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Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment/Placement)

Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administration
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Summary

The VISN 22 Desert Pacific Healthcare System is hiring Human Resources Specialists (Recruitment/Placement) for the Consolidated Staffing Shared Service Unit, Team F. This team is responsible for the recruitment and staffing of Title 5, Hybrid Title 38, Title 38, and Wage Grade positions located at the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System located in Tucson, AZ and the New Mexico VA Healthcare System located in Albuquerque, NM.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
01/21/2022 to 01/26/2022
This job will close when we have received 100 applications which may be sooner than the closing date. Learn more
Salary
$66,214 to - $103,176 per year

Salary shown is for Rest of US scale. Salary to be determined by location.

Pay scale & grade
GS 11 - 12
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Location Negotiable After Selection, United States
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Not required
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
12
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk
Trust determination process
Announcement number
CAZJ-11364079-22-MB
Control number
632546300

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Duties

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RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT (55 PERCENT):

  • Reviews the application packages of applicants in accordance with agency's qualification standards.
  • Drafts assessments and announcements based on classified position descriptions or functional statements and completed job analysis forms by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in the USA Staffing system.
  • Sends reviews to Hiring Managers to make changes/edits to announcements.
  • Posts announcements on USAJOBS website.
  • Issues certificates to Hiring Managers.
  • Sends Notice of Ratings and Referrals (NORs), and disposition letters to applicants.
  • Audits and completes certificates.
  • Updates various documents, spreadsheets and databases regarding recruitment and staffing.
  • Reviews recruitment packages to ensure all documents are received from the service lines for the recruitment requests.
  • Consults with supervisors/managers regarding the marketing sources for viable applicants for positions and recommends strategies for overcoming employment barriers.
  • Provides technical advice and assistance to HR staff and management officials in all areas of recruitment and staffing.
  • Supports employment programs by advising supervisors/managers on the fundamental legal and regulatory provisions of these programs.
  • Coordinates and works with leadership regarding priorities for positions to be filled.
  • Troubleshoots and resolves recruitment requests and contact Hiring Managers to finalize recruitment actions.
  • Processes a variety of requests for personnel actions (RPAs) to fill a variety of positions and ensures that all personnel actions meet regulatory requirements.
CONSULTATION (45 PERCENT):
  • Evaluates trends in missions, technology, manpower, fiscal resources and other factors influencing future needs.
  • Advises staff on difficult and unusual recruitment, placement, and pay issues or problems.
  • Advises on the selection of SMEs and the rating panel process.
  • Provides advice to management and resolves problems that arise in administering recruitments.
  • Prepares written correspondence and other documents, such as newsletters, congressional inquiries, responses to reconsiderations, verbal and/or written inquires from employees and other internal/external customers.
  • Provides guidance to internal/external customers on regulations, policies, directives and applicable supplements.
  • Consults with Hiring Managers on recruitment strategies, such as job fairs, social media, recruitment campaigns, graduates, colleges/universities, private sector and other specialty talent.
  • Creates benchmarks by utilizing quantitative and qualitative recruitment data from OIG, annual workforce planning studies, special initiatives, and other VHA applicable studies and data to achieve short and long-term recruitment outcomes.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm PST
Virtual: This is a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment/Placement)/PD99989A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

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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
  • You may be required to serve a probationary period
  • Subject to background/security investigation
  • Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
  • Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
  • Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Personnel

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/31/2022.

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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09.
For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11.

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.


You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

To qualify for GS-11:

  • Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-09) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: applying laws, executive orders, regulations, policies, concepts, and various HR policies, practices, procedures, and management controls of the recruitment and placement functions sufficient to provide comprehensive staffing and placement services; developing various recruitment strategies; advising management officials of various types of appointments; advising on procedural and regulatory requirements in recruitment and placement; developing vacancy announcements; using a variety of standardized internal/external recruitment strategies to aid in strategic recruitment planning; and advising on position career patterns;
    OR,
  • Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR three (3) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR a LL.M, in related field. ;
    OR,
  • Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education as listed above.

To qualify for GS-12:
  • Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-11) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: applying a wide range of HR concepts, principles, laws, regulations, and practices to include OPM requirements, VHA specific policy and labor organization agreements for Title 5, Hybrid Title 38, and full Title 38 positions; providing custom recruitment strategies and consultative services; applying quantitative and qualitative data to advise leadership in regards to employment and recruitment trends; providing comprehensive HR services; developing various recruitment strategies; advising management officials of various types of appointments; advising on procedural and regulatory requirements in recruitment and placement; developing vacancy announcements; using a variety of standardized internal/external recruitment strategies to aid in strategic recruitment planning; and advising on position career patterns..
  • There is no education substitution for the GS-12 grade level.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
  • Customer Service
  • Problem Solving
  • Recruitment/Placement
  • Technical Competence


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.

Note: 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.

Physical Requirements: Work of the position is mainly sedentary.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Additional information

Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

As required by Executive Order 14043, Federal employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 regardless of the employee's duty location or work arrangement (e.g., telework, remote work, etc.), subject to such exceptions as required by law. If selected, you will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit documentation of proof of vaccination before your start date. The agency will provide additional information regarding what information or documentation will be needed and how you can request a legally required exception from this requirement using the reasonable accommodation process.


If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.

How you will be evaluated

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

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

Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.

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