You will serve as a HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT (EMPLOYEE BENEFITS/OA) in the Navy CIVILIAN BENEFITS CENTER of OFFICE OF CIVILIAN HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONS. DHA. Section 1109 of the National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2020 Public Law 116-92 amended Section 9905 of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) to streamline and simplify certain DoD civilian Direct Hire Authorities to recruit and appoint qualified candidates directly to certain positions in the competitive service in the DoD.

Duties

You will research and apply laws, regulations and policies relating to personnel programs. You will review and resolve problems regarding FEHB, FEGLI, FEDVIP, and TSP enrollments. You will monitor employees in a non-pay status, ensure benefits are handled appropriately and take any required action to resolve any problems. You will determine DCPDS coding errors that affect benefits and make recommendations to processors and supervisors on correcting the record. You will counsel employees about FEGLI Option C benefits and process FEGLI Option C dependent death claims. You will review, certify, and process designation of beneficiary forms. You will counsel employees on Living Benefits and Assignment of life insurance. You will counsel employees on workers' compensation on the cost of FEGLI Basic and Optional coverage depending on their election as a Compensationer. You will review employee's service to determine employee's correct retirement and benefit coverage. You will counsel CSRS employees on procedures and application to make voluntary contributions.

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
• 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 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.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-04 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: researching applicable laws, regulations, and polices relating to personnel, benefit, and retirement programs and retrieving data from informational sources to help resolve issues, answer questions, respond to correspondence, make decisions, or prepare reports. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: 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. This position requires the ability to type at least 40 words per minute. Your response to the typing skill question on the Occupational Questionnaire will be used in your qualification determination.

Education

GS-05: Education may be substituted for specialized experience as follows:

Successful completion of four years of education above high school level.
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A combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience. The percentage of the required education plus the percentage of the required experience must equal one hundred percent.

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

Contacts

• Address OFFICE OF CIVILIAN HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONS 736 Sicard Street SE, Bldg 201 Washington, DC 20003 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]