You will serve as a HR SPEC (RECRUITMENT & PLACEMENT) in the Marine Employment Branch (N11B2), of the Recruitment/Staffing & CIVMAR Processing Division (N11B), in the Total Force Management (N1), of MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND.

Duties

You will be responsible for assisting in the development, evaluation, and administration of the short and log-range plans concerning marine recruitment. You will be responsible for preparing promotions and hiring plans, including methods for ranking employees and applicants, based on procedures by other approved plans and within the framework of law, regulation, and MSC policy. You will be responsible for performing job analysis to determine the knowledge, skills, abilities, training, license requirements and personal characteristics required of a job. You will be responsible for preparing and publicizing announcements for internal and external vacancies, seeking the best qualified employees and potential applicants. You will be responsible for planning and scheduling Evaluation Boards for all positions. You will be responsible for developing plans, procedures, and operation methods for assignments.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-09) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience providing administration of merit staffing program, qualification review of internal and external candidates, determining appointment eligibility and administering the merit promotion program. Experience and knowledge in developing, evaluating short and long-range plans concerning marine recruitment. Experience in preparing hiring plans, including methods of ranking employees, and applicants based on established procedures, regulations and MSC policy. Experience and ability to conduct research and analysis of staffing and recruiting issues such as regulatory services, formal complaints and inquiries. Experience in providing management advisory services involving high degree of technical skills and ability preparing formal responses to management, employees, and third parties. Experience and ability to identify and analyze complex human resources problems in order to develop alternate solutions. Experience preparing, duty statements, crediting plans, and job analysis to determine the knowledge, skills, abilities, training, license requirements and personal characteristics required of a job. Experience and knowledge of reviewing qualification standards, and rating procedures. Experience in initiating, coordinating all requests for personnel actions from merit promotions, management identification of candidates with Selecting Official, Marine Employment, Payroll, Fleet, Medical, and Security and LER. Experience in preparing job announcements for internal and external vacancies. Experience in preparing, scheduling and conducting all evaluation boards. Experience in planning and scheduling all evaluation boards for all positions and responsible for following up on all pending promotions to ensure actions processed expeditiously in accordance with rules and regulations. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0200/human-resources-management-series-0201/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

Successful completion 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a doctoral degree

or

Possession of an LL.M., that is related to this position being filled. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/

or

A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience

***A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.***

Contacts

• Address MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND 471 East C Street Norfolk, 23511 GB
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]