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Inventory Management Specialist

Department of Defense
Defense Contract Audit Agency
DCAA-Headquarters
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Summary

Reemployed annuitant: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for appointment of annuitants.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
06/20/2025 to 07/07/2025
Salary
$52,832 to - $84,010 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 7 - 9
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Smyrna, GA
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
9
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk
Trust determination process
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit status
Yes
Announcement number
DCAA-25-HQ-12743269
Control number
839194600

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Clarification from the agency

Current Career or Career-Conditional Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) Employees and DCAA employees currently on a VRA appointment. Eligible Priority Placement Program DoD Military Spouses Preference (MSP) applicants.

Duties

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  • Develops and maintains a comprehensive DCAA property accountability system for items, such as audiovisual, communications, computer and office automation equipment, and other accountable and non-accountable property
  • Incumbent assists Agency's Accountable Property Officer (APO) with both manual and electronic accountability procedures using the Defense Property Accountability System (DPAS) for property issue, transfer, retention, distribution, excess and/or disposal of assets
  • Ensures responsibility for property control at the user-level is in accordance with governing directives, instructions, and manuals and administered by the Component Property Custodians (PCs)
  • Schedules and conducts annual 100 percent hands-on physical inventories both scheduled and periodic spot checks as well as annual reconciliations.
  • Establishes and/or maintains property records, systems, and/or financial records in association with assigned custodial accounts. Maintains a comprehensive accounting of all transactions in order to audit property accounts at the end of the year. Oversees the shipment, inspection, and processing of all outgoing shipments and verifies shipping documentation against actual item(s) shipped.


Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S Citizen as verified through E-Verify Program

Qualifications

You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.

You must meet the minimum qualification requirements as stated in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-prof.asp.

Specialized Experience:
Specialized experience must be documented in your resume.
GS-07: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-05). You may also qualify for the GS-07 level if you possess 1 full year of graduate level education or Superior Academic Achievement. Specialized experience must be documented in your resume. Specialized experience includes: in a developmental capacity, completing work applying supply management principles, procedures, techniques, and practices to assist with establishing a comprehensive property management program; maintain an agency property program, including concepts and methodologies and their impact on retail and wholesale supply procedures; works with DPAS and/or other automated inventory systems to maintain a property management program; provides guidance on laws, regulations, inventory management operations, methods and techniques to provide recommended courses of action for resolution of discrepancies.

GS-09: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-07). You may also qualify for the GS-09 level if you possess a 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. Specialized experience must be documented in your resume. Specialized experience includes: working with supply management principles, procedures, techniques, and practices to assist with establishing a comprehensive property management program; Maintaining an agency property program, including concepts and methodologies and their impact on retail and wholesale supply procedures; Working with DPAS and/or other automated inventory systems to maintain a property management program; Providing guidance on laws, regulations, inventory management operations, methods and techniques to provide recommended courses of action for resolution of discrepancies.

Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and can provide valuable training and experience that translates to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience:
You may also qualify for the GS-07 level if you possess 1 full year of graduate level education or Superior Academic Achievement.

You may also qualify for the GS-09 level if you possess a 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

Additional information

DCAA has a comprehensive benefits package that includes retirement, social security and thrift savings; health, life and long term care insurance; paid vacation, sick leave and holidays. DCAA employees enjoy our business-casual dress code, flexible work schedules, and transit subsidies.

Selective Service: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see www.sss.gov).

Initial Probationary Period: You will be required to serve an initial probationary period of 1 year if one has not already been completed.

Drug Testing: If you are given access to classified information, you will be subject to random drug testing. If you are selected for a special sensitive position, you will be placed in a drug testing designated position. You must pass a drug test before your assignment to such a position and you will be subject to random drug testing subsequent to your assignment.

Background Investigation: All selectees will be subject to a personnel security investigation which must be favorably adjudicated for occupancy of a sensitive position and/or access to classified information. If you are selected for a critical/special sensitive position, you will be subject to a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI). For a critical sensitive position, you must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance eligibility at the Top Secret level. For a special sensitive position, you must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance eligibility at the Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) level AND you will be subject to a random counterintelligence scope polygraph.

Additional Vacancies: This announcement may be used to fill additional positions within 120 days of the certificate issuance date.

Performance Appraisal: If you are a current Federal employee, you must be rated fully successful or higher on your current performance rating to be eligible for promotion. You may be asked to provide a copy of your performance appraisal during the evaluation and selection process.

All applicants are encouraged to apply electronically. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may contact 317-212-0454 for assistance.

This position is not covered by a bargaining unit.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application will initially be reviewed to determine whether you meet the minimum eligibility and qualifications requirements. If you are qualified, you will then receive a numeric score based on the degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills and abilities for the position listed below. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications, you will be assigned a rating commensurate with your background. Your final score will be used to determine if you are among the best qualified candidates.
Competencies:

  • Administration and Management
  • Property, Financial and Acquisition Management Systems
  • Technical Competence


Criminal History Inquiries- If you apply to this position and are selected, we will not ask about your criminal history before you receive a conditional job offer. If you believe you were asked about your criminal history improperly, contact the agency @ dcaa.belvoir.hq.mbx.ask-lmer@mail.mil

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