Clarification from the agency

Applications will be accepted from Current Architect of the Capitol Employees Only.

Tour of Duty: Monday thru Friday (6:00 am - 2:30 pm) Hours May Change Due to the Operational Needs of Management

Duties and Responsibilities:

Performance Management and Hiring Support

Researches, analyzes and performs various Human Resource activities for the purpose of filling vacancies and processing various types of personnel and pay actions. Responds to inquiries from applicant regarding the application process. Arranges interviews for applicants being considered. Conducts reference checks utilizing best practices.

Applies Federal hiring laws, regulations and executive orders that govern Federal activity within the AOC. Assists in conducting outreach and recruitment to attract applicants for vacancy announcements and for temporary projects. Writes and coordinates the advertisement of positions in various sources including newspapers and other online sources.

Plans, executes and coordinates human resources program activities such as drafting position descriptions, obtaining the supervisor’s concurrence in the content of the description and Initiating the SF-52 to fill the position.

In conjunction with AOC’s Human Capital Management Division, plans, develops, promotes, and executes the performance management for the Capitol Building jurisdiction

Employee Relations Support

In conjunction with AOC’s Human Capital Management Division, provides advisory services on adverse or performance-based actions, reasonable accommodations, and other actions that have a variety of appeal and grievance rights.

Monitors Capitol Building’s employee relations activities through review and consultation with managers to ensure active and effective employee relations communications, and effective employee counseling and services

In collaboration with AOC’s Human Capital Management Division, provides advice and consultation to managers about appropriate disciplinary or other corrective techniques concerning conduct or performance problems; researches and applies administrative decisions to analyze and craft defensible solutions to complex and sometimes unprecedented problems.

Human Capital Liaison Activities

Exercises program liaison for a broad range of human capital practices. Serves as customer service representative to supervisors and employees and liaison for all Human Resources concerns. Assists with personnel actions required for recruitment, placement and separations. Provides guidance to employees on benefits and retirement information.

Actively participates in policy formulation and reviews liaison activities for agency-wide programs. Informs stakeholders of changes in projects, programs and operations, conducting briefings on major changes. Actively participates in boards and committees as the representative of the Capitol Building in dealing with matters which extend well beyond the assigned program responsibility. Serves as the principal representative and contact for the Capitol Building at meetings dealing with issues and information in the area of expertise and program responsibility.

Communicates with the management team on the status of different work activities and efforts. Reports regularly on the progress of specific cases. Advises and recommends innovative approaches for avoiding and /or resolving problems and reducing conflicts.

Serves as liaison between the jurisdiction and AOC’s Employee and Labor Relations Branch on conduct issues. Works closely with supervisors on personnel matters, such as advising on leave usage, providing guidance on penalties for conduct issues and other matters in accordance with the AOC’s Standard of Conduct.

Office Activities Coordination

Recommends actions necessary to maintain or improve the quality and quantity of human capital operational services that involve the introduction or refinement of automation, reorganization of operating sections and units, reassignment of personnel, development of proposals to increase the organization's resources or other actions.

Conducts comprehensive evaluations of ongoing functions to ensure that the organization meets its stated goals and objectives. 

The incumbent must follow all relevant safety rules, regulations and standard operating procedures. The incumbent must utilize knowledge of and must comply with all OSHA safety rules and regulations to ensure that work progresses in a safe manner. Provides or receives training, either on-the-job or through classroom training, to ensure that all safety practices and equipment are fully utilized. Uses required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen.
• You must be able to pass a drug test.
• Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related KSAs.
• You must meet the definition of specialized experience.

Requirements:

To be employed by the Architect of the Capitol in a paid position, an individual must meet one of the categories below:

• A citizen of the United States;
• A person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B);
• A person who is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible;
• A person who owes allegiance to the United States (nationals of American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and nationals who meet other requirements described in 8 U.S.C. 1408); or
• A person who is currently an officer or employee of the Government of the United States.

Qualifications

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series.
 
Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.
 
Candidates for the GS-11 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for the GS-11 grade level includes:

Providing Human Capital guidance and administrative support for an office to include using a variety of automated human resource information systems to create documents, spreadsheets and reports.

Tracking various types of information to provide status updates and ensure deadlines/due dates are met.

Researching human resource policies and procedures and briefing management officials on any changes.

Entering information into an automated personnel system to create various personnel actions.

--OR--

Qualifying on Education:

Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or at least 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or an LL.M.

To be qualifying, the higher-level graduate education must be in a major field of study with course work directly related to the work of this position; 

--OR--

Have an equivalent combination of the above specialized experience and higher level graduate education that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position.

Candidates for the GS-12 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for the GS-12 grade level includes:

Independently providing comprehensive  human capital guidance and administrative support for an office to include using a variety of automated human resource information systems to create and analyze documents, spreadsheets and reports.

Tracking various types of information to provide status updates and ensure deadlines/due dates are met.

Researching human resource policies and procedures and briefing management officials on any changes.

Serving in a responsible program liaison role addressing human capital operation to support the organization. Serves as customer service representative to supervisors and employees regarding various human resources services and concerns.

Communicating with the management team on the status of different work activities and efforts. Reports regularly on the progress of specific cases. Advises and recommends innovative approaches for addressing workplace employee relations matters in a proactive manner.

How you will be evaluated

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

Review your resume and responses carefully. Your eligibility for consideration and qualifications for the position will be determined based upon a review of your detailed resume and your responses to job specific self-assessment questions. 

Your resume will be evaluated based on evidence of your ability to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) for this position, possession of any specialized experience, and how well your background and experience relates to the self-assessment questions in the job announcement. The self-assessment questions relate to the following knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies:

KSA 1: Human Resources Coordination

KSA 2: Office Activities Coordination

KSA 3: Human Capital Liaison

KSA 4: Oral and Written Communication 

Your responses to the self-assessment questions serve as the basis for your initial rating. You will receive a numerical score based on your responses to these questions.  Next, your responses will be evaluated by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a subject matter expert against the information provided in your resume and optional cover letter. Your resume must support your answers to the self-assessment questions. Falsifying your background, education and/or experience is cause for non-selection or disqualification from further consideration.

Please note that a complete application is required for consideration. (Please review the “Required Documents” section of this job announcement to see what must be included in a complete application).

The Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) job application process is designed to ensure you only provide information necessary to evaluate your qualifications and eligibility for the position vacancy.

To apply for this position, you only need to submit: a) your resume and b) answers to the online vacancy assessment questionnaire. The online questionnaire contains eligibility and screening questions and other relevant information. No additional documentation or attachments are required at the time of application.

Your resume should list your education, training and work experience including job titles, employment dates, duties and accomplishments.

Nothing further is required until it is requested by AOC’s Human Capital Management Division. If additional documentation is required for the position, you will be asked to provide it during the interview or selection process. At that time, you may be asked to submit documentation to support statements made in your resume.

For example, you may be asked to provide a copy of your diploma, college transcripts, or proof of Federal employment status. If the position requires licensure or certification, you will be asked to provide proof at the time of selection.

If Veterans’ preference is claimed, you will be asked to submit proof (DD-214, and, if claiming a 10-point preference, a SF-15 and the proof required by that form).

Failure to provide the required documents will end further consideration and/or result in the withdrawal of any tentative job offers.

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