Kickstart your career at an agency that celebrates, supports and thrives on building the bridge that ensures intellectual property (IP) rights are accessible to everyone. Our HR Assistants are able to assist in making meaningful change within the IP Community by ensuring the hiring of a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Duties

This position is located in the Office of Human Resources, Patents or Trademark Corporate Employment Divisions. This role is the ideal next career step for you if:

Requirements

• Applicants will only be accepted from United States Citizens and Nationals.
• Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related competencies.
• You must meet the definition of specialized experience.
• Required to pass a background investigation and fingerprint check.
• Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov)
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.
• Time-in-grade/band requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
• Suitable for Federal Employment

Qualifications

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. OPM Qualifications Standards are available at Clerical and Administrative Support Positions. Specialized Experienceis experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the federal service. GS-06 For this position, the next lower grade level is a GS-05. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience in initiating and processing personnel actions (e.g., new hire actions, promotions, resignations, pay changes, changes in duty station) utilizing a variety of human resources-related systems such as HR Connect, NFC, EPIC, PMSO, Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF); Experience in processing personnel actions in both the competitive and excepted services: Experience in providing administrative support to Human Resources Specialists (e.g., organizing information for participants attending new hire orientation, preparing tentative and final offer letters, creating new hire folders, uploading case file documents) and responding to applicant and/or other inquiries. GS-07 For this position, the next lower grade level is a GS-06. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience in providing administrative support to Human Resources Specialists (e.g., organizing information for participants attending new hire orientation, preparing tentative and final offer letters, creating new hire folders, uploading case file documents) and responding to applicant and/or other inquiries; Experience in processing personnel actions in both the competitive and excepted services. Experience in initiating and processing personnel actions (e.g., promotions, resignations, pay changes, new hire actions, changes in duty station) utilizing a variety of human resources-related systems such as HR Connect, NFC, EPIC, PMSO, Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF); Experience in assisting with the resolution of system and data errors arising from the interface of an internal human resources information and external payroll system. GS-08 For this position, the next lower grade level is a GS-07. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience in applying human resources rules, procedures, and operations (e.g., to provide consultative services to customers and HR Specialists to discuss customer hiring plans, assist HR Specialists with evaluating applicant qualifications, draft vacancy announcements, and make job offers to selected candidates); Experience in processing personnel actions in both the competitive and excepted services. Experience in initiating and processing personnel actions (e.g., promotions, resignations, pay changes, new hire actions, changes in duty station) in a Human Resources Information System (HRIS) that interfaces with an outside third-party payroll system. Experience in independently monitoring and resolving system and data errors from the interface of an internal HRIS and external payroll system. 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.

Education

As a general rule, education is not creditable for the grade levels covered in this vacancy announcement. However, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position.

If this position requires proof of higher education, or you are substituting education for experience, you must submit an unofficial transcript or a list of courses that includes the following information: name of accredited institution, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements.
Please refer to http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/policy/ApplicationOfStds-04.asp for more information. You are not required to submit official documents at this time; copies are sufficient.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. A listing of these accredited organizations can be found on the Department of Education's website - US Department of Education. Another listing of services that can perform this evaluation is available at the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) website. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation when requested will result in lost consideration.

NOTE: Only education and experience acquired before the filing deadline will be considered. Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Contacts

• Address TMCO - Office of Human Resources Office of Human Resources Mail Stop 171 P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 US
• Name: Sherry Harrison
• Phone: 571-270-5235
• Email: [email protected]