Human Resources Specialist

About the role

The position will join the HR team of US Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama, providing a full range of HR lifecycle support to an office of over 100 local staff. HR functions include staffing, benefits, compensation, HR operations, and more.

Responsibilities

• 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 operation

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship or Nationality

• Pre-employment adjudication including fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing

• Background investigation

• Selective Service registration if applicable

• Time-in-Grade requirement within 30 days of announcement closing date

• Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related

• Specialized experience: Providing human resources support in areas such as: posting job vacancies/announcements; performing recruitment, hiring, pre-employment paperwork, security and onboarding duties; determining qualifications and eligibility for employment for routine recruitment actions; entering data in HR Information systems accurately and on-time; troubleshooting employee issues with self-service features in HRIS (e.g. updating bank information, certifying timesheets, etc.).