This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/466971100. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
These positions are located in following FLETC locations: Artesia, NM and Glynco, GA. You will have the option to select your preferred human resources (HR) discipline during the application process. The HR areas for which we are collecting applications are: classification, recruitment/placement, employee relations, employee development and training, labor relations, benefits, performance management, and HR information systems.
Your application will remain on-file and "active" for the duration of this announcement. Managers may request applications from this announcement that meet the desired HR discipline, work schedule, and duty location of their vacant position(s). If your application meets these parameters, then it will be made available for review by the requesting manager. HR will verify your qualifications and eligibility for consideration. The status of your USAJOBS® account will be updated upon receipt of your application but will not receive subsequent updates throughout the process. You will be contacted via e-mail if you are selected for an interview.
Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change.
04/03/2017 to 09/30/2017
$72,168 - $93,821 per year
GS 12
Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required.
No
Multiple Appointment Types - Permanent, Term 13 months (may be ext. up to 4 yrs.), or Temporary 1 yr. (may be ext. up to 2 yrs.).
Full-time - full-time (40 hours/week), part-time (between 16-32 hours/week) or WAE/intermittent (work as needed)
12
No
FLETC-VAF-2017-0005
466971100
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas.
As a Human Resources Specialist you will have responsibility for providing operational services in the areas of recruitment/placement, classification, performance management, benefits, employee relations, labor relations, employee development & training, and HR Information Systems.
Typical assignments may include:
Recruitment and Placement - Advising management on recruitment strategies, sources, and special programs that emphasize affirmative action.
Classification - Developing and evaluating job descriptions by applying position classification criteria and supplemental guidance to determine title, series, and grade.
Employee Benefits -Administration of the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), FEHB, FEGLI, Long Term Care Insurance, Flexible Spending Account and the Thrift Saving Plan (TSP) programs; administering the Federal Employee Compensation Act (FECA) Program.
Performance Management - Providing advice, assistance, technical and policy guidance to management concerning their responsibilities throughout the rating cycle for appraising employee performance.
Employee/Labor Relations- Providing a full range of advisory services, assistance, and policy guidance to management officials and employees concerning all aspects of the labor-management and employee relations programs that include labor relations, disciplinary and adverse actions, performance-based actions, grievances (negotiated and administrative), appeals, drug-testing, and premium pay entitlements; supporting managers and supervisors on identifying and resolving complex personnel issues and other supervisor-employee relationships that tend to cause dissatisfaction.
Human Resources Development - Providing advice and assistance to management concerning determination of training needs, sources of needed training, planning to meet identified needs, and evaluation of results.
HR Information Systems - Providing technical advice and assistance on the design, implementation and operation of human resources (HR) automated systems.
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To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation for suitability as a condition of placement into this position. Continued employment is contingent upon favorable adjudication of periodic reinvestigations. This may include a review of financial issues such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.
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Physical Demands: The work is sedentary.
Work Environment: Work is in an office setting.
All employees are required to participate in the Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer DD/EFT for salary payments.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position. If you meet the minimum qualifications, we will use a job questionnaire to determine the degree to which your experience, education and training demonstrate the following competencies required by this position:
1. Human resources concepts, laws, policies, practices, and precedents to provide comprehensive human resources management advisory and technical services.
2. Laws, Executive orders, regulations, policies, concepts, and various human resources policies, practices, procedures, and management controls concerning the recruitment and placement function.
3. Retirement, benefits entitlements, health and life insurance, and Thrift Savings Plan laws, regulations, procedures, respective legislative changes, military service regulations, veterans’ benefits, and prior Government service, and counseling techniques.
4. Human resources development principles, practices, laws, regulations to oversee career-related or professional human resource development education and training programs.
5. DHS and Office of Personnel Management governmental laws, rules, and regulations as well as case law issued by the Merit Systems Protection Board, Federal Labor Relations Authority , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of Government Ethics, U.S. Office of Special Counsel , Arbitrators and U.S. Comptroller General.
6. Databases, higher-order programming tools and retrieval language associated with HR information systems(s) and system capabilities, procedures, limitations and retrieval options.
7. Skill in oral and written communications.
Consideration will be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards as an indicator of quality of prior experience. If you are determined to be best-qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.
Career Transition Assistance Program or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP/ICTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the Federal government, you are not CTAP/ICTAP eligible. Information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility may be found on OPM’s Career Transition Resources website. To be considered well qualified under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be rated at a minimum score of 85 for this position. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the “Required Documents” section of this announcement.
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Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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Your application will remain on-file and "active" for the duration of this announcement. Managers may request applications from this announcement that meet the desired training topical area, work schedule, and duty location of their vacant position(s). If your application meets these parameters, then it will be made available for review by the requesting manager. HR will verify your qualifications and eligibility for consideration.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/466971100. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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