TRIP SPECIALIST

TRIP SPECIALIST

Department: Department of the Air Force

Location(s): Scott AFB, Illinois

Salary Range: $62662 - $81458 Per Year

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Major Duties:

• Summary: The primary purpose of this position is to perform as the single point of contact for a wide variety of official trips in support of Command objectives. Incumbent must manage, coordinate, and integrate all arrangements required for official travel of the Director of Operations, Air Mobility Command (AMC), and accompanying staff. Additionally, position is required to oversee large subordinate administrative staff on all administrative policies, guidelines, and operations within the directorate. This position is located in a multilayered organization, with subordinate groups that differ from each other in terms of subject matter, functions, relationships with other organizations, and administrative requirements. Duties: Acts as the single focal point for all official travel by the Director of Operations, Air Mobility Command. Prepares AMC/A3 and entourage for each trip or appearance based on input from the staff and exercises exclusive control over supervisor's calendar. Receives telephone calls, greets visitors, and ascertains the nature of the calls or visits. Prepares a wide variety of recurring and nonrecurring correspondence, reports, and other documents from information obtained from the staff, files and other sources.

Qualifications: Conditions of Employment (cont.): This position has been designated by the Agency as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Agency Civilian Drug Demand Reduction Program. Employee must pass initial and periodic short notice drug testing. Illegal drug use by employees in sensitive positions presents a clear threat to the mission of the Agency, national security, and public safety. 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, Administrative and Management Positions, Miscellaneous Administration and Program Series 0301. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-07, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes Knowledge of pertinent laws, regulations, policies, principles, precedents, practices, procedures, doctrine, tradition. customs, goals, and current issues of Air Mobility Command as well as the United States Agency in order to efficiently and effectively evaluate, manage, coordinate, and integrate all staff actions necessary for official travel; Knowledge of organizations and force structure of Air Mobility Command and the United States Agency in order to assemble information from a large number of sources to prepare the AMC/A3 for official travel; Knowledge and skill in applying analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to issues concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of AMC program operations; Knowledge of the organizations, programs, mission, and functions of AMC and the United States Agency with foreign governments and their military departments in order to effect arrangements for foreign visits. OR EDUCATION: master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related NOTE: You must submit copies of your transcripts. OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position. NOTE: You must submit copies of your transcripts. 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-07 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-09 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 regulations, pertinent laws. standards, guidelines. policies, principles, precedents, practices, procedures, doctrine, tradition, customs, goals, and current issues of Air Mobility Command as well as the United States Air Force as a whole, to effectively manage, coordinate, and integrate all staff actions associated with official trips. Knowledge of practices, policies, and procedures to develop the budget for official trips and associated travel arrangements, prepare travel and pay vouchers, and produce periodic reports. Skill in written and oral communications principles, methods, and techniques. Knowledge and general understanding of Air Force, DoD, Major Commands, and military traditions, customs, and goals to interact with internal and external organizations. Skill in applying analytical techniques to gather, analyze, and evaluate a variety of information to draw conclusions and construct appropriate solutions to problems. Knowledge of protocol and etiquette standards and procedures, both foreign and within the United States government, to include all branches of the United States Armed Forces. Skill in gaining cooperation from others using tact, courtesy, and diplomacy. Knowledge of policies and procedures to accurately document all official trips for AMC''''s historical files and other staff agencies. Ability to use correspondence rules and regulations to prepare and/or edit written correspondence, ensuring proper use of English grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Skill in using office automation tools and techniques to support office operations. Must be a fully qualified typist. Knowledge of general office administrative and clerical procedures. 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 11/20/2025 To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12809257 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: 2025-11-20