Human Resources Specialist (Classification)

Clarification from the agency

Applications will be accepted from current Federal employees on permanent or competitive term appointments and applicants eligible for non-competitive authorities.

Human Resources Specialist (Position Classification Specialist), performs a variety of position classification and position management assignments for assigned organizations. The work requires comprehensive knowledge of position management and classification to assist managers in accomplishing their position classification responsibilities. The incumbent serves as a technical expert on classification matters to provide comprehensive advisory services to managers, supervisors, and other human resources specialists on program requirements and practices. Supported organizations typically include extremely complex position and organizational structures and a substantial number of complex positions involving research and development work, high level managerial work, and jobs affected by new or emerging technology.

Such duties include but are not limited to:

Duties:

As a Human Resources Specialist (Classification), GG-0201-12, you will be responsible for:

• Serving as an advisor and consultant on the position classification program to include position management consideration.
• Preparing, classifies, evaluates, and develops standardized position descriptions.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines in all areas of classification.
• Participating in policy reviews to evaluate efficiency, effectiveness, and applicability of current, revised, or new policies ensuring consistency, and relevance application.
• Providing advice on organizational/position structures to meet mission needs, identify short- and long-term position requirements, meaning mission intent, often requiring cross functional lines.

As a Human Resources Specialist (Classification), GG-0201-13, you will be responsible for:

• Serving as an advisor and consultant on the position classification program to include position management consideration.
• Providing in-depth advice and guidance to subordinate organization on all facets of classification.
• Determining effective, efficient, and economical organization and position structures, position management policies and practices.
• Preparing, classifying, evaluating, and developing standardized position descriptions.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines in all areas of classification.
• Evaluating known problems, identifying impact on the total program of new legislation, executive, and regulatory issuances.
• Identifying areas of success, deficiencies, and inadequacies.
• Responding to issues involving complex problems and/or concerns, recommending solutions and alternative approaches.

Conditions of employment

You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

All information in your resume must be true and accurate.

Conditions of Employment:

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• This is a Drug Testing position
• Must be able to meet and maintain security & suitability requirements
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:
  • your performance and conduct;
  • the needs and interests of the agency;
  • whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
  • whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

GG-12: To qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the GG/GS-11 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as:

• Provides expert classification advisory services by applying a thorough understanding of position classification principles and guidance
• Processes classification appeal actions or handles employee or manager inquiries or complaints regarding the rationale for the grading of positions.
• Conducts recurring servicing assignments, position classification troubleshooting, and special study assignments, following established procedures, and reports and presents results and recommendations.

GG-13: To qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the GG/GS-12 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as:

• Serves as an advisor and consultant on the position classification program.
• Prepares, classifies, evaluates, and develops standardized position descriptions and training materials.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory guidelines in all areas of classification.
• Keeps abreast of classification issues and of frequent and rapid fluctuations in major mission assignments, of trends and changes in classification concepts and philosophies, and of changes developing in procedures, techniques, implementation, and administration.
• Participates in policy reviews to evaluate efficiency, effectiveness, and applicability of current, revised, or new position classification policies ensuring consistency, and relevance application.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

For GG-12

Knowledge in the application of a wide variety of Federal and agency human resources regulations, policies, practices, and procedures in the areas of position management and classification. Examples may include experience in workforce restructuring and reshaping, workforce analysis and data analytics, strategic workforce planning, and/or position classification.

Ability to solve human resources challenges and problems by conducting research, interpretation, and analyses of applicable laws, regulations, and polices. Resolves problems by developing recommendations and proposing innovative solutions.

Ability to effectively communicate technical human resources issues in a clear, concise, and logical manner to all levels within or outside an organization (i.e., employees, managers, and agency senior leadership). Examples may include writing standard operating procedures or other instructions, writing reports to the Office of Personnel Management, writing classification evaluation statements, informal or formal presentations to audiences of different sizes and levels.

Knowledge of utilizing human resources information systems and software applications (e.g., automated hiring systems and assessment tools, Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), automated on-boarding systems (WTTS/EODS), personnel action processing systems (DOI, FPPS, NFC), electronic SF-52 systems, personnel reporting systems (staffing plans, FTE reports, recruitment tracking systems), etc.).

For GG -13:

Expert knowledge in the application of a wide variety of Federal and agency human resources regulations, policies, practices, and procedures in the areas of position management and classification. Examples may include experience in recruitment, workforce restructuring and reshaping, workforce analysis and data analytics, strategic workforce planning, and/or position classification.

