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Duties

As a member of the F&M team, the Human Resources Division's mission is to make the Office of Chief Counsel, IRS an employer of choice and a leader in human capital planning and management. It develops strategies and tools for recruiting and hiring a highly skilled and high performing workforce to support the Office of Chief Counsel, IRS mission. The Human Resources Division provides strategic human capital services to approximately 2,000 Chief Counsel employees in sixteen business units, located in Washington, D.C., as well as designated field offices across the United States. The Human Resources Division is committed to excellent customer service and to fairly and equitably identify and employ innovative recruitment, retention, and professional development programs and services in the areas of staffing, classification, payroll, and benefits. As a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement), you will: Advise management in identifying, attracting, and retaining a diverse workforce. Perform research, analyze findings, and develop recommendations to improve recruitment and placement support for the organizational human capital management plan. Identify and address complex human capital issues related to recruitment and placement objectives, processes, techniques, and methodologies. Apply a wide range of HR concepts, principles, laws, regulations, and practices in the areas of recruitment and placement. Study and advise managers and supervisors on staffing requirements, resources, and problems in assigned offices involving a high degree of complexity. Consult with managers, supervisors, employees, etc. to interpret and apply laws, regulations, policies, etc. on various HR functions. Use current HR database systems to query, retrieve, and analyze information. (Such as HRConnect, NFC, etc.) Use HR examining systems for recruitment and placement - USA Staffing. Advise management on recruitment strategies, sources, and special programs. Provide guidance on merit system principles, prohibited personnel practices and use of valid selection criteria, and other approaches that may help in staffing the organization and in improving employee productivity, morale, and retention. Research qualifications/skills needed to conduct job analyses with subject matter experts to distinguish well qualified applicants and the ability to learn the job in reasonable periods of time. Process and certify a wide range of personnel actions such as reassignments, changes to lower grade, career ladder promotions, reinstatements, transfers, changes in work schedules, separations, etc. This is not an all-inclusive list. If selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform the duties of the position and will receive training to help you grow in the position.

Requirements

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• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See "Required Documents" for a list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCareer Transition Assistance ProgramCompetitive ReinstatementCompetitive TransferCurrent IRS EmployeeInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand ManagementMilitary SpousesOPM Interchange Agreement and Other Miscellaneous AuthoritiesPersons with Disabilities, Schedule AVeterans Employment Opportunities Act In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. To qualify for this position of Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement), you must meet the qualification requirements listed below by the closing of this announcement: For GS-12: Specialized Experience: Your resume must detail at least one year of specialized experience which includes: creating occupational questionnaires and vacancy announcements using an automated Human Resources Information System(s); applying personnel processing policies to code personnel actions; determining applicant qualifications and issuing applicant referral lists; interpreting and applying civilian recruitment and placement laws, regulations, policies, and practices to provide advice and guidance to managers, supervisors, employees, and/or applicants; and resolving uncommon pay, recruitment, and placement issues. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). For GS-13: Specialized Experience: Your resume must detail at least one year of specialized experience which includes: creating occupational questionnaires and vacancy announcements using an automated Human Resources Information System(s); applying personnel processing policies to code personnel actions; determining applicant qualifications and issuing applicant referral lists; interpreting and applying civilian recruitment and placement laws, regulations, policies, and practices to provide advice and guidance to managers, supervisors, employees, and/or applicants; and analyzing and resolving a variety of HR issues including those of a highly complex, sensitive, and controversial nature. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. Time in Grade Requirement for GS-12: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11). Time in Grade Requirement for GS-13: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Office of Chief Counsel, IRS Staffing, Classification and Benefits Branch 1111 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: Corri Munro
• Phone: 469-801-1028
• Email: [email protected]