Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits)
for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. The text includes many boilerplate like "Please see announcement on USAJOBS for available locations." That's maybe metadata; we can drop. Also "Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Human Resources Management, Workers' Compensation Branch, located in one of the following locations: ..." That's substantive location list; keep.
We need to include location list as part of About the role maybe.
We must not include duplicated lines. Ensure we capture all duties, requirements, qualifications, pay.
Let's extract content.
About the role: Could include summary: "Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Human Resources Management, Workers' Compensation Branch, located in one of the following locations: Yuma, AZ; Tucson, AZ; San Diego, CA; Los Angeles, CA; EL Centro, CA; Laredo, TX; El Paso, TX; Del Rio, TX; Houston, TX; Euless, TX; Jacksonville, FL; Rouses Point, NY; Front Royal, VA; Detroit, MI; Washington, DC; Minneapolis, MN; Indianapolis, IN." Also maybe mention "Joining Customs & Border Protection (CBP) will allow you to use your expertise to proactively manage assigned workers' compensation cases, providing guidance and support to injured employees, supervisors, and Injury Compensation Coordinators (ICCs)." That's more duty but could be in About the role. However we have separate Responsibilities for duties. We'll put the location list in About the role.
Responsibilities: Duties list: Managing assigned workers' compensation cases by ensuring all required documentation is collected, accurately filed, and maintained in the agency's system. Monitoring case status, establishing and updating plans of action, and ensuring compliance with the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) and Department of Labor (DOL) requirements. Serving as a technical resource for employees, supervisors, and Injury Compensation Coordinators (ICCs), providing guidance on workers' compensation rights, responsibilities, and regulatory requirements. Offering assistance with claim development, return-to-work considerations, and ensures accurate and timely payment of benefits. Preparing draft responses to Department of Labor correspondence, Congressional inquiries, and other legal proceedings related to workers' compensation cases.
Also maybe include "Joining Customs & Border Protection (CBP) will allow you to use your expertise to proactively manage assigned workers' compensation cases, providing guidance and support to injured employees, supervisors, and Injury Compensation Coordinators (ICCs)." That's a duty as well. Could include.
Requirements: bullet list: Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service. Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (additional details below). All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English. May be required to pass a background investigation. CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures. As an employee of CBP, you will be joining a workforce that is dedicated to accomplishing our mission while maintaining the trust of our Nation by strictly adhering to all government ethics standards. Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes. Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties. Please review further details via the following link. DHS uses E-Verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities. Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under the bargaining unit.
We need to keep all substantive info; but we should drop links like "Please review further details via the following link." and "Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities." Those are boilerplate? They are references but maybe considered boilerplate. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Links to further details maybe considered application instructions? Might be okay to keep but they are not substantive content. Safer to drop them.
Qualifications: includes Experience GS09 and GS11 details, Education Substitution GS09 and GS11, Combining Education and Experience, Time in Grade requirements, Political appointee disclosure, Background Investigation details (again), Residency requirement details, Probationary Period, CTAP/ICTAP eligibility, Education note, Performance appraisal note, Additional Information (Reasonable Accommodation). Many of these are substantive. We need to keep them but not duplicate.
We need to avoid duplication: Background Investigation appears also in Requirements; we can keep it once maybe under Requirements. But we have also under Qualifications a section "Background Investigation: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency that requires all applicants to undergo a thorough background investigation prior to employment..." That's similar to earlier. Might be duplicate; we should keep only one instance. Since Requirements already includes background investigation mention, we can drop the duplicate under Qualifications.
Similarly Residency appears in Requirements and again later under Qualifications with details about waiver etc. We need to keep residency details; maybe keep under Requirements (or Qualifications) but not duplicate.
We need to preserve all substantive info; we can merge.
Let's structure:
About the role
Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Human Resources Management, Workers' Compensation Branch, located in one of the following locations: Yuma, AZ; Tucson, AZ; San Diego, CA; Los Angeles, CA; EL Centro, CA; Laredo, TX; El Paso, TX; Del Rio, TX; Houston, TX; Euless, TX; Jacksonville, FL; Rouses Point, NY; Front Royal, VA; Detroit, MI; Washington, DC; Minneapolis, MN; Indianapolis, IN.
Maybe also include the introductory sentence about joining CBP? Could be part of About the role.
Responsibilities
- Joining Customs & Border Protection (CBP) will allow you to use your expertise to proactively manage assigned workers' compensation cases, providing guidance and support to injured employees, supervisors, and Injury Compensation Coordinators (ICCs).
- Managing assigned workers' compensation cases by ensuring all required documentation is collected, accurately filed, and maintained in the agency's system.
