For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. This position is also being announced to All U.S. Citizens and Nationals under 24-DC-12214841-DE.

Duties

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing policies and procedures governing recruitment, selection, placement, merit promotion, and Delegated Examining authority and special hiring programs, along with classification, position management and compensation. The incumbent will serve as an advanced trainee, working closely with the Supervisory Human Resources Specialist providing human resources management services and advice and assistance to managers, hiring officials and employees of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Typical work assignments will include: Performs staffing and recruitment activities for positions throughout the Office by creating vacancy announcements, both merit staffing and delegated examining, determines applicants' qualifications, develops Certificates of Eligibles and makes referrals of eligible candidates to hiring managers. Coordinating delegated examining activities, maintains required documentation and case files in accordance with OPM, DOJ and EOUSA guidelines and requirements. Utilizes OPM's USA Staffing system to create vacancy announcements, develop and store position assessment criteria and analysis, position descriptions, develop and store occupational questionnaires. Collects statistical staffing data to be included in the various staffing reports, along with participating in periodic staffing audits. Ensures that all documentation is present in staffing and recruitment files, as well as classification files. Works closely with the senior HR Classification Specialist to assist in reviewing and developing position descriptions, preparing official coversheets, conducting desk audits, writing reports of findings, as well as preparing and writing evaluation statements. Assists senior Classification Specialist with preparing responses to external program review findings. Assists the HR Classification Specialist with the office-wide position maintenance review (PMR). Works closely with the senior HR Classification Specialist in monitoring and maintaining the Master Record Number database and the Staffing Plan for non-attorney positions by working with the IT Staff and the HR Staff to ensure the internal HR database Personnel Tracking System and other related HR databases are current and accurate. Provides advice on basic pay, premium pay and leave administration laws and regulations. Researches, interprets, and applies laws and regulations to individual situations to complete pay setting assignments and responds to pay questions raised by supervisors, employees and applicants. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS: To be found qualified at the GS-7 level you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level in the Federal Service OR 1 full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement. Specialized experience is defined as experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position to be filled. Examples of specialized experience are defined as experience performing human resources work which demonstrates a basic knowledge of utilizing personnel guidance, regulation manuals, and policies to prepare personnel documents, HR related correspondence and emails; using automated databases to enter and update information and generating reports to be used by managers to make recruitment, reorganization and budget decisions; writing requests for information, summary of findings; communicating with individuals to provide assistance with HR related questions and/or concerns; communicating with managers and supervisors to provide status updates for HR related assignments. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)- The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) -VEOA allows eligible veterans to apply and compete for positions announced under merit promotion procedures when the hiring agency is recruiting from outside its own workforce. To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed three (3) or more years of continuous active military service. If you are applying for a Merit Promotion announcement and wish to be considered under VEOA, you must submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214, in addition to any other required documents listed on this announcement. Special Employment Consideration - Persons with disabilities, veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more, certain other veterans, spouses of certain members of the armed forces, and returning Peace Corps volunteers are examples of individuals who are potentially eligible for non-competitive appointments. For further information, click on the links provided below . You must specify in your online questionnaire under what authority you wish to be considered and submit appropriate documentation to verify your eligibility. Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities Links: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/competitive-hiring/#url=Types-of-Appointments

Education

All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov
OR
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials. More information may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.

Contacts

• Address US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia 601 D Street NW Washington, DC 20530 US
• Name: Ann Lawrence
• Phone: (202) 252-6695
• Email: [email protected]