You will serve as a HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (EMPLOYEE BENEFITS) in the Workers' Compensation Department of the Fleet Human Resources Office of FLEET HRO NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

You will counsel employees and provides follow-up services for employees who have submitted claims to the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP). You will resolve complex injury compensation issues through coordinated efforts with employees, supervisors, managers, OWCP, and attending physicians You will review injury data and analyze chargeback reports to identify injury trend and erroneous charges and initiate appropriate corrective action. You will develop and deliver FECA training to serviced commands to include supervisors, managers, and employees.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This position is eligible for part time, substantial or ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience applying the provisions of the FECA program sufficient to evaluate program trends, draw conclusions, and recommend actions. Experience counseling on retirement, health benefits, life insurance, and providing general support to employees, supervisors, and managers with personnel management theories, principles, laws, rules, regulations, and procedures sufficient to identify interrelated problems, draw conclusions, and recommend appropriate courses of action knowledge. Experience using HR personnel systems to appropriately code and process benefits actions, prepare retirement annuity estimates, and deposit/redeposit calculations. Experience preparing and presenting oral written findings and gain acceptance of difficult/sensitive corrective actions, and or develop and deliver program training. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Successful completion Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

Successful completion 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

Possession of an LL.M., if related

or

A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience

Contacts

• Address FLEET HRO NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD FFC HRO Portsmouth, VA 23701 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]