This position is located in the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), Civilian Personnel Management Division (CPMD), with one vacancy in Newport, OR. This position is also announced under vacancy number OMAO-24-12210355-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Human Resources Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Provide technical advice and expertise in Human Resources (HR) and administrative office related functions. Communicate and collaborate with managers and customers to initiate personnel actions or resolve issues. Analyze civilian administrative programs and common issues to determine needs and develop recommendations for improvement. Review and evaluate program activities and policies to ensure compliance. Initiate Standard Operating Procedures and guidance to assist managers with workflow and procedural steps in employee operations. Provide interpretation and instructions on laws, regulations, policies and procedures, and develop guidance on appropriate course of action. Analyze and advise management in determining staff training needs and provide guidance for the development of employee relations training, orientation, and informational programs. Participate in internal and external working groups. Respond to internal and external customers on HR related inquires and requests. Provide oversight and statistics on ensuring compliance in areas of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Labor Relations, and Employee Relations. Develop strategies on how to best negotiate for and represent the organization in matters pertaining to Labor Relations and Employee Relations program. Serve as representative to management officials and liaisons with the Bureau in employee and labor relations. Collaborate with managers to ensure collective bargaining agreement compliance. Maintain current regulations, policies and procedures for processing labor relations actions.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the ZA-3 or GS-11 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-2 or GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Analyzing and evaluating human resources policies and procedures and providing guidance to staff or management; Providing support or training for employee development, orientation, or informational programs; and Applying human resources rules and regulations for the execution of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Labor Relations, or Employee Relations. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: 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. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience as described above. Note: Only graduate-level education in excess of two full years is qualifying for combination of education and experience.

Education

College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Note: Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities 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. 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 by the closing date of the announcement will result in lost consideration. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Victor Cruz
• Email: [email protected]