This vacancy will close at 11:59 p.m. on the closing date or at 11:59 p.m. on the day in which 100 applications have been received, whichever comes first. This position is in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Information and Technology (OIT), Office of People Science, Human Resources Office. The OIT HR offers recruitment and staffing, onboarding, delegated examining, personnel security, position management, and performance management and awards for all employees within OIT.

Duties

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: HR Specialist Total Rewards Major Duties Include: Developing and overseeing comprehensive long-range work plans and schedules for HR functions, including annual, multi-year, and similar types of plans. Coordinating and integrating Service Level Agreement work and processes with the work of internal staff, including recruitment and staffing; onboarding; delegated examining; personnel security functions specifically with designating risk and security levels for positions; performing position management functions except for staffing models and organization change management; and performance management and awards for employees. Maintaining oversight of progress, quality, and performance of HR services, including decisions on the acceptability, rejection, or correction of work products or services affecting Service Level Agreement payment. Ensuring successful implementation of goals and objectives for the HR program, exercising delegated managerial authority. Determining staffing needs on a long-range basis, forming and directing teams and/or independently completing HR and other projects. Leading and improving the overall resource governance, management, and performance of the HR program applying sound business principles, exercising budgeting and fiscal accountability, and linking strategic program planning to budgeting and fiscal performance. Addressing and eliminating significant bottlenecks and barriers to HR production while fostering team building and promoting improved business practices. Adhering to approved policies, for example, the management of performance appraisal systems and resolution of personnel problems. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Selected candidate must have secured space at a VA or other government facility to receive an official offer. Virtual/Remote: This is not a virtual/remote position. Position Description/PD#: Human Resources Officer/PD700010 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not 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

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-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. 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. You must meet the Time-in-Grade requirement within 45 days of the closing date of the job announcement. 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-15 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-13 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: providing technical advice and counsel on complex human resources issues; providing analysis on the effectiveness of HR programs; recommending changes to established HR procedures or practices. ~OR~ Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 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: providing strategic leadership and management of human resource (HR) functions involving recruitment and staffing, onboarding, delegated examining, personnel security, position and performance management; developing, interpreting, and advising senior management on HR issues; ensuring compliance with governing HR laws, policies, and regulations.

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 OFFICE OF PEOPLE SCIENCE HR 810 Vermont Ave, NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Cassie Noon
• Phone: 412-588-3926
• Email: [email protected]