You will serve as a Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits) in the Commander U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT), Human Resources Office (HRO) of COMPACFLT HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE.

Duties

You will provide guidance to employees and supervisor/managers in the administration of the Federal Employees Compensation Act program as it relates to traumatic injury, occupational illness/disease or Notice of Recurrence and compensation claims. You will coordinate efforts to return to duty, employees who are on leave without pay, or OWCP periodic rolls. You will utilize Employees' Compensation Operations and Management Portal (ECOMP) in accordance with the Department of Labor and Department of Navy instructions. You will maintain information and documents in the Defense Injury and Unemployment Compensation System (DIUCS) in accordance with the Department of Defense and Department of Navy directives, instruction, and guidance You will act as the DON interface between serviced commands, attending physicians, employees, supervisors, managers, and OWCP in administering the FECA program. You will provide guidance to serviced commands in creating or initiating return to work programs. You will analyze circumstances of FECA claims during the initial post-injury phases to determine the facts of injury, monitor the use of continuation of pay, medical evaluations and to ensure periods of disability are substantiated by documentation. You will work in collaboration with other benefit experts to research, provide advice, and bring resolution to FECA program issues related to other functional areas (FEHB, FEGLI, and retirement). You will identify overpayments for resolution, annotating the overpayment in DIUCS and upload documents in ECOMP for OWCP to take action. You will deliver FECA training to serviced Commands to include supervisors, managers, and employees.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final secret security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require you to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes when visiting industrial areas.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

FOR THE GS 11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector applying human resources management (HRM) laws, principles, systems, policies, and practices to the analysis of information related to occupational injuries or illnesses in support of worker's compensation claims AND providing guidance to employees and supervisors on worker's compensation claim procedures in accordance with the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA). FOR THE GS-09: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector providing guidance to employees and supervisors on worker's compensation claim procedures, providing them with appropriate documentation, maintaining all employee records and assisting with the administrative duties of the compensation program in accordance with the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA). Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

FOR THE GS-11 POSITION:

• 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
• A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience.

FOR THE GS-09 POSITION:

• Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree; OR
• Successful completion of two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree OR
• LL.B. or J.D. if related https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/; OR
• A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address COMPACFLT HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE 517 Russell Ave, Suite 230 Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI 96860 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]