These positions are located in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Central Office (VACO) Human Resources Service Center (HRSC). The HRSC focuses on the establishment and transition of human capital services for VACO staff offices from the Veterans Health, Veterans Benefits, and National Cemetery Administrations. The incumbents of these positions serve as HR Information Systems and are responsible for providing reporting and analytics support to HR leadership.

Duties

Major Duties Include: Planning application of data systems to meet local HR requirements and consults with customers to design, implement, and maintain specific subsystems. Coordinating specifications for upgrades and enhancements to automated HR systems. Developing standard operating procedures, user documentation, and trainings to support user's understanding of enhancements and improvement of various automated systems and tools. Analyzing, designing, developing, and maintaining database structure and database applications to effectively manage organizational data assets and ensuring that the database collects, stores, and processes data that supports current and future organizational business needs. Providing reporting and analytics support to HR Leadership. Analyzing and interpreting system requirements and proposing updates or new procedures that impact HR. Managing internal and outward facing platforms ( such as internet, SharePoint, intranet, HRSmart, USAStaffing) Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level (GS-13) 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, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Compressed/Flexible: May be available Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual/remote position. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Authorized Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

• 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

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/03/2023. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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. 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 qualifications as described below: 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-12 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-09 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: providing guidance on a variety of complex HR problems as they result to automated human resources systems; making complex data retrievals from multiple sources of data; developing and maintaining manuals, instructions, and operating procedures for HR information systems; conducting formal and informal training on the use of human resources information systems. ~ OR~ Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 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: consulting with customers in the development of new or modified HR information systems/databases; assisting in developing solutions to improve functionality for HR information systems; providing technical assistance and instruction on HR automated systems procedures and applications; reviewing the effect of recommended modifications on other portions of the HR information system(s) and on requirements for external reporting requirements for the local databases. To qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria: Criteria 1- Graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 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: consulting with customers in the development of new or modified HR information systems/databases; assisting in developing solutions to improve functionality for HR information systems; providing technical assistance and instruction on HR automated systems procedures and applications; reviewing the effect of recommended modifications on other portions of the HR information system(s) and on requirements for external reporting requirements for the local databases. ~OR~ Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 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: knowledge of, and skill in applying, a wide variety of HR concepts, principles, laws, regulations, and practices and the interrelationships of various HR specialties as they relate to system processes/functions/capabilities and the infrastructure supporting the HR information system(s); serving as a senior specialist in the design, implementation, maintenance and/or operation of an automated HR information system(s) for assigned facilities; providing expert advice and guidance to management officials on a variety of complex HR problems as they relate to automated HR systems. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Attention to Detail Customer Service Interpersonal Skills Reasoning Self Management 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 is primarily sedentary. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

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

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.

Contacts

• Address VA Human Resources Service Center 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Cassie Noon
• Phone: 412-588-3926
• Email: [email protected]