About the Position: Serves as an Operations Support Specialist, with the Operations Division supporting the project office with workforce shaping, financial management, employee training, position management, and assisting with recruitment actions. Temporary promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years and may be made permanent without further competition.

Duties

Coordinates personnel actions and serves as a liaison between Branch/Section Chiefs, employees and Civilian Personnel Advisory Center (CPAC) staff. Assist Branch/Section Chiefs on a variety of procedural and policy matters pertaining to personnel functions such as recruitment, position management and classification, employee/management relations, employee entitlement, awards, and training. Monitor the status of all personnel actions via the DCPDS system and provides updates to Branch/Section Chiefs to include notification of required actions to ensure deadlines are met. Track performance appraisal schedule and reminds supervisors of requirements for completing initial, mid-point progress review, and final counseling. Serve as the point of contact for annual mandatory training, PROSPECT, safety training, and new employee in-processing activities. Coordinate training courses to include securing a vendor(s), managing registrations, generating SF182s, coordinating payments, arranges employee travel / logistics for travel, and analyzing course evaluations. Generate SF182s and registers employees for courses and informs vendors of proper procedures for payment of tuition costs. Serve as the primary point of contact for all new employee in-processing. Serve as the primary POC for all questions on employee benefits and works with CPAC to provide answers to issues requiring further clarification or interpretation of regulations/laws. Provide Overhead support to project offices execution tracking.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. "The Area of Consideration is limited to employees serving continuously within the agency - Department of the Army." Current Civilian Employees of the Organization In order to qualify, you must meet the education or experience requirements described below. 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. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience GS-9: One year of specialized experience at the which includes analytical and evaluative skills to perform qualitative and quantitative assessments of work force management, budget data, personnel utilization; develop program plans and work methods; utilization of automated tools related to human resource requests, financial management; and managing and scheduling training requirements. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D. in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Human Resource Management or other related fields. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Administration and ManagementFinancial ManagementOral CommunicationStrategic Workforce PlanningTraining and Employee DevelopmentWriting Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent. For the GS-09: Must have held a GS-07 grade level or equivalent position for 52 weeks.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address RE-W2SM06 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-CHICAGO DO NOT MAIL Chicago, IL 60604 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk