Transportation Assistant

Description:

Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications .

Requirements:

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Reinstatement
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
• Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)

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 experience in: 1) determining various transportation modes for freight and/or passenger movement; 2) planning and coordinating the movement of personnel and/or shipment of equipment, including providing guidance and assistance to personnel on regulations and procedures pertaining to transportation methods; 3) managing and reconciling billing for transportation services; and 4) utilizing automated transportation systems such as Cargo Movement Operations System (CMOS) or Group Operational Passenger Systems (GOPAX) . This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06).

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Communications
• Technical Competence
• Transportation

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-06).

Physical Demands: Work is primarily sedentary and performed in an office setting. However, approximately 20% of the time, employee is required to support unit movement activities, deployment execution operations and training exercises, the position incumbent will also be required to work outside at Transportation Inspection Point, Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group (A/DACG), remote deployment nodes, and manifest sites. When working outside and at off-site locations, the incumbent will be subject to periods of prolonged standing and walking on hard and sometimes uneven surfaces, stooping, bending, climbing, and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions, inspecting shipping containers and other military cargo at various locations throughout the installation to validate for shipment. During deployment execution operations/training exercises, employee is exposed to excessive noise from military vehicles, material handling equipment and sometimes adverse weather conditions. Inspects hazardous materials in containers, commercial trucks and various military vehicles for shipping documentation verification.