Open to the first 100 applicants or until 10/11/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. This position is located in the Office of Information and Technology (OIT), Office of People Science, Human Resources. The incumbent is responsible for administering and providing guidance on Recruitment and Staffing Program.

Duties

OIT Mission: The mission of the Office of Information and Technology (OIT) is to collaborate with our business partners to create the best experience for all Veterans. OIT Vision: To become a world-class organization that provides a seamless, unified Veteran experience through the delivery of state-of-the-art technology. Major Duties: Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of subordinates, ensuring recruitment and staffing including pay, position management, and analysis work compiles with legal and regulatory requirements. Plans, executes, and evaluates both long-range work goals and specific projects to accomplish staffing services in order to meet known needs/future goals of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Office of Information and Technology. Provides technical direction to staff, explains performance expectations to employees, provides feedback on strengths and weakness, appraise subordinate workers performance ensuring consistency and quality. Assures compliance and conformity with applicant laws, rules, regulations, and delegated authorities. Evaluates recruitment and staffing programs for efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance. Develop and present training to HR staff on a variety of HR topics such as recruitment flexibilities, qualifications analysis, incentives, pay setting, etc Technical expert on recruitment and placement resolving difficult/unusual problems and providing technical advice to personnel specialists within the section as well as to specialists and managers in serviced organizations. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment & Placement)/PD70004A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required Travel Required: Occasional travel may be required as needed for this position. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; Tour of duty will be determined based on organizational needs. Compressed/Flexible: As determined by the Agency Policy Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position is authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Physical Demands: The work is sedentary. Work requires walking, standing, and carrying of light items in conjunction with travel to and attendance at meetings or conferences away from worksite. The work does not require any special physical effort Work Environment: The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting rooms or government or commercial vehicles.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a supervisory probationary period
• Selectee is subject to background/suitability investigation
• Selected applicant will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Complete the initial online assessment.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, all qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/11/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For the GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. To qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, you must meet one of the following listed criteria: Criteria 1-Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience: Successful completion of a graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level. Such experience was gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience at this level must include all of the following: expert level experience in USA Staffing filling vacancies, mentor/coach/train others on federal regulations, setting pay, appointing authorities, and hiring practices; developing/reviewing job analysis, and interpreting policy changes and presenting such changes to subordinates /customers. -OR- Criteria 2-Specialized Experience: at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Qualifying specialized experience at this level must include all of the following: expert level experience in USA Staffing filling vacancies, mentor/coach/train others on federal regulations, setting pay, appointing authorities, and hiring practices; developing/reviewing job analysis, and interpreting policy changes and presenting such changes to subordinates/customers. 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; religions; 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Education must be from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For additional information, refer to the U.S. Department of
Education web site at http://www.ed.gov.

Submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) or you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the courses.

Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. For example, specific courses accepted for college-level credit by an accredited U.S. college or university, or foreign education evaluated by an organization recognized for accreditation by the Department of Education as education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. college or university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications for more information.

All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Office of People Science HR - 140 810 Vermont Ave, NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Recruitment Team One A
• Email: [email protected]