HR SPEC (RECRUITMENT & PLACEMENT)

Summary

About the Position: Serves as a Human Resources (HR) Specialist in a Civilian Human Resources Agency, U.S. Corps of Engineers Human Resources Directorate, Staffing Division. Utilizes a wide range of HR practices, regulations, and precedents to provide advisory and technical services on substantive organizational functions. Provides staffing advisory services by pre-positioning work products (vacancy announcements, skills assessments, etc.) in expectation of new projects and programs.

Duties

• •Advise management on a wide range of civilian staffing issues such as recruitment methods, special pay incentives, special placement programs, deployments and workforce shaping.
• •Assists in developing short- and long-range staffing plans to meet forecasted mission requirements, human capital losses, and changes in critical competencies.
• •Provides guidance on merit system principles, prohibited personnel practices, and the development and use of valid selection criteria.
• •Verifies employment eligibility, qualifications, salary determinations and sets pay.
• •Provides comprehensive HR management advisory and technical services on substantive organizational functions and work practices.
• •Uses analytical methods to identify, evaluate, and recommend to management appropriate HR solutions.
• •Develops and delivers briefings, project papers, status/staff reports, and correspondence to managers to foster understanding and acceptance of HR findings and recommendations.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Human Resources Agency (CHRA) employees with competitive status. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. GS 07 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Applying Federal Human Resource methods, principles, and practices commonly used in the staffing, recruitment and placement process, 2) Utilizing an automated system, Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS), to identifying appropriate regulatory codes, nature of action, and appropriate pay to code personnel actions and 3) Issuing job offers and/or onboarding new employees. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). OR see Education section. GS 09 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Applying a wide range of Federal Human Resource methods, principles, and practices commonly used in the staffing, recruitment and placement process, 2) Utilizing automated recruitment tool such as USA Staffing to develop vacancy announcements and/or creating job analysis to develop assessment tools for evaluating job applicants, and 3) Advising on civilian personnel regulations to provide customer service/respond to employee questions. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). OR See Education section. GS-11 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Applying a wide variety of Federal Human Resource concepts, principles, laws, regulations, and practices in regards to staffing, recruitment and placement actions, 2) Conducting a job analysis, utilizing human resources automated systems such as USA Staffing to create vacancy announcements, reviewing applicants' qualifications and/or issuing referral lists, 3) Providing civilian human resources management advisory services on recruitment and placement actions such as the merit promotion process or types of appointments to management and 4) Monitoring, tracking, and/or coding personnel actions in current civilian HR database systems. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR See Education section. GS 07 Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-05). GS 09 Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07). GS 11 Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09). Qualification Requirement: Qualifications must be met within the closing date of the announcement.

Education

FOREIGN 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. GS 07: One year of specialized experience OR Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Human Resources Management or Personnel Administration. OR Superior Academic Achievement: Successful completion of all the requirements for a bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement. In order to be creditable under this provision, Superior Academic Achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled, such as that identified in Education above. Superior Academic Achievement is based on: (1) Class Standing - Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses; OR (2) Grade-Point Average (G.P.A.) - Applicants must have a grade-point average of either (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+"