Clarification from the agency

This vacancy announcement is open to current, permanent federal employees of the VA Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Network - VISN 6 HRM Service line.

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This is a Temporary Promotion/Detail Not to Exceed One Year- May be extended to additional periods with the possibility of permanent placement as determined by agency policy or may end prior to one year.

This is not a remote position; the candidate selected will be required to report onsite, and the pay will be determined/adjusted based on the employee's location.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: HR Specialist Total Rewards

Major Duties include:

• Supervises multiple Recruitment and Placement (R&P) sections performing R&P, quality assurance and onboarding functions.
• Exercises significant supervisory responsibilities in dealing with officials of other sections or organizations.
• Promotes sound management principles and programs within the division.
• Plans, leads, and/or carries out projects and studies to identify and resolve problems.
• Implements effective programs related to R&P, quality assurance, and onboarding.
• Provides technical advice, assistance, and consultation to customers on a broad range of ongoing cases, problems and policy questions.
• Analyzes the R&P SSU and overall national trends and changes to the R&P concepts and philosophies.
• Uses workforce assessments (such as demographic, skill/gap, and trend analysis) to develop succession, placement, and recruitment strategies and subsequently integrates these into the long-range planning and budgeting processes.
• Develops personnel strategic areas and objectives to achieve the VISN's goals for workforce planning necessary to get the right number of people with the right skills, experience, and competencies in the right jobs at the right time.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible: May be available at the discretion of the Service Chief.
Telework: ADHOC-May be authorized (Employees who Telework on an occasional, episodic, or short-term, and have completed required telework training and telework agreement).
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Supervisory HR Specialist (Chief R&P) (Temp Prom / Detail - NTE 1 yr)/PD99972S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/06/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

The BASIC REQUIREMENT for the HR Specialist GS-0201 series is presumed met if found qualified at the GS-0201-7 level and above.

To qualify for this position at the GS-14 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria:

Criteria 1- Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience: Successful completion of a graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: utilizing expert knowledge and providing sound advice in Title 5, Title 38 and Hybrid recruitment and placement functions; utilizing USAStaffing to prepare vacancy announcements, develop job analysis, maintain applicant records, rate/rank applicants, issue certificates of eligibles, audit certificates, and send notification of results to applicants; executing recruitment strategies to attract well-qualified candidates for hard to fill positions; reviewing and interpreting regulations, standards, or other guides for impact on the recruitment and placement program; researching solutions to HR issues utilizing applicable regulations, laws, and policy.

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Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: serving as an advisor by providing expert technical advice and assistance on HR recruitment and placement policies, regulations and directives; identifying and analyzing complex recruitment and placement issues and developing sound and appropriate recommendations and alternative solutions; leading or supervising diverse groups of staff who provide complex recruitment and placement services.

How you will be evaluated

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

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Communications
• Human Resources Management
• Performance Management
• Planning and Evaluating
• Recruitment/Placement

Your experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week. A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL 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; religions; 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.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.