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HR Specialist (Classification & Staffing)

Federal Communications Commission
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Summary

This position is in the Office of Managing Director (OMD), Human Resources, Recruitment and Staffing Service Center (RSSC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC) located in Washington, DC.

RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE PAID.  

THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE USED TO FILL ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WITHIN 90 DAYS.

 

Overview

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Hiring complete
Open & closing dates
08/01/2023 to 08/18/2023
Salary
$132,368 to - $172,075 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 14
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Washington, DC
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time - This is a full-time position. Work schedules, including telework, are at the discretion of the supervisor, consistent with agency policy and reentry planning.
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
14 - This position is at the full performance level
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Moderate Risk (MR)
Trust determination process
Announcement number
DEU-OMD-2023-011
Control number
740774100

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Clarification from the agency

Open to all U.S. Citizens AND MERIT PROMOTION (MP) - STATUS CANDIDATES and NON-COMPETITIVE ELIGIBLES. MP candidates include Federal Employees, Agency Employees, competitive Reinstatement eligibles, VEOA, CTAP and ICTAP. Individuals eligible for non-competitive appointment under special appointing authorities may also apply for consideration (e.g. Individuals with Disabilities; Veterans [VRA, 30% Disabled]; former Peace Corps, AmeriCorps or Vista). Indicate how you wish to be considered.

Duties

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The incumbent of this position serves as a senior HR consultant responsible for providing expert classification and staffing advice. The incumbent serves as a strategic business partner throughout the hiring process and is responsible for partnering with hiring managers across the FCC in an effort to successfully recruit the most qualified candidates at the FCC.  The incumbent will perform the following job duties:

  • Provides expert level classification consultation services.  Classifies position descriptions (PD's) and associated factor evaluation statements in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Classification Standards, including, but not limited to the General Schedule Supervisory, Team Leader, and other functional guides.  Develops position descriptions; reviews existing position descriptions for accuracy and equity; determines the appropriate legal title occupational series, and grade for vacancies; and develops evaluation statements that document the appropriate assignment of an occupational series, legal title, and grade level. Makes distinctions in the proper crediting of factor levels and ultimate allocation of grade levels to positions and communicates grade distinctions to management with supporting criteria and justification. Maintains and ensures position classification accuracy and consistency in interpreting and applying position classification standards. Conducts desk audits for a variety of positions and prepares final evaluation statements. Advises and consults with employees and managers on the position classification process and the use of the various classification tools, such as classification standards, factor evaluation statements, desk audits, etc.
  • Provides expert level staffing and recruitment consultation services and partners with hiring officials, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and HR liaisons to ensure that each vacancy announcement portrays the required knowledge, skills and abilities required in order to successfully fill the vacant position.  Engages hiring managers in the hiring process and communicates the importance of their role in the hiring process (i.e.: developing specialized experience, creating appropriate and accurate assessment questionnaires, etc.)  Conducts strategic recruitment consultations to ensure that hiring managers are provided the opportunity to learn about the federal staffing process and to ensure that all rules and regulations are discussed ahead of time. During the strategic recruitment consultation, discusses and explain the FCC recruitment worksheet, the job analysis, the occupational assessment questionnaire, the crediting plan, the importance of the specialized experience and the role it plays in the hiring process, and the difference between advertising Merit Promotion (MP) versus Delegated Examining (DE). As part of the strategic recruitment consultation, discusses ways in which candidates can be hired non-competitively using non-competitive hiring authorities (such as VRA, 30% or more disabled veterans, Schedule A disability hiring, etc.). Utilizes non-competitive hiring authorities such as Schedule A disability hiring, 30% or more disability veteran hiring authority, etc.  Encourages managers to consider multiple hiring authorities available for use.
  • Works with hiring managers through each step of the hiring process, from the time the position description is created until the time when the vacancy is filled and a qualified candidate has been hired into the vacant position.
  • Creates job analyses, crediting plans and vacancy announcements. Reviews candidate qualifications, builds certificates of eligibility, and is Delegated Examining Certified by OPM.
  • Accurately and appropriately adjudicates veterans preference in accordance with the OPM Veteran Guide. . 
  • Ensures that all certificates which are issued are issued in a timely manner and communicates with the hiring manager ahead of time to inform them if additional time may be needed to complete the qualifications analysis due to the volume of candidates which applied.
  • Develops Merit Promotion (MP) and DE vacancy announcements in a timely and professional manner.
  • Generates and issues various types of MP and DE certificates to selecting officials.
  • Corresponds with applicants throughout the hiring process and ensures that they are kept up to date all throughout the hiring process in accordance with OPM's four touch-point notification regulations. Updates applicant statuses appropriately throughout the hiring process.
  • Conducts qualifications analysis and ensures that all candidates which are referred meet the OPM qualification standards.
  • Guides and counsels hiring managers regarding veterans preference hiring procedures.
  • Drafts and issues tentative offer letters and final offer letters to selected candidates.
  • Provides hiring managers with updates all throughout the hiring process to make sure they are kept abreast of changes as they occur.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.
  • US Citizenship.
  • May serve a one year probationary period (if applicable)
  • Suitable for employment as determined by a background investigation.
  • If selected, a financial disclosure statement may be required.
  • Current/former federal employees must provide SF-50 verifying grade/status
  • Current FCC employees must provide SF-50 verifying grade & status.

