Human Resources Specialist

About the role

As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. Duties include:

• Performing position analysis to determine organizational requirements
• Determining recruitment strategies and posting job announcements
• Reviewing applications and applying qualification standards
• Providing advice and assistance on performance management
• Providing assistance in the administration of benefits programs
• Administering guidance on pay and leave
• Identifying training and development needs
• Conducting evaluations of human resource program operations

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Requirements

Conditions of employment include:

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Your initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication.
• Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• This vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility.

Education:

• To be eligible at the GS-11 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below:
• Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level.
• Education: One of the following types of education in a related field (e.g., Human Resources): a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate degree; OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.
• Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement: Federal Agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities, where appropriate.

EEO Statement/Policy: The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor.

Political Appointees (Current or Former): The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.

Career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.