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Job opening: Human Resources Assistant

Salary: $63 939 - 83 123 per year
Published at: Apr 22 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Workforce Management & Consulting Office (WMC), Human Resources Operations Office (HROO) is looking for talented individuals to join its growing HR workforce! Opportunities exist in a variety of HR functional areas.

Duties

Human Resources Assistants provide a variety of HR administrative and support services to produce results that accomplish the agency mission and support strategic goals and objectives. This announcement encompasses multiple specialties within the field of HR. A brief summary of duties for each specialty include but are not limited to: A brief summary of duties for each specialty include but are not limited to: Benefits: assists HR Specialist in providing human resources support that entails determining the approach and methods needed to process personnel action, and ensures related Worklife Benefits, Leave Administration and Reasonable Accommodation functions are completed in a timely fashion. Classification: serves as the point of contact for customers on basic classification issues, reviews incoming requests for re-descriptions, reorganizations, or establishment of new positions as well as assists Classification Specialists with other administrative duties. Compensation: assists HR Specialist with analyzing, interpreting, developing, and/or implementing laws, regulations, policies, and/or guidance involving subject matter areas within compensation administration such as pay schedules, salary surveys, and retention incentives. Employee Relations/Labor Relations: serves as a HR Assistant for the ER/LR and/or Performance Management sections performing administrative work to support HR Specialists in these areas. Recruitment & Placement: provides support work to HR Specialists in determining the approach and methods needed to staff positions at a specific grade level, processing personnel actions, and ensuring related staffing functions are completed in a timely fashion. Technical/Reviewer: supports HR Specialists in processing and reviewing a wide range of personnel actions to ensure actions fully process and provides assistance in the electronic Official Personnel (eOPF) system to include but not limited to ensuring supporting documentation that does not automatically flow is indexed and uploaded, Standard Form 50s are filed accurately, prior service folders are requested when necessary, and that separated files are transferred out upon employees separating from VA service. Promotion Potential: This position is at the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: 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. 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. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Incumbent will have to report to a VA facility. Position Description/PD#: Human Resources Assistant Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/26/2024. 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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. 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 may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience for GS-7: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-6) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: accomplishing routine support tasks within a HR office such as preparing HR related forms, correspondence, and reports; using MS Office applications and computerized systems to edit, track, and/or retrieve HR related information; processing personnel related actions and maintaining personnel files; applying a standardized body of HR rules, procedures, and operations to complete assigned tasks. NOTE: Your resume must show evidence of specialized experience performing duties associated with the HR functional specialty area for which you are applying and be supported by detailed documentation of duties performed in positions held. A list of specialties are listed in the the announcement and assessment You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Interpersonal Skills Reasoning 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. 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 For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

  • Address VHA Central Office - Human Capital Management 810 Vermont Avenue NW Washington, DC 20420 US
  • Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
  • Phone: (844)456-5208
  • Email: [email protected]

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