Job opening: Human Resources Assistant (Office Automation)
Salary: $39 576 - 51 446 per year
Published at: Oct 01 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans, LA.
In this position, you will assist Human Resources Specialists in facilitating personnel actions including employee development, staffing and classification, and employee relations.
Duties
Assist in performing training and employee development activities, including the identification of training needs, course design, and determination of learning objectives.
Prepare vacancy announcements by modifying and updating standardized portions of previous announcements.
Answer basic questions about personnel actions or pay.
Maintain files, logs, and tracking systems.
Requirements
- You must be a US Citizen or US National.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
- Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- Successful completion of one year probationary period, unless previously served.
- Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
- Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/
Qualifications
Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.
Time-in-grade restrictions apply for all candidates considered under merit promotion procedures and must be met by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
GS-05
Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience must be described for each grade level advertised. The specialized experience requirements for this position are: Qualifying experience for GS-05 includes one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-04 which is directly related to the work of this position and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For this position, specialized experience is experience assisting with tracking, preparing, or reviewing HR documents; responding to emails or phone calls; and using databases or automated systems to prepare documents or generate reports.
OR
Education: Successful completion of 4 years above high school. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.
OR
A combination of specialized experience and education as described above.
All applicants must be able to type 40 words per minute.
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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
Please see above for education qualification requirement information.
Contacts
- Address Agricultural Research Service
141 Experimental Station Road
Stoneville, MS 38776
US
- Name: Kayleigh Pfeiffer
- Phone: 703-995-9645
- Email: [email protected]
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