The Assistant Human Resources Officer (Senior Strategic Human Resources Business Partner) reports directly to the VISN Chief Human Resources Officer and contributes to overall VISN performance by providing tactical and strategic consulting on people and organization development strategies in support of business objectives at a designated VISN facility. The SSBP position may be responsible for covering more than one facility within their VISN.

Duties

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: HR Specialist Total Rewards Assigned duties but are not limited to:

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/11/2023. 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. 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: Comprehensive knowledge and experience in various HR functional areas such as ER/LR, SSC, RA, WLB and HRD; serving as a recognized senior level consultant for local and VISN executive leaders/managers as well as other senior HR staff and service line managers; developing appropriate plans and actions for management on significant HR issues and concerns; collaborating with and leading management teams toward change management process; leading special projects or studies critical to the resolution of local and/or VISN level operating issues and problems; and to interpret complex legislative, regulatory, and policy guidance to prepare study recommendations for management. ~OR~ 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: directing, overseeing and coordinating work projects and action items across HR functional program areas (ER/LR, SSC, RA, WLB and HRD); Apply a wide range of advanced HR principles , concepts and practices. Serve as a recognized senior advisor to top management on personnel laws, regulations, functions, policies, and procedures; advising on the development of local policies, HR management tools, and implementation of HR standard operating procedures; recommending, planning, and implementing programs, apply new developments to problems not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods; to collaborate with and lead management in employing change management process concepts and techniques such as strategic planning and workforce development, and lead special projects or studies of considerable scope and depth critical to the resolution of operating issues and problems; and to interpret complex legislative, regulatory, and policy guidance to prepare study recommendations for management.

Education

Qualifying education for the GS-0201 series includes courses and programs in HR, HR development, HR management, business, business management/administration, industrial relations, labor relations, industrial psychology, organizational psychology, organizational development, management, organizational behavior, pre-law/law, legal studies, health care management/administration, public administration, public policy, human services, leadership and/or humanities.

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

Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix F1; Human Resources Specialist Qualification Standards GS-0201. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.

Contacts

• Address VHA VISN 7 Human Resources 3700 CRESTWOOD PARKWAY NW SUITE 500 DULUTH, GA 30096-5046 US
• Name: Keosha Washington
• Phone: 803-738-5949
• Email: [email protected]