Clarification from the agency

U.S. citizens and U.S. Nationals; no prior Federal experience is required.

The Associate Chief Counsel (Finance & Management (F&M)) supports the administrative, financial, and managerial programs of the Office of Chief Counsel, and provides advice to the Chief Counsel and Deputy Chief Counsel on all management matters for the organization nationwide. F&M also has field responsibility for all administrative functions and personnel across the country.

The Human Resources Specialist (HR Development) is responsible for planning, developing, administering, supporting, and evaluating Counsel-wide legal, technical, and specialty training programs. This position is located in the Training and Communications Branch, Talent Management Division, Associate Chief Counsel (F&M).

The Training and Communications Branch performs two vital functions for the Office: the design and delivery of high-quality training, and the facilitation of essential communication. Each of these functions serves our mission to enhance employee efficiency, effectiveness, and engagement.

As a Human Resources Specialist (HR Development), you may be responsible in any of the following areas:

Training Programs and Event Logistics

• Coordinates all aspects of events and training programs (Virtual, Hybrid and Classroom-Based), including scheduling, materials preparation venue selection, room set-up, audiovisual arrangements, transportation, accommodations, and equipment.
• Manages participant registration, communication, and coordination for training programs.

Content Development and Training Delivery

• Applies a wide range of advanced Adult Learning principles, concepts, and practices to administer and manage a full spectrum of legal based programs.
• Advises instructor cadres through the project planning, analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation, maintenance, and improvement of training courses for core legal and management programs.

Learning Management Systems Administration

• Provides technical support to users, troubleshoots issues, and ensures user records are updated.
• Uploads, organizes, and maintains course content, including, text, multimedia, and exams, and assessments.

Vendor Management

• Collaborates with external providers to identify scope of service, negotiate appropriate price packages and manage relationships to ensure quality training resources align with stakeholder training needs.

This is not an all-inclusive list. If selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform the duties of the position and will receive training to help you grow in the position.

Conditions of employment

• Refer to "Additional Information."
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• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
• Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
• Undergo an income tax verification.
• The employment of any candidate, including a current employee or a new hire, selected for this position may be conditional upon classification and/or audit of federal tax returns. This audit may include up to 2 years of returns.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

To qualify for this position of Human Resources Specialist (HR Development), you must meet the qualification requirements listed below by the closing of this announcement:

For GS-12:
Specialized Experience: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience is defined as:

• planning, developing, administering, or evaluating employee development or technical training programs;
• designing instructional materials, learning objectives, assessments, or course content;
• coordinating training projects and monitoring project progress;
• delivering training and evaluating training effectiveness; and
• advising on employee development, instructional design, or workforce training strategies.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

For GS-13:
Specialized Experience: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience is defined as:

• providing guidance in the planning, development, implementation, or evaluation of organization-wide employee development and learning programs;
• leading training initiatives and cross-functional course development teams;
• advising on workforce development strategies, instructional standards, and organizational learning;
• analyzing organizational training needs; and
• developing agency guidance, evaluating program effectiveness, and making recommendations.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.

How you will be evaluated

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

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position.

Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Accountability, Attention to Detail, Communications and Media, Customer Service, Decision Making, Employee Development, Flexibility, Influencing/Negotiating, Integrity/Honesty, Interpersonal Skills, Learning, Oral Communication, Organizational Performance Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Reasoning, Self-Management, Stress Tolerance, Teamwork, and Technology Application. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires an online USA Hire assessment. The USA Hire assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Cheating on the USA Hire assessment may result in your removal from consideration. The highest scoring candidates based on the results of the USA Hire assessment will be invited to complete the structured interview assessment.

The USA Hire Assessments includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be considered. You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment.

Structured Interview: Eligible and qualified applicants may be evaluated through a structured interview. The structured interview is conducted by subject matter expert(s) on the position as a formal assessment and results will be used to rate and rank candidates.

Referral: This announcement uses the Rule of Many, a numerical ranking process under which eligible applicants receive a numeric score based on the assessment process for the position. Only applicants who are eligible for veterans' preference receive 5- or 10-point veterans' preference points, which are added to passing scores, as applicable. Applicants are then listed on the certificate in score order, and preference-eligible applicants are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles with the same score. Qualified preference eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more are listed at the top of the certificate in rating order.

This announcement uses the set number of applicants referral method under 5 CFR 332.402(b)(3). The top 15 applicants will be referred for consideration. If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview. We will not reimburse costs related to the interview such as travel to and from the interview site.

Simultaneous Listing: Candidates may be referred simultaneously on multiple certificates for which they are interested, eligible, and within reach.

If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)), you must achieve a well-qualified score of 80 or higher to receive special selection priority.