAO decisions, and audit of several months to years of pay history Accomplishes the more difficult customer complaints and technical military pay issues. Responds to management, higher headquarters, IG, and congressional inquiries relating to pay related matters. Prepares responses to higher headquarters or other official requests regarding military pay issues Assists with training lower level clerks/technicians on miscellaneous technical tasks and various complex actions in support of military pay actions. Demonstrates work procedures/methods and addresses questions, problems, or errors. Reviews logs and/or suspense files to ensure payment schedules and amounts are correct. Performs quality control and spot checks on data compiled by lower-level clerks that affect changes to member's pay, allowances, and entitlements

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 Clerical and Administrative Support Positions. 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 in-depth knowledge of a body of current and prior military pay procedures, regulations, laws, and applicable Comptroller General Decisions to resolve complicated pay problems and/or to research or investigate problems or errors that require reconciling and reconstructing incomplete information, conducting extensive and exhaustive searches for required information; in addition to performing duties as the senior military pay technician and primary point of contact for all military pay issues, transactions, and procedures for active, reserve, inactive reserve (IMA) or retired armed forces personnel and their annuitants. Responsible for resolving the more difficult complex actions, developing and revising local procedures, and providing liaison functions between base organizations and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS). 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 a large body of rules, regulations, laws, and variety of procedures for one or more military pay specializations; the data system(s) used to support military pay actions, and federal debt collection rules and regulations. Knowledge of a variety of accounting and budget functional areas and their relationships to other functions to research or investigate problems or errors that require reconciling and reconstructing incomplete information. Skill in performing arithmetic computations to compute military pay. Ability to interpret/apply regulations and procedures related to military pay, debt collection, and various complex actions. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to present and/or advise on processes/actions. Ability to operate a calculator and use a keyboard; a qualified typist is not required. 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 12/17/2025 To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12845144 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: 2025-12-17