This position is located in the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Operations, Office of Human Resources, Division of Workforce Relations. The duty location for this position is in Rockville, MD and is not eligible for remote work. **Applicants please note: Additional selections may be made across the Health Resources and Services Administration through this vacancy announcement.**

Duties

This position will be filled as a competitive temporary appointment not to exceed 1 year. The appointment may be extended or may be made permanent without further competition. This is a supervisory position, and the selectee may be required to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period. As a Supervisory HR Specialist within the Division of Workforce Relations (DWR) you are responsible for the management of HRSA's compensation, benefits, and employee services programs. Your major duties and responsibilities include: Providing day-to-day supervision and direction, assigning performance ratings, recommending awards, taking disciplinary actions, and ensuring that employees receive proper formal and informal training. Analyzing, interpreting, developing, and implementing policies, laws, regulations, and guidance involving compensation and benefits administration, and advising management. Acting as Agency liaison to and representing the Agency before the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and other organizations within and outside the Agency, etc. Providing expert advice, guidance, and counsel to managers, employees, former employees, annuitants, beneficiaries, survivors, and eligible family members regarding complex matters in benefits, retirement, group life insurance, health benefits programs, etc. Providing and presenting timely information in a clear, concise, and professional manner. Ensuring that information is technically correct and providing complete information on which to base a decision. Evaluating guidance from OPM, HHS, to determine applicability to HRSA programs. NOTE: Do not cut and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Requirements

• U. S. Citizenship is required.
• HRSA Federal applicants must submit an SF-50 to show status and time-in-grade. Must meet Time-in-Grade by the closing date of this announcement.
• Males ages 18 through 25 must be registered with the Selective Service.
• PHS Commissioned Corps applicants must submit current personnel orders.
• A one year supervisory probationary period may be required.
• Employment is subject to the successful completion of the pre-appointment process (i.e., background investigation, verification of qualifications and job requirements, completion of onboarding forms, submission of required documents, etc.)

Qualifications

ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE 08/26/2024. This announcement is only open to CURRENT HRSA competitive permanent/career or competitive career conditional employees. As verification of status and time-in-grade at HRSA, applicants must provide the following two SF50s with their applications by the announcement closing date of 08/26/2024. Appointment/hire /conversion SF50 for your current position with HRSA that reflects the following: Box 24 showing the number "1" for PERMANENT status (aka career status) OR number "2" CONDITIONAL. Box 34 showing the number "1" for COMPETITVE. AND 2. Most recent competitive career-ladder promotion OR most recent With-in Range Increase. Not sure which SF-50 to submit? Check out our video... Go here to watch the video on the SF50s to submit in your application package. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS: MINIMUM QUALIFYING SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, an applicant's one full year of specialized experience must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for successful job performance. In order to qualify for this GS-15 position, your resume must clearly demonstrate that you have one full year of the minimum qualifying specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-14 level in the federal service. Examples of minimum qualifying specialized experience equal to the GS-14 level include performing the following types of tasks on a regular and recurring basis: Providing strategic technical and administrative advice and guidance on complex employee benefits, retirement, or compensation matters that impact employees. 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; community; student; social). If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited. Applicants whose resumes clearly demonstrate the required minimum qualifying specialized experience will be evaluated based on the occupational assessment competencies listed below. A COMPETENCY is defined as a measurable pattern of knowledge, skills, abilities, behaviors, and other characteristics that an individual needs to perform work roles or occupational functions. LEADERSHIP - Inspires, motivates & guides others toward goal accomplishment; coaches & mentors subordinates; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations; models high standards of honesty, integrity, trust, openness, & respect for individuals by applying these values to daily behaviors. FEDERAL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS - Understands and demonstrates knowledge of federal HR concepts, principles, and practices related to retirement, insurance, injury compensation, and other employee benefits programs. TECHNICAL WRITING - Prepares written documentation to transfer technical information about concepts, situations, products, services, or results to audiences with varying levels of technical knowledge. To preview the occupational assessment questionnaire, please click on the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12518519

Education

Contacts

• Address Health Resources and Services Administration 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 US
• Name: AskHR HRSA Helpdesk
• Phone: (301) 443-3780
• Email: [email protected]