Supervisory Human Resources Specialist

If selected for this position, you will serve as the Supervisory Human Resources Specialist in the Personnel Operations Unit (POU), Human Resources Section (HRS) of the Administrative Division (AD) by planning, developing, and implementing policies and procedures governing recruitment, selection, placement, merit promotion, classification and position management, reduction-in-force, employee benefits, affirmative action, personnel processing, NFC and personnel payroll system, management of official personnel records, Delegated Examining Unit (DEU) authority, and special programs in the United States Attorney's Office, District of Columbia.

Typical work assignments will include:

• Provides advice and assistance to supervisors and hiring managers on recruitment and placement authorities and strategies.
• Advises and assists supervisors and employees in regards to merit promotion, affirmative action and employee benefits.
• Advises staff regarding performance requirements, evaluates performance and identifies developmental/training needs.
• Oversees and supervises the recruitment and staffing process by ensuring recruitment, qualification, eligibility and veteran preference determinations and appointments are appropriately and accurately utilized.
• Oversees and manages personnel action processing to ensure accuracy and timeliness of processing.

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

Conditions of employment

• You must be a United States Citizen or National to apply for this position.
• Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov/).
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• A probationary period may be required.
• If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application.
• Must provide resume and supporting documents (See required documents).
• Time-in-Grade: Current or former Federal employees applying under merit promotion considerations must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements for consideration within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.
• If selected, you will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period unless this requirement has been met previously.
• As needed, additional selections may be made using this announcement.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience for the respective grade level in which you are applying:

To qualify at the GS-13 level, you must possess:

Specialized Experience: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) performing at least (4) out of (6) of the following duties:

1. Leading or supervising human resources staff by assigning and reviewing work, establishing priorities and deadlines, and ensuring the quality and timely completion of services;
2. Advising management on federal recruitment, hiring, placement, merit promotion, classification, and position management requirements;
3. Planning and directing the processing of personnel actions and maintenance of official personnel records;
4. Overseeing hiring actions to ensure recruitment procedures, qualifications, eligibility, veterans' preference, and appointment determinations are correct;
5. Resolving staffing or classification issues;
6. Developing or improving human resources operating procedures.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

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.

If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). For more information on the qualifications for this position, click here.

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-12 is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-13 level.

• You must submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. No award SF-50 will be accepted; recommended SF-50s include promotions and step increases (within grade increases).