Job opening: Human Resources Specialist (Human Resource Specialist)
Salary: $82 764 - 128 956 per year
Published at: Oct 15 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.
Our highly-skilled, diverse, and innovative workforce creates a strong foundation of safety and security. Through the principles of humanity and normalcy, we develop good neighbors.
Duties
Provides technical guidance and assistance to Central Office line staff and management on a wide range of human resource matters. Contributes to staffing functions, scheduling and conducting interviews and preparing requests for security clearances. Assists in maintaining accurate staffing projections and position accountability for the Central Office. Provides training to managers in preparing accurate position descriptions and ensures position descriptions are appropriately submitted for classification. Provides assistance to staff on such issues as the incentive awards program, performance work plans, performance evaluations and the leave administration program. Assists in administering the employee-management relations program to ensure stable and cooperative relations between management and line staff. Responsible for maintaining familiarity with all necessary laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures, case law and other third party decisions, ensuring their consideration and applicability to the work at hand.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is Required.
- See Special Conditions of Employment Section.
Qualifications
To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements: Education: GS-11: 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. GS-12: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this grade level. NOTE: Graduate education must provide the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR Experience:GS-11 and GS-12: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in the normal line of progress for the occupation in the organization. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled. Some examples of this qualifying experience are: GS-11:
Experience participating in equal employment opportunity committee meetings and activities as a resource person or program manager.
Experience composing a variety of technical correspondence to include congressional inquiry responses, policy reviews, and a variety of correspondence to applicants and staff.
Experience in providing assistance to staff on issues such as incentive awards program, performance work plans, performance evaluations and the leave administration program.
Experience in performing the functions related to position classification, compensation, staffing, recruitment and placement, human resources development, employee relations, and benefits and labor management relations.
GS-12:
Experience serving as the technical expert for problems and questions covering a wide variety of staffing and employee relations issues.
Experience participating in operational reviews, reviewing work for policy compliance and recommending changes to work operations to correct deviations.
Experience in providing guidance to supervisors and managers in the proper resolution of performance and disciplinary issues and researching responses to grievances and/or unfair labor practices.
If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities. **Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**
Education
See Qualifications Section for education requirements, if applicable.
ONLY if education is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verification of educational requirement. Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and Date Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, Click Here.
Foreign Education: For information regarding foreign education requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition at the U.S. Department of Education website: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.
If you are selected for this position and qualified based on education (i.e. basic education requirement and/or substitution of education), you will be required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript prior to your first day on duty.
Contacts
- Address JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolidated Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, Texas 75051
United States
- Name: CSU
- Phone: 972-352-4200
- Email: [email protected]
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