Supv Transportation Specialist

** Supv Transportation Specialist**
**General Services Administration**
**Location**
few vacancies in the following location:
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Relocation expenses reimbursed**
No
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Telework eligible**
Yes as determined by agency policy
**Duties**
** Summary**
As a Supv Transportation Specialist, you will serve as Branch Chief for the Accounts and Collections Branch you will supervise and manage subordinate transportation specialists, transportation clerks and data transcribers.
Transportation Audits Division of the Office of Travel and Transportation Services, Office of Travel, Motor Vehicle, and Card Services, Federal Acquisition Service. Washington, DC
We are currently filling one vacancy, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed.
**Responsibilities**
+ Develops, promotes, and executes the Federal Governments worldwide transportation audits program.
+ Oversee the management and direction of the Accounts and Collections Branch.
+ Participates in setting performance goals and standards for the Audit Division and analyzes transportation processes and payments.
+ Plans and conducts complex long-range studies to consider and evaluate the impact of long-range program goals and objectives, and recommends to senior management significant modifications to enhance programs and policies.
+ Analyzes the costs, benefits, and quality of the transportation audit programs on a continuous basis.
+ Evaluates and reports on transportation industry practices, policies, and procedures and recommends changes and improvements as problems are identified in the audit process.
+ Contribute to the development, and implementation of regulations, policies and procedures affecting the management of both Department of Defense and civilian agencies government wide freight and passenger programs.
+ Develops and conducts transportation related training for agencies and industry.
+ Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates legislation, executive policy, GAO and GSA audit reports and other external/internal transportation management policies and objectives.
+ Represents the Government as an expert witness. Assists in pretrial conferences and hearings. Assists in drafting pleadings, orders, and briefs.
+ Manages resources of the Branch. Interviews, selects, assigns, trains, counsels and evaluates employees. Resolves grievances and complaints. Approves leave and training.

**Travel Required**
Occasional travel - Occasional Travel may be required
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Supervisory status**
Yes
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Promotion Potential**
14
**Requirements**
** Conditions of Employment**
+ US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
+ Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
+ Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable
+ Register with the Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959
If selected, you must meet the following conditions:
+ Receive authorization from OPM on any job offer you receive, if you are or were (within the last 5 years) a **political** Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch.
+ Serve a one year probationary period, if required.
+ Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 3 investigation level).
+ Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee. We will use the Department of Homeland Securitys e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment.
+ Complete a financial disclosure report to verify that no conflict, or an appearance of conflict, exists between your financial interest and this position
+ Serve a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period, if required

** Qualifications**
For each job on your resume, provide:
+ the exact dates you held each job (from month/year to month/year)
+ number of hours per week you worked (if part time). If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.
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The GS-14 salary range starts at $122530 per year.
If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.
To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or higher in the Federal service.
**SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:** Specialized experience is experience performing analysis, implementation and performance review of government-wide transportation audit programs; providing technical requirements and descriptions of work to be performed by contractors; and lead responsibility for various project sizes.
**Education**
Note: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit:
**Additional information**
Bargaining Unit status: Not Applicable
Relocation-related expenses are not approved and will be your responsibility.
Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement as needed; through other means; or not at all.
** How You Will Be Evaluated**
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You will be scored on the questions you answer during the application process, which will measure your possession of the following competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities. Your responses to these questions must be supported by your resume or your score may be lowered.
If you are found qualified for the position, your responses to the self-assessment vacancy questions will be used to assign a numerical score. If your responses to the vacancy questions are not supported by your resume then your score may be adjusted lower by the Human Resources Specialist. Scores are not augmented by Veteran's preference points for this type of announcement (Merit Promotion). You will be evaluated on the vacancy related questions that were designed to assess your overall possession of the following competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities:
+ Knowledge of a wide range of transportation rules, regulations, and policies and procedures in order to effectively manage a program responsible for the audit of Federal agencies transportation procurement actions.
+ Ability to plan and organize comprehensive revisions to government-wide passenger or transportation programs to establish and implement new management improvement initiatives.
+ Knowledge and application of federal statutes, regulations, policies and procedures governing the collection of Government debt, in order to effectively manage the recovery of over payments.
+ Knowledge of the fiscal requirements mandated by the Treasury Department and GSA's Office of Finance.
+ Skill in analyzing complex material in conducting studies.
+ Knowledge in performing evaluations, conducting data analysis, and applying theories, concepts, and methodologies associated with an organization's passenger or transportation management programs concerning both transportation and financial matters.
+ Knowledge of the strategic planning process.
+ Knowledge of Government and industry passenger or transportation management concepts and principles.
+ Knowledge of passenger or traffic management practices and procurement policies, procedures and alternatives available to the entire Federal government.
+ Mastery of oral and written communication skills.
+ Ability to direct the workforce, assign, work, and develop workload measurements.
+ Knowledge of Federal human resource management regulations, policies, and practices.
Additional assessments may be used, and, if so, you will be provided with further instructions.
If you are eligible under GSAs Career Transition Assistance Plan , you must receive

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