Human Resources Specialist, GS-0201-12/13, FPL 13, MP, (Remote Eligible)

Summary

This position is remote work and telework eligible consistent with the Agency’s telework and remote work program policy.

This position is located in the Office of Finance and Operations (OFO), Office of Human Resources (OHR), Recruitment, Staffing and Compensation Division (RSCD). RSCD is responsible for providing operational and advisory support for the recruitment and management of ED’s career positions.

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Duties

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As a Human Resources Specialist, GS-0201-12, you will be responsible for:

• Providing external placement and recruitment duties for an organization. Makes use of multiple recruiting strategies including special appointment authorities, such as Schedule A, student employees, displaced employees, veterans, overseas returnees, and direct hires to complete placements for the organization.
• Serving as an Office of Human Resources representative on inter-agency and intra-ED discussing and working groups covering a broad range of human resources.
• Reviewing and studying regulations, standard procedures, and guides from Office of Personnel Management and other requirements to determine the best methods and techniques to be practiced in meeting these needs.
• Using tact, diplomacy, and patience when communicating and dealing with others, e.g., co-workers, managers, supervisors, and internal/external customers.
• Providing timely and accurate responses when a request for information is received. Conducting research to ensure that the provided response is accurate, expeditiously carried out, answers the question(s) posed, and/or meets and complies with current established statutes/regulations, policy, guidelines, or processes.
• Utilizing automated staffing systems, such as Web-based applications, to perform internal staffing and placement work that includes generating job analyses, vacancy announcements, and referral lists.
• Utilizing current human resources database systems to query, retrieve, and analyze information in order to complete assignments.

As a Human Resources Specialist, GS-0201-13, you will be responsible for:

• Performing a full range of internal/external placement and recruitment duties for and organization and utilizes innovative and proactive recruiting strategies.
• Providing technical advice to agency staff in resolving the most difficult and controversial recruitment and placement problems such as defining issues, determining applicable precedents, laws, or regulations, and identifying the most effective approach and technique to validate the correctness and propriety of the actions taken.
• Identifying the need for and leads studies to design and plan a future human resource program that is responsive to dynamic changes in an organizations mission and business practices. Changes could result from a variety of climate changes or situations, for instance, downsizing, technological advances, and key competition in the labor market, major reorganizations’, or shifts in functions.
• Using tact, diplomacy, and patience when communicating and dealing with others, e.g., co-workers, managers, supervisors, and internal/external customers.
• Providing timely and accurate responses when a request for information is received. Conducting research to ensure that the provided response is accurate, expeditiously carried out, answers the question(s) posed, and/or meets and complies with current established statutes/regulations, policy, guidelines, processes, procedures. Ensuring that regular and clear lines of communication are maintained between the organization and its customer(s).
• Collaborating and or leading management in employing change process concepts and techniques by assessing organizational readiness for change, marketing organizational awareness, and leading change initiatives.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Relocation will not be paid.
• You may be subject to serve a one-year probationary period.
• Males 18 and over must be registered with the Selective Service.
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must complete a Background Investigation and Fingerprint check.

You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

If you are a current federal employee, you must meet all time-in-grade and time-after competitive appointment qualifications within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement. To verify that you meet these requirements, we will review your responses to the core eligibility questions on the occupational questionnaire, as well as your submitted resume and required documents. To make an accurate determination, you will need to include on your resume your federal position title, pay plan, occupational series, grade level, agency, dates for which you held the grade level (stated as MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY, OR MM/YYYY to PRESENT), and total hours worked per week. 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).

Conditions of Employment

REMOTE ELIGIBILE POSITIONS:

REMOTE ELIGIBILITY:

• If selected for this position you are eligible to work remotely. Participation must be requested and approved by the supervisor and there must be a signed remote work agreement. You must have access to high speed internet and cell phone service meeting current Agency policy from the approved work location.

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• You may be eligible for occasional telework in which you are required to report to the office on a regular basis. Participation must be requested and approved by the supervisor and there must be a signed telework agreement. The number of telework days approved is determined by the agency policy, emergency situations, the approval of your immediate supervisor. You must have access to high speed internet and cell phone service meeting current Agency policy from the approved work location.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification Requirements

You may meet the minimum qualifications for the GS-11 if you possess the specialize experience, education, or a combination of the two.

Specialized Experience for the GS-12

One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-09 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments:

1. Experience interpreting and applying human resources staffing and recruitment and classification principles, practices, laws, and regulations.

2. Experience advising on procedural and regulatory requirements governing recruitment strategies to aid in strategic recruitment planning.

3. Experience creating job announcements, determining applicant eligibility and qualifications, and issuing referral lists utilizing an automated tool such as Monster or USA Staffing.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement).

1. Ability to provide comprehensive recruitment/placement and classification/position management services to management and employees throughout organizations serviced and analyze, evaluate, and recommend appropriate resolutions to complex interrelated HR problems and issues.

2. Skill in serving as a consultant to managers in providing HR services and conducting detailed analyses of complex functions within serviced organizations.

3. Knowledge of current HR database systems to query, retrieve, and analyze information in order to complete assignments.

Specialized Experience for the GS-13

One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-11 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments:

1. Experience interpreting and applying human resources staffing and recruitment and classification principles, practices, laws, and regulations.

2. Experience providing technical advice in resolving recruitment and placement problems including defining issues, determining applicable precedents, laws, or regulations, and identifying the most effective approach and technique to validate the correctness and propriety of the actions taken. 

3. Experience defining and forecasting long and short-term staffing requirements and developing recruitment strategies to fill positions.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement).

