This position is in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Central Office (VACO) Human Resources Service Center (HRSC) that focuses on the establishment and transition of human capital services for VACO staff offices. This position provides recruitment consultation and advisory assistance to the Staff Office customers in the areas of merit staffing, classification, position management, pay administration, selection and onboarding and technical review.

Duties

This position is situated within the Department of Veterans Affairs, Central Office (VACO) Human Resources Service Center (HRSC). The HRSC is tasked with providing human capital services to VACO's staff offices, facilitating the transition of such services from the Veterans Health, Veterans Benefits, and National Cemetery Administrations. The incumbent serves as the first line supervisor within the HR, Strategy, Development, and Experience teams. Responsibilities include strategic HR planning for the HRSC and its client organizations, overseeing the development of HR talent across VACO, and evaluating the HR employee experience with an emphasis on recruitment, retention, and staff wellbeing. Acting as a Supervisory HR Specialist, the position is critical in executing Human Resources Strategy, ensuring HR compliance and effectiveness, and leading HR staff development and wellness initiatives within the Office of Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP). This includes the oversight of programs related to the mission and regulatory functions for which HRA/OSP is responsible. The role is vested with delegated authority to operationalize program functions and services essential to VACO's mission. This involves managing both direct and indirect activities in support of these aims, ensuring the HRSC's operations are efficient, compliant, and aligned with the strategic goals of the VACO. The incumbent dedicates a significant portion of their time to supervisory responsibilities, focusing on the planning and coordination of subordinate activities to ensure adherence to oversight and compliance standards. They set priorities and assign tasks, always with an eye toward balancing operational efficiency with compliance obligations. Evaluating employee performance and providing feedback center around ensuring practices meet oversight requirements. When offering guidance and instruction, the emphasis remains on strengthening organizational health. Interviewing, resolving complaints, and conducting disciplinary actions are managed with a commitment to upholding regulatory and ethical standards, fostering a workplace that is both compliant and integrity-driven. Strategic leadership and program management are central to this role, directing HR initiatives that reinforce compliance and oversight throughout the organization. The incumbent serves as a strategic advisor, focused on embedding compliance and oversight into the core of HR strategies. They manage HR partnerships with an emphasis on strategic HR issues, recruitment, and talent management, ensuring that these processes are compliant with oversight mandates. Conducting environmental scans and performance audits, they support decision-making that fortifies the office's commitment to oversight. Policy development and goal setting in HR are crafted to sustain and promote the organization's dedication to health, compliance, and oversight

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

o qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/21/2025. 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-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-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: experience that has provided you with knowledge of HR laws, regulations, policies, and processes to serve as an advisor in the areas of human resources strategy, compliance and effectiveness, and HR staff development; researching complex human resources laws and applicable regulations and providing guidance to ensure HR processes and activities are compliant with oversight mandates; identifying and delivering HR training based on completed needs assessment. ~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: experience applying advanced principles, concepts, regulations, and practices in the areas of human resources strategy, HR compliance and effectiveness, and HR staff development; ensuring that departmental HR policy and program guidance meet statutory and regulatory requirements and are in conformance with principles of effective HR management; facilitating and resolving complex human resources issues; and developing HR training responsive to identified needs and workforce trends.

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 VA Human Resources Service Center 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: VACO OCHO HRSC Recruiting & Staffing Team
• Email: vacohrscrs@va.gov