This position is located in the Small Business Administration, Office of Human Resources Solutions (OHRS), Workforce Aquisition Division (WAD), in Washington, DC or Denver CO. The incumbent will provide the full range of recruitment and placement and Delegated Examining services, advice, and guidance on all aspects of human resources services for agency headquarters and field employees.

Duties

Duty Locations: The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the minimum locality pay up to maximum locality pay for all duty locations listed. The range will be adjusted for selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under OPM Salary & Wages. As a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment/Placement), GS-0201-11/12 you will be responsible for: Providing advice, guidance, technical assistance and operations level support to the Workforce Acquisition Division clients relating to staffing, recruitment and placement issues. Exercising review and approval authority on human resources staffing actions initiated by managers/supervisors. Providing human resources management advisory and technical services on substantial organizational functions and work practices. Coordinating with colleagues and other human resources professionals on the implementation and interpretation of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and OHRS regulations, rules, standards, policies and procedures for impact/effect on recruitment and placement operations and programs Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen
• You must successfully complete a background investigation.
• You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience for GS-11: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service, obtained in either the private or public sector: Experience researching and interpreting federal human resources management principles, concepts, regulations and policies to provide advisory services to management on staffing and recruitment; and Experience researching a variety of staffing concepts, practices, policies, precedents, and procedures to include Delegated Examining Unit (DEU) policies; and Experience utilizing an automated Human Resources (HR) staffing tool to complete staffing assignments. These qualifications must be clearly referenced in your resume. Specialized Experience for GS-12: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service, obtained in either the private or public sector: Experience applying advanced Federal human resources management principles, concepts, regulations, and policies in order to provide expert advisory service and/or authoritative policy interpretations on complex, controversial, or precedent human resources management issues; and Experience applying a wide range of staffing concepts, practices, policies, precedents, and procedures to include Delegated Examining Unit (DEU) policies; and Experience utilizing automated Human Resources (HR) systems to complete staffing assignments to include, but is not limited to preparing vacancy announcements, crediting plans, job analysis, screening for eligibility, and determining pay. These qualifications must be clearly referenced in your resume. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's Qualifications web site: Human Resources Management series 0201 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). 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. TIME-IN-GRADE: If you are a current career or career-conditional federal employee applying for promotion under Merit Promotion you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in positions at the next level lower than the position being filled All qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on 10/11/2024.

Education

If you do not meet the specialized experience requirements, you may also qualify with education. You MUST submit transcripts (official or unofficial) with this application if you wish to qualify based on education.

GS-11: Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related

OR

GS-11: Combination of Experience and Education: as specified above. For example, an applicant who has 1.5 full years of Ph.D. level education (i.e. 50% of education required) and 6 months of creditable specialized experience (i.e. 50% of the required experience) would equal 100% of the required experience for the position.

GS-12: Education may not be substituted for experience for this position.

APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Verify School accreditation. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. *** If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. *** For further information, click on: Foreign Education.

Contacts

• Address Office of Human Resource Solutions - OHRS 409 3rd Street, SW, 5th Floor Washington, DC 20416 US
• Name: Jessica Hunsicker
• Email: [email protected]