Please note your resume must thoroughly support your responses to the vacancy questions.  Your resume is an integral part of the process for determining if you meet the basic qualifications of the position and determining if you are to be among the best qualified.

ALL CURRENT/FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND CURRENT FCC EMPLOYEES MUST provide a legible Personnel Action, SF-50, that verifies your status and highest permanently held grade.  If an SF-50 is not submitted, the application will be rated as ineligible.

CURRENT FCC EMPLOYEES-To request a copy of your SF-50 please send an email to PersonnelRecordsRequest@fcc.gov

Qualifications

Applicants must meet eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.  Current Federal employees asking to be considered under Merit Promotion procedures must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.  

Candidates must meet all of the specialized experience requirements outlined below in order to be deemed as qualified. 

Specialized Experience

GS-14

Applicants must have a minimum of one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 in the Federal service. For this position, specialized experience includes the following: 

  • Experience developing and classifying position descriptions; reviewing existing position descriptions for accuracy and equity; determining the appropriate legal title occupational series, and grade for vacancies; and developing evaluation statements that document the appropriate assignment of an occupational series, legal title, and grade level.
  • Experience providing staffing and recruitment consultation services to customers/hiring managers to ensure that each vacancy announcement portrays the required knowledge, skills and abilities required in order to successfully fill the vacant position.  Must demonstrate experience drafting vacancy announcements, developing job analyses and crediting plans, conducting qualifications analysis, adjudicating veterans preference, issuing certificates, drafting and issuing tentative and final offer letters.
  • Experience coding a wide range of personnel actions (SF-52's) including hire actions, promotion personnel actions, etc.
  • Experience using automated hiring systems to develop vacancy announcements.
  • Experience providing expert level advice and guidance on complex classification and staffing matters.

You will be evaluated for this position on the following Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other characteristics (KSAOs):

  • Expert knowledge of federal classification
  • Expert knowledge of federal staffing and recruitment
  • Ability to communicate federal classification and staffing guidelines, rules and procedures.
  • Ability to code personnel actions.


PART-TIME OR UNPAID 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.

Additional information

EEO Policy Statement

Reasonable Accommodation Policy Statement

Veterans Information

Legal and Regulatory Guidance

Other:
-  Before hiring, an agency will ask you to complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation.  The agency will also ask you to sign and certify the accuracy of all the information in your application.  If you make a false statement in any part of your application, you may not be hired; you may be fired after you begin work; or you may be fined or jailed. If you are a male over age 18 who was born after December 31, 1959, you must have registered with the Selective Service System (or have an exemption) to be eligible for a Federal job.

-  If applicable, you will be required to serve a trial period of one year.

-  In order for you to be employed at the FCC, there are certain Commission and Federal laws governing the financial interests of you and members of your immediate family. If selected for the position, you must submit a financial disclosure statement upon assuming the position

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

As this position is being advertised under DEU and Merit Promotion hiring procedures, applicants will be rated on the extent and quality of experience and education relevant to the duties of the position using the hiring procedures outlined below.

How You Will Be Evaluated-DEU Hiring Procedures

The FCC determines the BEST QUALIFIED CANDIDATES based on the major job related competencies and evaluation of your knowledge, skills, and abilities reflected in your application and supporting documents using the CATEGORY RATING PROCESS. Time in grade restrictions do not apply to DEU hiring procedures.

All eligible applicants under Delegated Examining (DEU) will be placed in one of the following three categories:

1. Highly Qualified (Score 90-100) - the applicants possessing a background that demonstrates a superior level of major job related competencies and possession of all evaluation criteria;

2. Fully Qualified (Score 80-89) - the applicants possessing a background that demonstrates a satisfactory level of major job related competencies and possession of the evaluation criteria; and

3. Minimally Qualified (Score of 70-79)- the applicants possessing only the specialized experience described in the vacancy announcement. An automated score is administered based on the on-line application process used.

Eligible applicants will receive a numerical rating based on their responses to the job specific questions for this position. Application of Veterans Preference: The category rating process does not add veterans' preference points or apply the "rule of three" but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualification requirements and who have compensable service-connected disability at least 10 percent MUST be listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-9 grade level or higher.

A selecting official may make selection from the highest quality category ("HIGHLY QUALIFIED") provided no preference eligible in that category is passed over to select a non-preference eligible in the same category. Qualified disabled veterans (30% disabled veterans and at least 10% disabled veterans) who meet the qualification criteria float to the top of the Highly Qualified category and by law must be referred over non-veterans. Non-veterans are strictly prohibited from being referred or selected over qualified disabled veterans.

There are several parts to the application process that affect the overall evaluation of your application including:

1. the core questions
2. the vacancy questions
3. supplemental documentation (e.g., DD-214, SF-50, SF-15, transcripts), if applicable; and
4. your resume.

Applicants will be rated ineligible, if they do not respond to job specific questions, provide supplemental documents and submit resume.  For more information, please click on Rating Process.

Merit Promotion Procedures

Applicants under Merit Promotion will be considered in accordance with the agency's merit promotion plan and union agreement. Time in grade restrictions apply.

Under Merit Promotion procedures, applicants must meet the qualifications criteria and receive a score of 90 or above in order to be deemed as BEST QUALIFIED.  Candidates who ask to be considered non-competitively only have to receive a score of 70.


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