Summary
This position is located in the Human Capital Office (HCO), Human Capital Consultant Center (HCCC). As a Human Capital Specialist, you will be responsible for directing all aspects of the recruitment, classification, and hiring process, advising and collaborating with managers to hire quality talent to support GAO's mission in accordance with merit system principles.
Duties
This is an entry-level position. You will participate in a two-year Professional Development Program that includes a combination of on-the-job and classroom training, and exposure to diverse projects within your assigned team.
As a Human Capital Specialist, PT-0201-I your typical work assignments may include the following:
- Serves as a HR Specialist over human capital principles and laws to provide guidance to management and employees related to recruitment, staffing, classification, and salary compensation.
- Conduct research utilizing policies, regulations and laws to gather information and apply standardized analytical methods and techniques to accurately present information, suggestions, and recommendation on human resources issues.
- Conduct job analysis to determine skills, abilities, experience, and training needed for effective work performance in desired positions. Prepare crediting plans, and vacancy announcement to recruit and fill various positions within the organization. Rates and ranks applicants and prepare referral lists for appropriate issuance to managers and/or selection officials.
- Assist with planning and conducting classification reviews by reviewing draft position descriptions and determining the appropriate title, series and grade level interpreting position classification and management principles, practices, and criteria to classify positions in various occupational series.
- Assist in the reviews of new or proposed human resources policies, procedures and guidelines for impact on organizational practices. Provides input concerning Identifies problems and conflicts with current or acceptable policies and practices.
- Utilize an automated staffing and classification system to execute recruitment, staffing, and classification assignments, including completing audits, retrieving reports and other HR data.
- Collaborates with other human capital staff to develop and implement communication strategies to build teamwork, support matrix management principles, and reinforce the agency's shared vision and core values.
- Assists with the processing of personnel actions. Conducts quality reviews of "Requests for Personnel Action (RPA)" (SF-52) to ensure the accuracy of nature of action codes (NOAC), legal authority, service computation dates, competitive status, remarks and other required data elements comply with GAO and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regulations and procedural requirements.
- Review and release routine non-complex actions ensuring the correct NOAC, authority, remarks and other critical elements are entered and ensuring supporting documentation, when necessary, are provided.
- Utilizes a variety of HR information systems in order to generate and maintain reports related to Staffing, Recruitment, Classification and other HCCC. In addition, incumbent will apply various software applications to extract data from various sources and formulate information into a comprehensive format for utilization in revising procedures within HCCC to further success in fulfilling HCCC milestones and objectives.
- Supports and assists with all aspects of the pre-employment process such as developing and initiating tentative and final job offers, initiating backgrounding investigations, assisting with new employee orientation, and other special projects.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
You must meet all qualification requirements before the announcement closes.
Qualifications
To be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the qualification requirements. Please be sure to include this information in your resume. No assumptions will be made about your experience.
You must have 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower band or level equivalent to the GS-5 in the Federal Service, or comparable private/public sector experience which has equipped you with the skills and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience for this position is defined as:
(1) assisting with creating vacancy announcements in USA Staffing, and (2) creating and managing new hires in USA Staffing (which include creating offer letters, sending applications to security, and responding to inquiries regarding recruitment and staffing issues), and assisting with reviewing applications packages for qualifications analysis
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Have a bachelor's degree with superior Academic Achievement. S.A.A. is based on (1) class standing in the upper one-third of graduating class, or (2) a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0, or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum or (3) national honor society membership. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.
OR
Have completed 1 full academic year of graduate level education that has equipped you to perform the duties of the position. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.
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Have a combination of successfully completed graduate level education and experience that which meets the total qualification requirement for the GS-07 level.
You must meet all qualification requirements before the announcement closes.
Education
Please see qualifications section.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed outside of the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in conventional/accredited U.S. education programs to be acceptable for Federal employment. Most foreign education is not accredited by an accrediting body that is recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | International Affairs Office (ed.gov)
Benefits
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
If you meet the qualification requirements stated above, you will be further rated based on your responses to the vacancy questions. Please make sure that your responses to the vacancy questions are supported in your resume. Please follow all instructions carefully. If you provide incomplete answers, fail to provide a narrative response to any vacancy question(s) that requires further explanation, or if your response to a vacancy question is "see resume", your rating may be affected or you may be determined ineligible.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):
- Recruitment and Placement
- Technology Application
- Technical Credibility
To preview the assessment questionnaire for this job opportunity click here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12716094
Required Documents
You must provide a complete application package which includes:
- Resume: must be created using the USAJOBS resume builder and show relevant work experience.
- Current GAO employees must submit their most recent Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent) showing tenure, type of service (competitive/excepted), as well as the highest grade/band held. The SF-50 must show that you are currently a GAO employee.
- If you are using your education to qualify (even partially), you must submit a copy of your transcripts. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you will be required to provide official transcripts. Foreign Education: If you are submitting a transcript from a non-US educational institution, applicants must submit all necessary documents to a private U.S. organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials, commonly called a credential evaluation service.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.
- To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.
- Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
- After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.- You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application.
To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.
If you are unable to apply online, please contact Teryl Smith at smithtl1@gao.gov by 4 p.m. on the closing date of the announcement.
For technical issue with USAJOBS: Please refer to the USAJOBS help page.
Next steps
After the closing date of this announcement, GAO's Human Capital Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications by reviewing your assessment questionnaire and resume to complete an analysis. Please be as complete and thorough as possible. If your application is rated "best-qualified," your name will be referred to the selecting official for consideration. At this point you may be contacted for an interview.
If you do not meet the key requirements and/or basic qualifications or you fail to submit all required application materials, your application will not be considered.