About the Position: Serve as a Civilian Human Resources Specialist for the Assistant Secretary of the Army (ASA), Manpower and Reserve Affairs (M&RA). The position is located at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA.

Duties

Advise managers or employees regarding human resources regulations and policies. Analyze data to identify workforce trends. Administer personnel management programs in a manner that facilitates strategic planning. Advise agency leaders regarding strategic human capital solutions. Align recruitment decisions with the agency's strategic workforce plan. Encourage organization elements to challenge unnecessary and burdensome requirements. Keep abreast of current developments affecting civilian human resources policies, regulations and guidance.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

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 Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: Your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: researching and interpreting civilian personnel laws and regulations; promulgating agency policy based on new laws and regulations; reviewing current agency policy for edits and updates based on new laws and regulations; and conducting surveys/studies to impact or influence the development of agency wide Human Resources personnel policy. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Organizational AwarenessPersonnel and Human ResourcesStrategic Workforce Planning Time in Grade Requirement: 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-14).

Education

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.

Contacts

• Address HT-W00SAA OFC ASST SECRETARY OF THE ARMY DO NOT MAIL Washington, DC 20310 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]