THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a SUPV HR SPEC (Title 5) (Temporary Promotion Not to Exceed One Year), Position Description Number T5023000 and is part of the VA HR, National Guard.

Duties

As a SUPV HR SPEC (Title 5), GS-0201-12, you will perform the below duties: 1. Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. Selects or recommends selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignments in consideration of skills and qualifications, mission requirements, and EEO and diversity objectives. Develops, modifies, and/or interprets performance standards. Explains performance expectations to employees and provides regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses. Holds employees responsible for satisfactory completion of work assignments. Appraises subordinate workers performance ensuring consistency and equity in rating techniques. Recommends awards when appropriate and approves within-grade increases. Hears and resolves employee complaints and refers serious unresolved complaints to higher level management. Initiates action to correct performance or conduct problems. Effects minor disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands and recommends action in more serious disciplinary matters. Prepares documentation to support actions taken. Identifies employee developmental needs and provides or arranges for training (formal and on-the-job) to maintain and improve job performance. Encourages self-development. Approves master leave schedule assuring adequate coverage for peak workloads and traditional holiday vacation time. Discharges security responsibilities by ensuring education and compliance with security directives for employees with access to classified or sensitive material. Recognizes and takes action to correct situations posing a threat to the health or safety of subordinates. Applies EEO principles and requirements to all personnel management actions and decisions, and ensures all personnel are treated in a manner free of discrimination. Periodically reviews position descriptions to ensure accuracy, and the most effective utilization of personnel resources. Explains classification determinations to subordinate employees. 2. In addition to supervision, performs work in one segment of a specialized function, such as classification, labor relations, employee relations, employee benefits, human resource development, equal employment opportunity, information systems, or HR support for military personnel as follows: Recruitment and Placement: Establishes state manpower policies and directs their implementation within NGB policies and authorization. Establishes and ensures implementation of procedures for the administration of the merit placement and promotion plan and other employment tools to include key staff policy and procedures for recruitment, placement, evaluation, and pay determinations. Implements and administers special emphasis staffing programs. Labor Relations: Advises both management and subordinates on matters pertaining to conduct and discipline, the labor management relations program, employee benefits and entitlements and contributions to the accomplishment of special programs. Directs the initiation and administration of disciplinary and non-disciplinary adverse actions. Manages the overall labor relations issues in a state with diverse labor organizations and a high level of labor activity. Compensation: Oversees the establishment of state policies for use of compensation tools (e.g., highest previous rate, EDP/HD), and recruitment and retention tools. Supervises the administration of pay setting and compensation regulations and tools. Reviews requests for recognition from labor organizations and recommends appropriate courses of action. Coordinates with labor organizations and their representatives when necessary. Directs the administration of the incentive awards, troubled employee and other employee relations. Human Resource Development: Establishes and administers a system for determining and documenting training needs, evaluating training courses, assigning priority to training plans and evaluating training accomplishments. Ensures preparation of budgetary recommendation for training needs, allocation of quotas, and scheduling of personnel for training. Equal Employment Opportunity: Develops and administers the equal employment opportunity programs. Coordinates procedures for monitoring progress of minorities and women, and providing documentation required from records within the office. Employee Relations: Performs administrative, technical or evaluative work concerned with establishing and maintaining employer-employee relationships that contribute to satisfactory productivity, motivation, morale, and discipline. Employee Benefits: Work that involves providing guidance and consultation to employees, former employees, annuitants, survivors, and eligible family members regarding retirement, insurance, health benefits, and injury compensation. 3. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• This position is not located at a bargaining unit.

Qualifications

NOTE:Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. TEMPORARY PROMOTION: Position opened to current employees in the Virginia Army National Guard Military Technician Program. Selected applicant will receive a temporary promotion Not to Exceed One Year. Should the need for temporary time limitations placed on this position no longer exist, the Temporary Promotion could be converted to a permanent action without further competition. Additionally, applicant selected can be returned to the position held prior to the Temporary Promotion when the temporary action is no longer needed. WHO CAN APPLY: GROUP A1 - All on Board Federal National Guard Employees within VANG employed with HRO. GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Applicant must have experience serving as a supervisor of Human Resources Specialist(s) and Human Resources Assistant(s). SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicant must have at least 12 months of specialized experience, education, or training equivalent to at least the GS-11 level, or equivalent pay band in other pay systems in the Federal government? This experience may also have been obtained in the private sector but must demonstrate that it is comparable to the GS grade indicated. This experience must include activities such as: Experience exercising supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Experience establishing state manpower policies and directs their implementation within NGB policies and authorization. Experience establishing and administers a system for determining and documenting training needs, evaluating training courses, assigning priority to training plans and evaluating training accomplishments. Experience performing administrative, technical or evaluative work concerned with establishing and maintaining employer-employee relationships that contribute to satisfactory productivity, motivation, morale, and discipline.

Education

Contacts

• Address VA HR 8000 JEFFERSON DAVIS HWY BLDG 430 Richmond, VA 23297 US
• Name: VaARNG Tech Jobs HRO
• Phone: 000000000
• Email: [email protected]