This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), Civilian Personnel Management Division (CPMD), with one vacancy in Newport, RI, Norfolk, VA, or Silver Spring, MD. This position is also announced under vacancy number OMAO-23-12071202-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Human Resources Assistant (Recruitment & Placement), you will perform the following duties: Oversee the completion of a wide range of personnel actions. Perform substantive technical and procedural work associated with processing recruitment, reassignment, promotion, and retirement actions, pay issues, etc. Provide technical assistance to program support offices, administrative points of contact and others concerning personnel and recruitment actions. Review processing of personnel actions to identify trends and problems and report recurring issues. Review Personnel Action Requests (PARs) using human resources processing and databases to ensure appropriate coding. Conduct PARs research and error resolution. Assist in resolution of pay problems that are complicated and require research, evaluation of options and coordination with multiple parties. Apply knowledge of automated personnel actions and its interface with the automated payroll system to resolve problems. Monitor error reports and performs audits of personnel actions to identify source(s) of errors. Perform human resources administrative support functions and special projects. Perform special projects or functions such as data collection and analysis, workforce analytics, develop charts and spreadsheets, etc. Conduct in-processing and New Employee Orientation. Maintain files of correspondence, directives, instructions and other publications. Note: The duties are at the full ZS-5 performance level and the ZS-4 are developmental leading to such performance.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify for the ZS-4 or GS-07 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower pay band (ZS-3) or GS-06 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Assisting in reviewing, coding or processing personnel and payroll actions; Utilizing personnel and payroll systems to input, update or retrieve information; and Assisting in providing guidance on submitting requests for personnel action and required documents. To qualify for the ZS-5 or GS-09 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower pay band (ZS-4) or GS-08 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Participating in overseeing the review, coding and processing of personnel and payroll actions; Using automated personnel and payroll systems to research processing errors and initiate corrective actions; and Assisting in providing guidance and interpretation in matters related to the processing of personnel actions.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Victor Cruz
• Email: [email protected]