The position serves as a HR Business Partner located in the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) HR Strategic Business Unit (SBU) for Murfreesboro TN. The position provides oversight of the facility's hiring priorities and help to monitor hiring actions, manage the throughput, and be the liaison between the facility and the SSU staffing teams. If you are a motivated problem solver that works well in a team environment this is the job for you - Apply Today! ***Not a remote position***

Duties

***Relocation Incentive Authorized*** This position is not remote. You will be required to report to duty at the local facility. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: HR Specialist Total Rewards The HR Strategic Business Partner reports to the local facility Senior Strategic Business Partner (SSBP). In this role you will partner with service lines and other HR professionals to align resources with the facilities strategic goals and overall mission to be a leader in the local and regional labor market. Major duties include but are not limited to: Recruitment and Placement: Reviewing and consulting, in conjunction with the hiring manager, on job analysis and/or rating and ranking panels when needed; Receives and reviews local and regional recruitment requests. Identifying management problems and analyzing them from the management viewpoint; Providing technical advice and assistance to management officials. Serves as a staffing expert for the local labor market and focus on the attainment of highly qualified staff. Processes a variety of requests for personnel action (RPAs) to fill a variety of positions. Coordinates and works with local and regional operations regarding priorities for positions to be filled. Troubleshooting and resolving difficult and controversial internal and external staffing and placement problems. Evaluates applications and resumes using Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Veterans Administration (VA)qualification standards, verifies eligibility, and rates and ranks applicants. Works with local academic affiliates and other training sources to increase access to talent pools. Coordinates and participates in job fairs and outreach events. Serves as a active member of the strategic staffing plan. Consultation: Collaboratively evaluating trends in missions, technology, manpower, fiscal resources, and other factors influencing future needs; Coordinating with leadership stakeholders, to include local, regional and national leadership throughout the entire recruitment process and advising on the selection of Subject Matter Experts and the rating panel process. Preparing written correspondence and other documents; Advising and consulting on targeted recruitment strategies and non-traditional recruitment opportunities specific to the local and regional market area. Researches qualifications and skills needed and ensures the job analysis is properly formulated with subject matter experts to garner highly qualified applicants. Provides law, policy, and analysis to the manager to support their recommendations. Providing innovative recruitment solutions. Uses an advances skillset to focus on and help remedy issues regarding staffing levels. Keeps managers abreast of changes in the labor market and internal HR functions. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Administrative Days, Monday-Friday 8:00-4:30pm. Tour can be discussed during selection process. Compressed/Flexible: May be authorized by supervisor. Telework: Adhoc telework is for emergency situations. The selectee will need to report to the Alvin C York Campus located in Murfreesboro, TN on a full-time and regular basis. Remote: No Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Human Resources Specialist (Rec/Plac)/PD99989A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/22/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. The BASIC REQUIREMENT for the HR Specialist GS-0201 series is presumed met if found qualified at the GS-0201-7 level and above. To qualify for this position at the GS-9 level, you must meet one of the following: Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Knowledge and understanding of federal and non-federal personnel regulations and laws as it applies to recruitment and placement; advising management officials on various appointments and their appropriate application in both the competitive and excepted service; advise on the procedural and regulatory requirements governing the merit promotion process; conducting job analyses on a wide variety of occupations; develop rating factors and crediting plans; USA Staffing drafting and preparing announcements, determining applicant's eligibility, and issuing referral lists and certificates. ~OR~ Education: Successful completion of a Master's or equivalent graduate degree, two full years of progressively higher- level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.B. or J.D., if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. ~OR~ Combination: Combinations of successfully completed graduate level education (beyond the first year) and specialized experience, as described above, to meet the total requirements. The education portion must include graduate courses that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do to the work of this position. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 level, you must meet one of the following: Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Exp. and skill in applying a wide range of HR recruitment and placement functions; knowledge of federal personnel regulations, laws, techniques pertaining to Title 5, Hybrid Title 38 and full Title 38 positions, and guidelines to include OPM requirements; exp. working with a variety of difficult and complex HR work assignments; develop announcements in USA Staffing using a variety of recruitment strategies; knowledge of HR database systems to query, retrieve, and analyze information to complete and monitor routine and special assignments; provide advice and guidance to management officials on a variety of HR topics and issues to include pay administration. ~OR~ Education: Successful completion of a Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. ~OR~ Combination: Combinations of successfully completed graduate level education (beyond the first two years) and specialized experience, as described above, to meet the total requirements. The education portion must include graduate courses that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do to the work of this position. To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria: Criteria 1- Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience: Successful completion of a graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Experience and skill in applying a wide range of HR recruitment and placement functions; knowledge of federal personnel regulations, laws, techniques pertaining to Title 5, Hybrid Title 38 and full Title 38 positions, and guidelines to include OPM requirements; exp. working with a variety of difficult and complex HR work assignments; develop announcements in USA Staffing using a variety of recruitment strategies; knowledge of HR database systems to query, retrieve, and analyze information to complete and monitor routine and special assignments; provide advice and guidance to management officials on a variety of HR topics and issues to include pay administration. ~OR~ Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Expert exp. and skill in apply a wide range of complex HR concepts, principles, laws, regulations, and practices related to Title 5, Hybrid Title 38, and full Title 38; advising management officials of the various types of appointments; conducting thorough research and providing consultation on complex issues and provide recommendations to meet short and long term needs; assist in succession planning; applying quantitative and qualitative data to advise leadership regarding employment and recruitment trends; develop announcements in USA Staffing using a variety of standardized internal/external recruitment strategies to aid in strategic recruitment planning; advising staff on appointment types, procedural and regulatory requirements, difficult and unusual recruitment, and pay issues.

Education

Qualifying education for the GS-0201 series includes courses and programs in HR, HR development, HR management, business, business management/administration, industrial relations, labor relations, industrial psychology, organizational psychology, organizational development, management, organizational behavior, pre-law/law, legal studies, health care management/administration, public administration, public policy, human services, leadership and/or humanities.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix F1; Human Resources Specialist Qualification Standards GS-0201. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.

Contacts

• Address VHA VISN 9 Human Resources 1801 WEST END AVENUE SUITE 600 NASHVILLE, TN 37023-2570 US
• Name: Ryan Gurley
• Email: [email protected]