Expert knowledge in the application of a wide variety of Federal and agency human resources regulations, policies, practices, and procedures in the areas of position management and classification. Examples may include experience in workforce restructuring and reshaping, workforce analysis and data analytics, strategic workforce planning, and/or position classification evaluation.

Ability to solve human resources challenges and problems by conducting research, interpretation, and analyses of applicable laws, regulations, and polices. Resolves problems by developing recommendations and proposing innovative solutions.

Ability to communicate (both orally and in writing) technical human resources issues in a clear, concise, and logical manner to all levels within or outside an organization (i.e., employees, managers, and agency senior leadership). Examples may include writing standard operating procedures or other instructions, writing reports to the Office of Personnel Management, writing classification evaluation statements, informal or formal presentations to audiences of different sizes and levels.

Skill in utilizing human resources information systems and software applications (e.g., automated hiring systems and assessment tools, Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), automated on-boarding systems (WTTS/EODS), personnel action processing systems (DOI, FPPS, NFC), electronic SF-52 systems, personnel reporting systems (staffing plans, FTE reports, recruitment tracking systems), etc.).

PLEASE BE CLEAR AND CONCISE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

How you will be evaluated

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

When the application process is complete, your application will be reviewed to determine if you meet the job requirements. Your application will be evaluated based on the information provided in your resume to determine your level of knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the job requirements. You must respond to all required application questions.

If you are among the top candidates for this position, your application will be referred to the hiring manager for possible interview and selection based upon the number of available vacancies to be filled in each office.

Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to submit a resume that directly relates to this position.

The following documents are required for your application package to be complete. If you fail to provide any required documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

• Resume that includes: 1) personal information such as name, address, contact information; 2) education; 3) detailed work experience including work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment, title, series, grade (if applicable); and 4) other qualifications. Please limit your resume to 2 pages. See below for Additional Resume Information.

In addition to the above, you must submit the documents below if you claim the following eligibilities:

• Current Federal Employees/Reinstatement Eligibles: You must submit a copy of your most recent non-award SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) to verify competitive/excepted status or reinstatement eligibility. Applicants who only submit an award SF-50 will not receive further consideration.
• Veteran Preference Eligibles: You must submit DD-214 showing type of discharge/character of service (e.g. DD-214 Member 4 Copy); SF-15 Form; and related documentation such as a VA letter showing disability percentage. If currently on active duty, you must submit a certification of expected discharge or release from active-duty service under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is submitted. Veteran's preference must be verified prior to appointment. You can find additional information about Veterans' Preference at http://www.fedshirevets.gov/.
• Individuals with Disabilities: If you are applying under the Schedule A Hiring Authority, you must submit supporting documentation (i.e., Schedule A Letter). You may refer to the following link for additional information. USAJOBS Help Center - Individuals with disabilities.
• Military Spouse: All military spouses must submit documentation verifying marriage to the service member (e.g., marriage certificate); AND
  • Current military orders (e.g., statement of service) to support active-duty service for more than 180 consecutive days; OR
  • If you are a spouse of a 100% disabled service member, documentation must include service member's DD-214 and 100% service disability (e.g., VA Letter); OR
  • If you are an un-remarried widow or widower of a service member killed while on active duty, documentation must include verification of service member's death while on active duty (e.g., DD-1300).
• Peace Corps: You must submit a copy of your description of service or other proof of non-competitive eligibility.

All application materials, including transcripts, must be in English.

Additional Resume Information:
Your resume is crucial in our evaluation of your qualifications. Resumes should clearly demonstrate your skills, knowledge, and abilities. Please limit your résumé to 2 pages. To ensure your resume contains all required information, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, please ensure it contains all the required information, and you organize it so we can associate the following information with each experience/position:

• Job title
• Name of employer
• Beginning and ending dates of employment (month/year) format
• Hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise stated. We will pro-rate part-time employment in crediting experience.
• Concise, results-focused language for job duties, accomplishments, related skills, and responsibilities to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable).
• Series and grade or equivalent (if a federal position).

Do not include a photograph or video of yourself, or any sensitive information (age, date of birth, marital status, protected health information, religious affiliation, social security number, etc.) or other inappropriate material on your resume or cover letter. If your resume contains prohibited information as listed above, your application may be determined ineligible, and you will not receive consideration for this position. We will not access web pages linked on your resume or cover letter, links to social media such as LinkedIn, to determine your qualifications. Cover letters are optional.

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