This position is assigned to Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Business Center (BC), Human Resources Division, Workforce Operations Branch, Employee Care Center. The incumbent is responsible for providing help desk support, advice, and assistance to managers and employees on a variety of personnel management programs and personnel actions.

Duties

Provides personnel services such as generating, coding, and processing a wide variety of personnel actions; Utilizing various automated Human Resources Information Systems. Researches and interprets guidelines on cases concerning a wide variety of federal Human Resources functions, including complex personnel processing, issues of pay. Maintaining electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF) records. Assists human resources specialists with identifying and resolving problems; providing technical information, guidance, training, and assistance on the interpretation and application of rules, regulations, and procedures as needed.

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify at https://www.e-verify.gov/.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement 05/23/2024 including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below: GS-05 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level (or its non-Federal equivalent). One year of specialized experience which includes; interpreting and applying standard Human Resources rules, procedures and requirements related to a Human Resources functional area; prepare a variety of personnel documents and experience performing customer service activities by responding to Human Resources related inquiries. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04). OR Education: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages. GS-06 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level (or its non-Federal equivalent). Specialized experience for this position includes; interpreting and applying standard Human Resources rules, prepare a variety of personnel documents; experience utilizing automated personnel systems to process personnel actions; and experience performing customer service activities by responding to Human Resources related inquiries, and coordinating new employee orientation requirements. GS-06 TIME IN GRADE: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level (GS-05) in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). GS-07 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 level (or its non-Federal equivalent). Specialized experience for this position includes; processing a full range of Human Resource actions in accordance with appropriate laws and regulations; establishing and maintaining electronic Official Personnel Folders; processing and coding personnel actions; assisting in identifying and resolving payroll-related issues, appropriate pay adjustments. GS-07 TIME IN GRADE: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level (GS-06) in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). GS-08 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 level (or its non-Federal equivalent). Specialized experience for this position includes; interpreting and applying standard Human Resources rules, procedures and requirements related to a Human Resources functional area (employee benefits, recruitment and placement, personnel/payroll processing, classification, employee/labor relations, employee development) in order to prepare and review/verify a variety of personnel documents; experience utilizing automated personnel systems to process personnel actions and resolve issues related to automated processing activities; and experience performing customer service activities by responding to Human Resources related inquiries in person or in writing; coordinating new employee orientation requirements, and assisting in identifying and resolving payroll-related issues. GS-08 TIME IN GRADE: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level (GS-07) in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). 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 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 relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: You must submit a copy of your transcripts to include course number, title, completion and grade. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If a relevant course is not clearly qualifying (e.g. special topic, seminar, research, thesis, obscure or misleading course title, etc.), please submit an official course syllabi and/or detailed course description from the university/college for that particular course to ensure you are properly evaluated. Please note that qualifications determinations are based solely on the information submitted for each particular vacancy announcement.

Important: 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. Click on this link for more information.

Failure to provide all of the required documents/information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Contacts

• Address Farm Production and Conservation Business Center 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20250 US
• Name: Rose Navarro
• Phone: 919-376-8828
• Email: [email protected]