You will serve as a HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT) in the Recruitment & Staffing (N11B1), Recruitment & CIVMAR Processing Branch (N11B), Civilian Workforce Policy & Sustain (N11), Total Force Management Program Office (N1) of MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND.

Duties

You will provide expert HR management advisory and technical services on complex and wide-impacting customer functions and work practices. You will develop long and short range staffing plans to meet forecasted mission requirements. You will create Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders, provide PCS counseling and calculate a variety of PCS costs for new hires, relocating MSC employees, and other relocating Federal employees. You will provide guidance on merit system principles, prohibited personnel practices, the development and use of valid selection criteria, and other approaches that may help in staffing the organization. You will take all appropriate steps and actions to appoint, promote, detail, reassign, demote, transfer, reduction-in-force (RIF), etc., in accordance with established policies, regulations, and program goals. You will research the qualifications and skills needed and conduct job analyses with subject matter experts to distinguish truly well qualified applicants and those with the ability to learn the job in reasonable periods of time. You will orient new, high level employees on civil service and agency personnel policies, rules, regulations, rights, benefits, services, and related matters. You will manage and maintain full visibility over all Request for Personnel Actions from cradle to grave, and provide advice/assistance in all stages of the recruitment process.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

To qualify for the HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (RECRUITMENT & PLACEMENT), GS-0201-12, your resume must demonstrate at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience consulting managers on staffing requirements, resources or problems involving a high degree of complexity; Interpreting and/or applying laws, regulations, policies, or practices to provide advice to officials, supervisors, and/or employees on a variety of HR functions; Experience utilizing HR database systems to query, retrieve and/or analyze information in order to complete assignments; Experience creating permanent change of station (PCS) orders for new hires, relocating internal employees or other relocating Federal employees in accordance with federal regulations; Experience providing PCS counseling for new hires, relocating internal employees or other Federal employees in accordance with established timeframes; Experience developing long and short range staffing plans to meet forecasted mission requirements, human capital losses or reorganization proposals. To qualify for the HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (RECRUITMENT & PLACEMENT), GS-0201-11, your resume must demonstrate at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience explaining regulations, procedures or determinations to inquiring employees, candidates or supervisors; Experience utilizing HR database systems to query, retrieve and/or analyze information in order to complete assignments; Experience providing assistance/advice in all stages of the recruitment process; Experience researching the qualifications needed to distinguish well qualified applicants or those with the ability to learn the job within reasonable periods of time; Experience preparing or completing necessary documents and case files on personnel actions. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

There are no educational substitutions for specialized experience for GS-12.

GS-11
In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.M., if related

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND 471 East C Street Norfolk, 23511 GB
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]