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Duties

As a Human Resources Officer in the United States Attorney's Office (USAO), you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing a variety of human resources services to the United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas. Typical work assignments will include, but are not limited to: Serving as the authoritative consultant and key advisor to all management officials within the District on all functional areas of Human Resources management. Supervising a Human Resources Staff, making final technical decisions on work problems and products. Reviewing work in progress or upon completion to ascertain problems in accuracy, adequacy, and adherence to procedures and takes appropriate corrective action. Planning, developing, and administering an effective recruitment and retention program. Providing guidance on position management and classification of positions. Providing advice and assistance on performance management and employee relations. Administering a benefits program. Administering guidance on compensation and leave. Initiating, coordinating, and overseeing special studies, programs, and studies and facilitating the implementation of new or revised policies and programs.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See http://www.sss.gov/.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.
• If selected, you will be subject to the satisfactory completion of a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period unless this requirement has been met previously.

Qualifications

GS-13: To be eligible at the GS-13 level, you must meet one full year of specialized experience as defined below: Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level. Specialized Experience must have provided the applicant with the ability to support senior management of an organization through the planning, analyzing, managing and evaluating of a Civilian Federal Human Resources management program in the areas of staffing and recruitment and two or more of the following: position classification, performance management and recognition systems, compensation and leave, employee benefits or processing, records management and administration. Examples of specialized experience include: providing management with a wide range of strategies in administering staffing and placement activities; recommending changes in recruitment practices and processes; conducting analysis of positions and determining classification; preparing responses to external classification review/audit findings and recommendations regarding sensitive issues; providing advice and assistance on the processes and procedures of performance management systems and incentive awards; researching, interpreting and applying compensation laws and regulations to individual situations and questions raised by staff; counseling employees and beneficiaries on benefit programs coverage options, coverage, and advantages and disadvantages of benefits; ensuring timely resolution of processing system errors; ensuring that personnel files and records are maintained in accordance with agency rules, Office of Personnel Management, and National Archives and Records Administration guidelines. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/

Contacts

• Address Southern District of Texas 1000 Louisiana Street Suite 2300 Houston, TX 77002 US
• Name: Jack Pascoe
• Phone: 7135679660
• Email: [email protected]