The FRTIB is looking for a highly qualified and motivated individual to serve as a Human Resource Specialist. This Job Opportunity Announcement (JOA) may be used to fill other Human Resource Specialist, GS-0201-13 positions within the FRTIB in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Duties

The major duties of the position are: Utilizes USA Staffing to develop position announcements; accepts, reviews, and rates applications; certifies candidates; assists selecting officials with the selection process; and notifies candidates of the results. Adjudicates and applies veterans' preference on all DEU announcements. Counsels selecting officials regarding merit promotion and DEU requirements, placement, and veterans' preference procedures. Researches, interprets and applies federal HR rules, regulations, policies and directives to a variety of recruitment and placement issues. Researches the qualifications and skills needed and conducts job analyses with subject matter experts to distinguish highly qualified applicants from the minimally qualified. Makes use of special employment programs for students, veterans, the disabled, underutilized populations, minorities, and disadvantaged candidates. Assures compliance with all aspects of the agency's Career Transition Employment Program (CTAP) and other programs for displaced employees such as the Inter-Agency Career Transition Program (ICTAP). Advises management officials on recruitment sources and develops strategies to ensure maximum results to staffing requirements. Provides advice and technical guidance and consultation on a variety of employee benefits topics including the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) program, the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program, dental and vision insurance, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), workers compensation, Long-Term Care (LTC) injury compensation, and long-term disability programs. Prepares, classifies, evaluates, and develops standardized position descriptions to support agency initiatives. Position descriptions are developed for positions including GS-01 through GS-15 grade levels in the General Schedule (GS) personnel system.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet the Specialized Experience as described below. Specialized Experience: Applicants must also have at least one year of full-time specialized work experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the next lower level (equivalent to the GS-12) in the federal government. Specialized experience is defined as: (1) performing job analysis and developing assessment questionnaires; (2) preparing vacancy announcements and determining the eligibility and qualifications of applicants; (3) coding the full range of personnel actions to include accessions, conversions, reassignments, change to lower grades, etc. and reviewing personnel actions for accuracy and completeness; (4) advising on procedural and regulatory requirements governing the staffing process to hiring managers and employees; and either (5) interpreting and applying classification standards in order to classify clerical, administrative, professional, and technical positions; or (6) providing human resources advisory services to employees regarding benefits. This position requires that you obtain and maintain the Delegated Examining Certification. *This job announcement includes a Quality Ranking Factor - Delegated Examining Certification A quality ranking factor (QRF) is a knowledge, skill, or ability (KSA) that could be expected to enhance performance in a position but is not essential for satisfactory performance. QRFs could be expected to result in superior performance on the job. Applicants who possess such KSAs/competencies may be ranked above those who do not, but no one may be rated ineligible solely for failure to possess such KSAs/competencies. *Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations. 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. Specialized experience must meet 52 weeks equivalent to the next lower grade level. 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. Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, the veterans must 1) be a preference eligible; or 2) be a veteran separated after 3 or more years of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. (Note: Veteran's preference does not apply under Merit Promotion procedures. View VEOA information on Feds Hire Vets.) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). The ICTAP provides eligible displaced federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not ICTAP eligible. View information about ICTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility, you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and you are found Well Qualified for this vacancy. Well Qualified means you must meet all the minimum qualification standards listed above and be assessed and assigned the rating of at least Well Qualified to receive special selection priority. Well Qualified is further defined as possessing the Basic Qualifications and meeting the specialized experience noted above.

Education

Contacts

• Address Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Office of Resource Management 77 K Street NE Washington, DC 20002 US
• Name: HR Operations
• Phone: 202-942-1600
• Email: [email protected]