About the Position: Serve as the Portland District's Talent Manager responsible for coordination and support of recruitment and retention, on/off-boarding, outreach efforts, workload/workforce assessment, and special projects designed to attract new talent to the organization and help retain existing talent that can meet the organizations current and future missions.

Duties

Providing talent management support for workload/workforce planning, strategic recruitment outreach, talent pipeline, networking, hiring, placement, on/off-boarding, retention strategies, incentives, and awards. Developing new and improved Initiatives for on and off boarding which include but not limited to sponsorship, acculturation, orientation, integration, and knowledge transfer. Ensuring development of organizational workforce needs and suggesting actions to ensure maximum civilian staffing for the organization. Coordinating workforce analysis activities and obtaining workforce/workload data to identify workforce and capabilities gaps. Providing advice and guidance to resolve, implement, or manage program or policy issues that affect workload/workforce capabilities. Advising organizational leadership, key supervisors, and Administrative Officers regarding management policies, procedures, and directives. Developing and implementing strategies for the effective recruitment and retention of the organization's employees. Coordinating and participating in outreach and recruitment events via public and other agency external networking events to increase awareness of the organization and promote excitement about the careers within it. Design recruiting plans and programs through analysis and study of the organization’s capabilities, competency gaps, and skills requirements to address its current and future mission needs. Identify competency gaps to design recruiting plans and programs to ensure the ability of the organization to successfully meet current and future mission requirements.

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 Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments 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: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) engaging with talent at outreach events to promote employment opportunities and organizational culture and fielding attendee questions; 2) developing surveys and other measurement tools to identify workforce trends in hiring, retention, turnover, sustainability, and acculturation; 3) innovating techniques to improve methods of recruitment; 4) analyzing data to identify trends and make recommendations to improve processes based on data; and 5) collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to develop contacts, establish relationships, and engage in transformative business solutions and initiatives. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). 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. 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-11)

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address RH-W2SJ01 USARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-PORTLAND DO NOT MAIL Portland, OR 97208 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk