What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position? The salary range listed is based on the associated General Schedule Locality pay tables as determined by the Locality Pay Area Definitions. See the Additional Information section for more information. First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01.

Duties

As a Supervisory Human Resources Specialist, within the Office of Human Captial, some of your specific duties will include: Plan and set goals and long-range objectives. This involves providing guidance and broad direction on program execution, evaluating the efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance of the programs under their direction, managing, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement. Plan, organize, and oversee the activities of the Division; develop goals and objectives that integrate organization and human resource objectives; plan work for accomplishment by subordinate Branches; set and adjust long and short-term priorities; and assign work so that the experience, training, and abilities of the staff are effectively utilized to meet customer needs. Take actions to improve HR organization performance through increased agility in workload distribution practices; communicate and oversee the accomplishment of action plans; review and evaluate program metrics and milestone status; adjust initiative action and priorities; coordinate with and advise higher level authorities on corrective efforts; and ensure evaluation of Division resources against workload requirements. Provide input for workforce and succession planning efforts with high level agency leaders and support broader Office of Human Capital leadership efforts. Conduct special inquiries and assignments on complex high-priority and/or sensitive issues. Projects typically involve extensive research to develop fact patterns and recommend an official course of action. Represent the U.S. Geological Survey in meetings with high-level officials from the Department of Interior, the Office of Personnel Management, other agencies, members of external organizations on matters concerning a broad range of human resource issues. This involves delivering briefings to executive leadership on findings and provides Human Resource advice and recommendations with bureau-wide scope and impact.

Requirements

Qualifications

DEFINITIONS: Experience: One year of work experience is twelve months working full-time (at least 35-40 hours per week). Part-time experience can be pro-rated (i.e., a year at 20 hours per week is credited as 6 months of experience). If your position consisted of mixed duties, experience credit is given for the percentage of time that you spent on qualifying duties (i.e., if you held a position for 2 years, full-time, consisting of 25% personnel work and 75% budget work, and then applied for a budget position you could calculate your experience as follows: 2 years = 24 months. 24 months x 75% [percentage of time spent on budget duties] = 18 months of qualifying experience.) For GS-14: Applicants must meet the following to qualify for the GS-14 level: One year of specialized experience in or directly related to this position that equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position. To be creditable, the required specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal service. Examples of such experience may include: Providing direction, guidance, and advice to staff and ensuring consistency within the team and with other servicing teams; Identifying, distributing, and balancing staff workload and communicating assignments, projects and problems to be solved, deadlines, actionable events, milestones, and program issues; delivering advisory service that reflects application of appropriate human resources laws, regulations, policies and procedures; and performing or overseeing a wide variety of human resources operations activities; providing human resources perspective and advice in the areas of workforce planning, recruitment and placement, position classification and management, employee/labor relations, and employee benefits; working closely with key operating officials to ensure that the application of human resource management provisions and guidelines; supervising or leading a team of HR professionals. You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

• 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.

Contacts

• Address OFFICE OF HUMAN CAPITAL 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Mail Stop 600 Reston, VA 20192 US
• Name: Desmond Hornbuckle
• Phone: 303-236-9557
• Email: [email protected]