About the Position: This position serves as a senior Human Resources Specialist that applies the full range of HR methods and principles to advise management on staffing requirements, resources, and personnel issues for the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Duties

Advise management on recruitment strategies, special programs, and incentives. Provide guidance on merit system principles, prohibited personnel practices, selection criteria, and other approaches that may help with staffing and employee retention. Explain procedures to inquiring employees, candidates, and supervisors. Complete necessary documents on personnel actions. Maintain visibility over recruitment actions from cradle to grave and aid in all stages of the recruitment process. Construct job analyses to determine the specialized knowledge, skills, abilities, and other competencies necessary for the recruitment and placement of well-qualified individuals. Prepare vacancy announcements for Federal civilian positions using USA Staffing or similar automated vacancy announcement system, ensuring information contained in the vacancy announcement meets agency requirements. Code personnel actions based on the Guide to Processing Personnel Actions utilizing an automated HR system such as the Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS). Advise on overseas policies, to include tour rotations, travel regulations, and pay entitlements. Ensure overseas regulations are understood and enforced.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. QUALIFICATION FOR A GS-09 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes using human resources software applications for creating and posting vacancy announcements; developing announcements and occupational questionnaires for entry to mid-level positions; reviewing application materials for eligibility and qualifications for referral; and responding to applicant inquires. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B or J.D. with a major study in Business Administration, Human Resources or similar degree program. 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 the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. QUALIFICATION FOR A GS-11 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes [Providing civilian human resources advice and guidance to managers, employees and applicants; conducting strategic recruitment discussions, job analysis, creating and positing job opportunity announcements and occupational assessments, reviewing applicant qualifications, and referring eligible candidates for employment consideration; researching and interpreting civilian staffing regulations and procedures; researching classification standards to classify positions and prepare evaluation statements. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. with a major study in Business Administration, Human Resources or similar degree program. 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 the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. QUALIFICATION FOR A GS-12 Specialized Experience One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Performing technical services to include coding personnel actions, conducting federal pay setting, developing job announcements, issuing referral lists, and on-boarding new hires; 2) Researching civilian personnel regulations to provide advisory services to employees and management; 3) Conducting job analysis to develop assessment tools for evaluating job applicants; AND 4) Utilizing automated Human Resources (HR) systems to complete staffing assignments. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Customer ServiceHR Information SystemsStaffing & Recruiting Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Contacts

• Address RM-W6D4AA CHRA USACE DIRECTORATE-POD DO NOT MAIL Washington, DC 20314 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk