This position is located in the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Human Resources. You will provide a variety of human resources management and advisory services in the following specializations: staffing and recruitment, pay administration, and policy. This establishes an open continuous announcement which will be used to fill vacant positions throughout the open period of the announcement. The first review will be 10 days after the opening date.

Duties

As a Human Resources Specialist, you will:

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen and eligible for consideration.
• You must meet specialized experience to qualify.
• Required documents must be submitted by the closing date.
• Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.

Qualifications

To determine which grade(s) you may be eligible for, review the following grade specific details.  You will be asked a few questions as part of your application but make sure to verify how you meet this experience in your resume or you may be deemed ineligible.   For the GS-12: You qualify for this grade level if you have at least one year of specialized experience, equal or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level, which included: Experience providing advisory services and administering staffing and recruitment programs for assigned organizational areas. Experience may include: Merit Promotion, Delegated Examining, special hiring authorities, Pathways, and position management; AND Experience working with internal customers to announce vacancies and hire a qualified workforce. Experience may include: Building Position Descriptions, Job analyses, and vacancy announcements; validating qualifications; setting pay; making offers of employment. For the GS-13: You qualify for this grade level if you have at least one year of specialized experience, equal or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level, which included: Experience providing advisory services and administering staffing and recruitment programs for assigned organizational areas. Experience may include: Merit Promotion, Delegated Examining, special hiring authorities, Pathways, and position management; AND Experience working with internal customers to announce vacancies and hire a qualified workforce. Experience may include: Building Position Descriptions, Job analyses, and vacancy announcements; validating qualifications; setting pay; making offers of employment; AND Experience researching and utilizing Human Resources policies, procedures, and regulations (such as 5 CFR and OPM) to provide guidance to customers. You cannot qualify on education at grades GS-12 and above, you must meet the specialized experience for each grade, which is cited above. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Technical - Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues. Interpersonal - Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences. Customer Service - Anticipates and meets the needs of both internal and external customers. Delivers high-quality products and services; is committed to continuous improvement. For all types of consideration, 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.All applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address DOT, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION Submit Application and Documents Online 1200 New Jersey Ave SE / HAHR - 50 Washington, District of Columbia 20590 United States
• Name: Automated Staffing Office
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]