Inventory Management Specialist

Summary

This position is located in the DEA, New York Task Force Field Division. This position(s) primary purpose is to manage and control the flow of materials and supplies to ensure they are available when needed to support operations.

Duties

• As a Inventory Management Specialist your typical work assignments may include: Managing and tracking equipment, property, and supplies from acquisition through disposal. Maintaining inventory records, conducts inventories, and adjusts supply levels as needed. Coordinating office moves, equipment acquisitions, and property utilization activities. Advising staff on property procedures and resolves inventory and equipment accountability issues

Qualifications

For more information on eligibility requirements see: DEA Employment Eligibility Applicants must meet the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of the announcement. If you are qualifying based on education or if there are mandatory education requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcripts with your application. Applicants applying for the GS-09 must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have at least one full year of specialized experience that is at least equivalent to work performed at the GS-07 grade level and your experience includes performing at least two of the tasks below as part of your regular duties. Specialized 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 directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Qualifying experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Managing and coordinating inventory management and equipment accountability programs involving the acquisition, receipt, identification, utilization, inventory control, transfer, maintenance, and disposition of property and supplies; maintaining automated inventory and property records; 2) Conducting physical inventories; and ensuring assets are properly accounted for, protected, and used in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies; 3) Identifying weaknesses and potential problem areas; improving equipment visibility; and preparing reports, inventories, statistical analyses, and other data to support inventory management programs and management decisions; and 4) Providing technical guidance and advising management and staff on the interpretation and application of established property, supply, and inventory management policies and procedures. B. Education: Have a Master's or equivalent graduate degree -or- two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.B. or J.D., if related. OR C. Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. Applicants applying for the GS-11 must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have at least one full year of specialized experience that is at least equivalent to work performed at the GS-09 grade level and your experience includes performing at least two of the tasks below as part of your regular duties Specialized 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 directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Qualifying experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Managing and coordinating inventory management and equipment accountability programs involving the acquisition, receipt, identification, utilization, inventory control, transfer, maintenance, and disposition of property and supplies; maintaining automated inventory and property records; 2) Conducting physical inventories; and ensuring assets are properly accounted for, protected, and used in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies; 3) Independently coordinating administrative activities involving supplies, property, equipment, and office moves, assessing property utilization, resolving issues associated with leased or owned property, and coordinating established procedures to support unusual or changing organizational requirements; and 4) Providing technical guidance and advising management and staff on the interpretation and application of established property, supply, and inventory management policies and procedures; consolidating and presenting inventory-related data and information; maintaining databases; providing briefings on established inventory matters; and serving as a liaison with property and supply organizations to resolve equipment accountability and inventory management issues. B. Education: Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree -or- three (3) full academic years of graduate level education leading to such a degree; or LL.M., if related. OR C. Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

See the qualification section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials, visit: www.naces.org/members.php. If you are claiming education as any part of your qualifications for this position, you must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned.

How to apply

Prepare your application in USAJOBS During the application process you can review, edit, delete, and update your information. We'll automatically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into USAJOBS. STEP 2: Submit your resume. Resume must not exceed two pages. Please see the Required Documents section for specific information that should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documentation applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. Alternate Application Procedures: If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alternate application procedures to submit your application package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET at least 2 working days prior to the closing date of this announcement. The application package for alternate application procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing date of this announcement. Paper applications and information sent by mail will not be accepted.