About the Position: This position serves as a Human Resources Specialist for the Joint Activities located in Fort Liberty, North Carolina. Fort Liberty is co-located with Fayetteville, North Carolina, a culturally diverse city. Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed (NTE) 3 years a current Army Employee.

Duties

Serve as a HR advisor/principal assistance on a full range of civilian HR personnel matters/functions, performance management, civilian awards and a variety of administrative duties and responsibilities. Provide seasoned advisory services involving the full range of Civilian Human Resources Management (CHRM) functional specialties. Advise management on complex HR tasks to include Foreign Travel Entitlements, Permanent Change of Station, Leave and Overtime, Incentives, and other pay related items. Research and interpret policies, regulations, laws, and manpower documents. Conduct analysis of issues and problems concerning internal missions, functions, organizational alignments, and manpower resource programming. Attend meetings with or without managers and supervisors to serve as a Civilian Human Resource expert in all areas of civilian human resource requirements. Prepare and conduct briefings/training at all echelons of the organization. Performs liaison functions HQDA, CHRA, DoD, OPM, HR Serving Centers, SOCOM Headquarters and its subordinated organizations. Provide customer service support to the organization on all aspects of human resources.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This is an obligated position. An obligated position is one to which an employee has statutory restoration rights or entitlement based on active military service, recovery from a compensable injury, or return rights based on an overseas tour.
• You will be asked to sign an agreement acknowledging that you are aware of the obligation and willing to be displaced under reduction in force procedures upon the return of the former incumbent.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.
• In accordance with Change 3 to AR 600-85, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program, employee must successfully pass a urinalysis screening prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• The duties of this position require the employee to travel less than 25% of the time.
• Term employment is subject to a one year trial period. Employees serving a trial period can be removed with limited appeal rights.

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 Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments In order to qualify, you must meet the education or 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. Specialized Experience GS-11: One year of specialized experience providing assistance on a wide range of Civilian Human Resources functional specialties, to include policy development, customer service, strategic planning, awards, and employee benefits; apply regulations, principles, practices, and procedures to resolve complex interrelated HR problems and issues; assist in gathering proposals for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of HR programs. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS 9). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. 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. Specialized Experience GS-12: One year of specialized experience providing technical assistance on a wide range of Civilian Human Resources functional specialties, to include policy development, strategic planning, compensation, performance management, incentives, employee benefits, awards, inspections and audits, and customer support; recommend HR principle solutions for potential operational shortfalls and issues; present research results and recommendations to improve the overall efficiency and quality of civilian human resources services. 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 the GS-12, 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 ServiceManaging Human ResourcesOral CommunicationStrategic Thinking 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-09). 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 DN-W4GKAA HQ JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND DO NOT MAIL Fort Liberty, NC 28310 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk