This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Protective Service (FPS), Washington, District of Columbia.

Duties

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a personnel advisor for the Workforce Planning Division performing a variety of duties relating to the management of administrative and personnel services. Duties performed: Formulates and provides recommendations that may influence which courses of action management should pursue regarding staffing requirements, workforce resources, program objectives, and problems; Research and recommend improvements to employment incentive options such as recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses designed to attract and retain highly technical or desired skills set/competencies; Identifies, deficiencies, or discrepancies; determines improvements or modifications to current practices or procedures; Conducts educational sessions for personnel on processes within the division to assure full understanding and uniform implementation and efficiency; Serves as a supporting resource for preparing and finalizing the selection packages and forwarding the packages to the approving officials.

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Minimum Qualifications/Specialized Experience requirements as noted below: GS-11 Qualifications: Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Minimum Qualification requirements as noted below, either through the specialized experience, education or a combination of the two. Specialized Experience: GS-11: Applicant must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-09 level in the Federal service that included: Providing technical support for a human resources program to include utilizing automated personnel programs to extract data and/or generate reports; Initiating personnel actions; and Screening records or documents for completeness, accuracy and regulatory compliance. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise, you will be found ineligible. Only the first five pages of your resume will be used to make this determination. -OR- Education: Successfully completed Ph.D.; or equivalent doctoral degree; or three (3) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree, e.g., LL.M., if related at an accredited college or university in a field that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform this work. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your college transcripts (official or unofficial) to support your claim. -OR- Combination of Experience and Education: Combination of specialized experience (less than one year) and graduate education (less than three years), that when combined equals 100% of the qualification requirement. NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of two years (generally 36 semester hours) may be used in this calculation. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your college transcripts (official or unofficial), and your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise, you will be found ineligible. GS-12 Qualifications Specialized Experience: GS-12: Applicant must demonstrate one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) performing the following duties: Applying federal civilian human resource guidelines, policies, standard operating procedures and regulations; Providing program guidance and assistance on a variety of federal civilian personnel programs; and Screening records or documents for completeness, accuracy and regulatory compliance and coordinating corrections. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Only the first five pages of your resume will be used to make an eligibility/qualifications determination. Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current competitive service employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. NOTE: All current or former Federal employees must provide a copy of their SF-50 (you may need to submit more than one), "Notice of Personnel Action" that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility. The SF-50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure (1 or 2), and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). You may need to submit more than one SF-50 to comply. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification. NOTE: 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). 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.

Education

If you are claiming education as any part of your qualifications for this position, you must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that 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. Failure to provide such documentation with your application will result in lost consideration. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Department of Homeland Security Headquarters OCHCO/HRMS/MS #0170 6595 Springfield Center Drive Springfield, VA 20598-0170 US
• Name: Philadelphia Services Branch
• Email: [email protected]