- Monitoring case status, establishing and updating plans of action, and ensuring compliance with the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) and Department of Labor (DOL) requirements.
- Serving as a technical resource for employees, supervisors, and Injury Compensation Coordinators (ICCs), providing guidance on workers' compensation rights, responsibilities, and regulatory requirements.
- Offering assistance with claim development, return-to-work considerations, and ensuring accurate and timely payment of benefits.
- Preparing draft responses to Department of Labor correspondence, Congressional inquiries, and other legal proceedings related to workers' compensation cases.
Requirements
- Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service.
- Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years.
- All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English.
- May be required to pass a background investigation.
- CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures.
- As an employee of CBP, you will be joining a workforce dedicated to accomplishing our mission while maintaining the trust of our Nation by strictly adhering to all government ethics standards; conduct subject to Executive Branch ethics rules, CBP-specific ethics rules, and criminal conflict of interest statutes.
- Upon entry on duty, obtain approval for outside employment or business activity to ensure such activity is not prohibited and does not interfere with official duties.
- DHS uses E-Verify to confirm eligibility of newly hired employees to work in the United States.
- Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under the bargaining unit.
Qualifications
Experience requirements:
- GS-9: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as analyzing and managing federal workers' compensation cases in accordance with FECA and related regulations; providing technical guidance and support to employees, supervisors, and agency leadership on workers' compensation rights, responsibilities, and regulatory requirements; preparing, reviewing, and maintaining case documentation, including developing plans of action, establishing diary dates, and ensuring all required evidence is collected and submitted; interpreting and applying case law, regulations, and agency policies to workers' compensation claims, and assisting in the preparation of responses to legal inquiries or Department of Labor hearings.
- GS-11: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as administering, processing, or managing workers' compensation or employee benefits cases; reviewing and analyzing claim documentation, medical information, personnel records, wage information, or other supporting evidence; using automated systems such as ECOMP or similar case management tools to maintain case records; providing technical guidance to employees, supervisors, or managers on workers' compensation or employee benefits requirements; interpreting and applying applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures to support timely and accurate case resolution.
Education substitution:
- GS-9: A master's degree or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a J.D. or LL.B. degree from an accredited college or university may substitute for experience required at this level. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. If credit hours unknown, use 36 semester hours or 54 quarter hours.
- GS-11: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.M. degree may substitute for experience
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. The text includes many boilerplate like "Please see announcement on USAJOBS for available locations." That's maybe metadata; we can drop. Also "Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Human Resources Management, Workers' Compensation Branch, located in one of the following locations: ..." That's substantive location list; keep. We need to include location list as part of About the role maybe. We must not include duplicated lines. Ensure we capture all duties, requirements, qualifications, pay. Let's extract content. About the role: Could include summary: "Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Human Resources Management, Workers' Compensation Branch, located in one of the following locations: Yuma, AZ; Tucson, AZ; San Diego, CA; Los Angeles, CA; EL Centro, CA; Laredo, TX; El Paso, TX; Del Rio, TX; Houston, TX; Euless, TX; Jacksonville, FL; Rouses Point, NY; Front Royal, VA; Detroit, MI; Washington, DC; Minneapolis, MN; Indianapolis, IN." Also maybe mention "Joining Customs & Border Protection (CBP) will allow you to use your expertise to proactively manage assigned workers' compensation cases, providing guidance and support to injured employees, supervisors, and Injury Compensation Coordinators (ICCs)." That's more duty but could be in About the role. However we have separate Responsibilities for duties. We'll put the location list in About the role. Responsibilities: Duties list: Managing assigned workers' compensation cases by ensuring all required documentation is collected, accurately filed, and maintained in the agency's system. Monitoring case status, establishing and updating plans of action, and ensuring compliance with the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) and Department of Labor (DOL) requirements. Serving as a technical resource for employees, supervisors, and Injury Compensation Coordinators (ICCs), providing guidance on workers' compensation rights, responsibilities, and regulatory requirements. Offering assistance with claim development, return-to-work considerations, and ensures accurate and timely payment of benefits. Preparing draft responses to Department of Labor correspondence, Congressional inquiries, and other legal proceedings related to workers' compensation cases. Also maybe include "Joining Customs & Border Protection (CBP) will allow you to use your expertise to proactively manage assigned workers' compensation cases, providing guidance and support to injured employees, supervisors, and Injury Compensation Coordinators (ICCs)." That's a duty as well. Could include. Requirements: bullet list: Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service. Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (additional details below). All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English. May be required to pass a background investigation. CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures. As an employee of CBP, you will be joining a workforce that is dedicated to accomplishing our mission while maintaining the trust of our Nation by strictly adhering to all government ethics standards. Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes. Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties. Please review further details via the following link. DHS uses E-Verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities. Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under the bargaining unit. We need to keep all substantive info; but we should drop links like "Please review further details via the following link." and "Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities." Those are boilerplate? They are references but maybe considered boilerplate. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Links to further details maybe considered application instructions? Might be okay to keep but they are not substantive content. Safer to drop them. Qualifications: includes Experience GS09 and GS11 details, Education Substitution GS09 and GS11, Combining Education and Experience, Time in Grade requirements, Political appointee disclosure, Background Investigation details (again), Residency requirement details, Probationary Period, CTAP/ICTAP eligibility, Education note, Performance appraisal note, Additional Information (Reasonable Accommodation). Many of these are substantive. We need to keep them but not duplicate. We need to avoid duplication: Background Investigation appears also in Requirements; we can keep it once maybe under Requirements. But we have also under Qualifications a section "Background Investigation: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency that requires all applicants to undergo a thorough background investigation prior to employment..." That's similar to earlier. Might be duplicate; we should keep only one instance. Since Requirements already includes background investigation mention, we can drop the duplicate under Qualifications. Similarly Residency appears in Requirements and again later under Qualifications with details about waiver etc. We need to keep residency details; maybe keep under Requirements (or Qualifications) but not duplicate. We need to preserve all substantive info; we can merge. Let's structure:
About the role
Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Human Resources Management, Workers' Compensation Branch, located in one of the following locations: Yuma, AZ; Tucson, AZ; San Diego, CA; Los Angeles, CA; EL Centro, CA; Laredo, TX; El Paso, TX; Del Rio, TX; Houston, TX; Euless, TX; Jacksonville, FL; Rouses Point, NY; Front Royal, VA; Detroit, MI; Washington, DC; Minneapolis, MN; Indianapolis, IN.
Maybe also include the introductory sentence about joining CBP? Could be part of About the role.Responsibilities
- Joining Customs & Border Protection (CBP) will allow you to use your expertise to proactively manage assigned workers' compensation cases, providing guidance and support to injured employees, supervisors, and Injury Compensation Coordinators (ICCs).
- Managing assigned workers' compensation cases by ensuring all required documentation is collected, accurately filed, and maintained in the agency's system.
- Monitoring case status, establishing and updating plans of action, and ensuring compliance with the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) and Department of Labor (DOL) requirements.
- Serving as a technical resource for employees, supervisors, and Injury Compensation Coordinators (ICCs), providing guidance on workers' compensation rights, responsibilities, and regulatory requirements.
- Offering assistance with claim development, return-to-work considerations, and ensuring accurate and timely payment of benefits.
- Preparing draft responses to Department of Labor correspondence, Congressional inquiries, and other legal proceedings related to workers' compensation cases.
Requirements
- Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service.
- Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years.
- All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English.
- May be required to pass a background investigation.
- CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures.
- As an employee of CBP, you will be joining a workforce dedicated to accomplishing our mission while maintaining the trust of our Nation by strictly adhering to all government ethics standards; conduct subject to Executive Branch ethics rules, CBP-specific ethics rules, and criminal conflict of interest statutes.
- Upon entry on duty, obtain approval for outside employment or business activity to ensure such activity is not prohibited and does not interfere with official duties.
- DHS uses E-Verify to confirm eligibility of newly hired employees to work in the United States.
- Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under the bargaining unit.
Qualifications
Experience requirements:
- GS-9: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as analyzing and managing federal workers' compensation cases in accordance with FECA and related regulations; providing technical guidance and support to employees, supervisors, and agency leadership on workers' compensation rights, responsibilities, and regulatory requirements; preparing, reviewing, and maintaining case documentation, including developing plans of action, establishing diary dates, and ensuring all required evidence is collected and submitted; interpreting and applying case law, regulations, and agency policies to workers' compensation claims, and assisting in the preparation of responses to legal inquiries or Department of Labor hearings.
- GS-11: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as administering, processing, or managing workers' compensation or employee benefits cases; reviewing and analyzing claim documentation, medical information, personnel records, wage information, or other supporting evidence; using automated systems such as ECOMP or similar case management tools to maintain case records; providing technical guidance to employees, supervisors, or managers on workers' compensation or employee benefits requirements; interpreting and applying applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures to support timely and accurate case resolution.
Education substitution:
- GS-9: A master's degree or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a J.D. or LL.B. degree from an accredited college or university may substitute for experience required at this level. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. If credit hours unknown, use 36 semester hours or 54 quarter hours.
- GS-11: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.M. degree may substitute for experience