The Senior Human Resources Strategic Business Partner (SSBP), with delegated authority, collaborates with facility executives and VISN leadership to execute and align human capital goals and priorities. This position is located at the Lebanon VA Medical Center and is required to report on site.

Duties

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: HR Specialist Total Rewards The SSBP collaborates with facility executives and VISN leadership to execute and align human capital goals and priorities. Acts as change agent to business through process redesign and approaches that support change and transformation. Analyzes trends and metrics to develop solutions. Provides day-to-day consultation to leadership on a variety of actions to include policy interpretation and application, talent management and development, and organizational design consultation. Actively participates in annual budget planning/labor forecasting process with business partners. Conducts ongoing supply and demand analysis for business partners on current and future state staffing and skill needs and designs talent acquisition strategies to meet those needs.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/11/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13 . The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. The BASIC REQUIREMENT for the HR Specialist GS-0201 series is presumed met if found qualified at the GS-0201-7 level and above. To qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria: Criteria 1- Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience: Successful completion of a graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Conducts strategic planning at various levels within the organization; Developing success planning actions aligned with strategic goals; Review of workforce planning; Analyzing and implementing changes in directives, laws, and other regulations (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED). OR Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Demonstrating expertise in Human Capital management; Conducting extensive strategic planning at all levels of the organization; Developing success planning actions aligned with strategic goals; advising Executive Leadership teams at medical centers on high level workforce matters; analyzing and implementing changes in directives, laws, and other regulations. To qualify for this position at the GS-14 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria: Criteria 1- Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience: Successful completion of a graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Demonstrating expertise in Human Capital management; Conducting extensive strategic planning at all levels of the organization; Developing success planning actions aligned with strategic goals; advising Executive Leadership teams at medical centers on high level workforce matters; analyzing and implementing changes in directives, laws, and other regulations (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED). OR Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Strategic talent acquisition and management (staffing); policy interpretation, application, and implementation; collaborate with facility executives and VISN leadership to execute and align human capital goals and priorities; Provide day-to-day consultation to leadership on a variety of actions to include policy interpretation and application, talent management and development, and organizational design consultation; participates in annual budget planning/labor forecasting process with business partners; Conduct ongoing supply and demand analysis for business partners on current and future staffing and skill needs and designs talent acquisition strategies to meet those needs.

Education

Qualifying education for the GS-0201 series includes courses and programs in HR, HR development, HR management, business, business management/administration, industrial relations, labor relations, industrial psychology, organizational psychology, organizational development, management, organizational behavior, pre-law/law, legal studies, health care management/administration, public administration, public policy, human services, leadership and/or humanities.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix F1; Human Resources Specialist Qualification Standards GS-0201. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.

Contacts

• Address VHA VISN 4 Human Resources 1010 DELAFIELD ROAD BUILDING 70 PITTSBURGH, PA 15215-1802 US
• Name: Shanice Moore
• Email: [email protected]