This position is located in the Civil Rights Division's (Division), Administrative Management Section. As the Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits), you will provide guidance and consultation on retirement, insurance, health benefits, performance management, awards, leave, and injury compensation.

Duties

As a Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits), duties include but are not limited to: Administering the Division's benefits and retirement program by providing guidance and consultation to employees regarding retirement, insurance, and health benefits and entitlements; Providing information necessary to assist employees with making irrevocable benefits decisions and to garner the maximum gains from available benefits; Preparing Division correspondence on sensitive, complex, or highly contested case matters and retirement determinations; Counseling employees on flexible spending accounts, dental and vision insurance, and the federal long-term care program; Preparing for the annual Open Season Benefits Fair by providing information to employees on benefits updates for the new coverage year; Representing the Division at new employee orientation sessions by making presentations about the benefits programs; and Managing the Voluntary Leave Transfer Program (VLTP) and the Performance Management Program.

Requirements

Qualifications

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR (SPF): In addition to the specialized experience requirements, an SPF will be used to determine basic qualifications. If you do not possess the required SPF, you will not receive consideration for this position. Extensive knowledge of the Federal Government Retirement Program Resume must demonstrate knowledge and experience counseling employees on their retirement options; determining eligibility for retirement under CSRS/FERS; calculating employee retirement estimates; verifying military civilian service and advising on post-1956 deposit; and preparing complete and error-free retirement packages for submission to OPM. (You will not receive credit for this SPF by cutting and pasting the above experience in your resume.) In addition to the SPF above, you must also possess the following specialized experience. Specialized Experience Requirements To qualify at the GS-12 grade level, You must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service or other pay system. Specialized experience must include: Verifying creditable service for federal retirement and benefits applications; and Calculating creditable service for federal retirement purposes and determining if employees are eligible for federal retirement and benefits. Your resume must demonstrate at least two (2) of the following: Providing guidance, briefings, and training to employees, former employees, annuitants, survivors and beneficiaries regarding retirement, health and life insurance, health benefits, and TSP; Utilizing human resources systems, such as National Finance Center (NFC), to process updates to employee benefits information, solve benefits issues and code/process personnel actions for retirement, benefits, and leave related transactions; and Making retirement and/or benefits determinations in compliance with applicable policies & procedures, regulations, and laws. To qualify at the GS-13 grade level, candidates must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service or other pay system. Specialized experience must include: Independently make retirement and/or benefits determinations in compliance with applicable policies & procedures, regulations, and laws; Corresponding with employees, beneficiaries, and/or service-providers regarding benefit and retirement entitlements; and Assembling and submitting employee retirement packages for adjudication. Your resume must demonstrate at least two (2) of the following: Interpreting laws, regulations, and policies related to a benefit and retirement program; Providing guidance and assistance with all types of federal leave, in accordance with OPM policy and federal leave laws; and Utilizing human resources systems, such as National Finance Center (NFC), to process updates to employee benefits information, solve benefits issues and code/process personnel actions for retirement, benefits, and leave related transactions In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - please be sure to include this information in your resume. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. 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. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants applying for a grade higher than the grade you currently hold, must provide an SF-50, which shows type of service appointment, tenure group, grade, and salary. Your SF-50 Form must also show the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s over one year old). No award SF-50s will be accepted. Current Civil Rights Division employees are not required to submit an SF-50. All qualifications, time-in-grade, and education requirements (if applicable) must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume. YOUR RESUME MUST support your responses to the online questionnaire and provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience as described in the vacancy announcement. If you are using experience to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, please ensure that your resume includes the month and year that you began and ended each position held or that position will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Failure to provide details will result in an ineligible rating. Your latest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and supersedes previous submissions.

Education

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20530 US
• Name: Diane Turner
• Email: [email protected]