1. Knowledge of recruitment and placement programs (i.e. appointment eligibility, legal authorities, veterans’ programs, recruitment incentives, qualification standards, reduction in force, Voluntary Early Retirement Authority/Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments etc.), principles, concepts, practices, laws, regulations, and procedures to perform a variety of difficult and complex program reviews and audits.

2. Skill in resolving problems characterized by the breadth, importance, and severity for which previous studies and techniques have proven to be inadequate.

3. Ability to collaborate and or lead management in employing change process concepts and techniques by assessing organizational readiness for change, marketing organizational awareness, and leading change initiatives. 

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Veterans’ Career Counseling: If you are a veteran interested in receiving tips on preparing a Federal resume and/or how to prepare for an interview, you may email [email protected] to schedule a session with a career counselor (“Veterans Counseling Session” should be placed in the subject line of the email).

Student Loan Default: If selected for this position, we will verify that you have not defaulted on any loan funded or guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are found to be in default, we will contact you to make arrangements for repayment prior to making an official offer of employment.

Suitability and Investigation: If selected for this position, you will be required to complete the Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) to determine your suitability for federal employment and successfully complete a pre-appointment investigation/background check.

Essential/Non-Essential: This position is considered non-essential for purposes of reporting to work during federal government closures.

Financial Disclosure: This position does not require financial disclosure.

Bargaining Unit: This position is not included in the bargaining unit.

Selections: Agencies have broad authority under law to hire from any appropriate source of eligibles and may fill a vacancy in the competitive service by any method authorized. We may make additional selections from this vacancy announcement within 90 days from the date the selection certificates are issued, should vacancies occur. We may also share selection certificates amongst program offices across the agency.

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• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
• As an ED employee, you will also benefit from our family-friendly work environment. As part of our commitment to maintain a productive balance between work and home, we offer excused leave for Parent/Teacher Conferences (3 hours); excused leave for annual health screenings (4 hours); and matching leave for community volunteer service. Other flexibilities that may be available to you include telework and alternative work schedules. You may be eligible to receive a recruitment incentive for this position. To receive this incentive payment, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S. Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon. You may be eligible to receive a relocation incentive for this position. To receive this incentive payment, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S. Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon. You may be eligible to participate in the Student Loan Repayment Program as a recruitment incentive for this position. To receive student loan repayments, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S. Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon.
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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We use a multi-step process to review and evaluate applicants:

1. Eligibility and Minimum Qualifications

Once the vacancy announcement closes, we will review your submitted resume and documents to determine if you meet the eligibility and minimum qualification requirements, including any required education, experience, and/or selective placement factors. You will be rated as ineligible if you are outside of the area of consideration (i.e., who may apply) or your application is missing any required documents. You will be rated as not qualified if you do not possess the minimum qualification requirements.

2. Rating and Ranking

If you are found to meet both the eligibility and minimum qualification requirements, we will assess the quality of your experience and the extent to which you possess the required KSAs by comparing your submitted resume and documents against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. (The occupational questionnaire is the list of questions in the automated system that you will have an opportunity to answer once you apply for the position). Based on the outcome of this evaluation, you will be assigned a numerical score (out of 100 possible). If your responses to the occupational questionnaire are not substantiated by your submitted resume, you may be eliminated from receiving further consideration.

3. Referral and Selection

If you are found to be amongst the most highly qualified applicants, you will be referred to the selecting official. As part of the assessment and selection process, the selecting official may invite you to participate in a structured interview, check your references, and/or request that you submit a writing sample or complete a written assessment or exercise to further evaluate your qualifications for this position.

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How to Apply

Step 1: Create a USAJOBS account (if you do not already have one) at www.usajobs.gov.

Step 2: Create a resume using the USAJOBS resume builder. Ensure that your resume demonstrates your education, experience, training, and accomplishments as it relates to the qualifications for this position and substantiates your responses to the occupational questionnaire.

Step 3: Upload any required documents into your USAJOBS account (must be less than 3MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, or Word (DOC or DOCX)).

Step 4: Click “Apply Online” and follow the prompts to complete the occupational questionnaire and attach any required documents. Verify that uploaded documents from USAJOBS transfer into the agency’s hiring system. You will have the opportunity to upload any additional required documents in the agency’s hiring system. Click “Finish” to submit your application.

NOTE: You may update your application or required documents at any time while the announcement is open by logging into your USAJOBS account, clicking on “Application Status,” clicking on the position title, clicking “Update Application,” and following the prompts.

In order to receive consideration for this position, you must submit your complete application, including all required documents, by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the closing date of the vacancy announcement. If the vacancy announcement has an application limit, we recommend that you submit your complete application at the time of initial application. We will not accept any required documentation after the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

If you have any questions regarding submitting your application, please contact the HR Specialist listed under the Agency Contact Information.

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Agency contact information

Sabrina House Sabrina House

Phone

202-987-0653

Email

[email protected]

Address

EDUCATION-OFFICE OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

400 Maryland Avenue, SW

Washington, District of Columbia 20202

United States

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Next steps

As an applicant, you may check your application status through your USAJOBS account at any time. We will also notify you via email of your application status at three key stages in the recruitment process.

1. Once the vacancy announcement closes, we will inform you that your application has been received.

2. After we review your submitted resume and supporting documentation, we will inform you if you are eligible and qualified, if your application was referred to a subject matter expert or panel of subject matter experts for further evaluation, and if you were amongst the most highly qualified candidates referred to the selecting official.

3. Finally, we will inform you of your final disposition for this announcement (e.g., if/when a selection is made, if/when the announcement is cancelled).

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