Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement)

About the role

This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Human Resources Management, Enterprise Services, Talent Management Directorate, CBP Hiring Center, located in Bloomington, MN, Minneapolis, MN, and Indianapolis, IN.

Responsibilities

• Making recommendations on a wide range of staffing authorities and special employment programs in order to meet the agencies staffing goals.
• Identifying, evaluating and recommending to management appropriate human resources interventions to resolve complex interrelated human resources problems and issues.
• Developing new or modified human resources work methods, approaches, or procedures for delivering effective services to customers.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service.
• All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English.
• You may be required to pass a background investigation.
• CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Specialized Experience: You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as consulting with customers on strategies to fill positions and utilizing applicable human resources rules and regulations to advise on best recruitment strategy. You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as conducting job analyses on a wide variety of complex positions using research, interviews, observation, and analytical techniques.

Education

• A Ph.D. or an 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 required at this level.
• Combining Education and Experience for GS-11: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages.

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 in order to promote the agency's core values of vigilance, service to country, and integrity.

Residency

• There is a residency requirement for all applicants not currently employed by CBP. Individuals are required to have physically resided in the United States or its protectorates (as declared under international law) for at least three of the last five years.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests

• If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application.

Additional Hiring and Special Appointing Authorities

• See "THIS JOB IS OPEN TO" section above for what additional Appointing Authorities may apply.