About this role
Job Summary
About the Position
This position is located at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Virginia.
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes utilizing automated systems such as Defense Travel System (DTS) to process travel authorizations and vouchers, identifying issues regarding financial concerns in accordance with federal regulations, and creating financial reports such as audits and budgets. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Major Duties
- Serve as DTS Certifying Official and ensures requested entitlements are in accordance with the Joint Federal Travel Regulation.
- Assist with travel preparations and provides per diem allowances to travelers for a wide variety of travel orders to include individual Temporary Duty and Invitational travel.
- Provide technical assistance on matters pertaining to all aspects of travel/temporary duty; maintains commitment/obligation, statical, and administrative files as required.
- Load, verify and maintain personal profiles for the organization.
- Responsible for the control and coordination of required actions to support the successful deployment, operation, and management of Defense Travel System (DTS).
- Serve as a MTF Agency Program Coordinator for the Government Travel Card (GTC) program
- Ensure validity of open commitments and unliquidated obligations.
- Conduct periodic obligation reconciliations with Defense Finance and Accounting Service.
- Research commitment, obligation, and disbursement discrepancies and initiates corrective action.