About the Position: Fort Riley is uniquely located in the rolling Flint Hills region of Northeast Kansas. Nestled between Junction City (pop. 25,000) and Manhattan (pop. 57,000).

Duties

Serves as Deputy to the Director, Army Benefits Center-Civilian (ABC-C) on benefits actions related to civilian human resources (CHR) functions and Injury Compensation Center of Excellence Workers’ and Unemployment Compensation Functions. Provides expert advisory and consultative services to the serviced activities and senior staff of installations/activities concerning specific and DoD-wide issues that impact benefits program areas. Promotes the establishment and achievement of overall benefits and workers compensation program objectives throughout the Army and DoD serviced activities and assists in implementing higher headquarters directives. Monitors benefits and workers compensation program implementation and administration to ensure compliance with established policies, regulations, and practices. Monitors production reporting systems and oversees the preparation of reports to HQDA, DoD, and OPM. Acts as the point of contact for coordinating headquarters surveys and other program reviews.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• One year supervisory probation is required.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the Organization In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience in civilian personnel benefits and entitlement program services including interpreting guidelines, regulations, and directives concerning complex benefits, workers compensation, injury compensation and unemployment compensation cases; conducting research, gathering facts, and utilizing effective analytical and evaluative methods to accurately access information and make sound recommendations and decisions; informing employees about their entitlements and use of grievance or appeal procedures; experience conducting research on human resources laws, regulations and policies to formulate solutions to complex or sensitive benefits and/or compensation and entitlements controversies; AND experience assigning work and evaluating employee work quality and productivity. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-13 or above]). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Benefits and Work Life ProgramsCustomer ServiceHuman Capital ManagementOral CommunicationPartneringWritten Communication Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13).

Contacts

• Address CA-W6D5AA CHRA CONSOLIDATED SERVICES DIV DO NOT MAIL Fort Riley, KS 66442 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk