Department of State Headquarters

Human Resources Specialist

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Role family: HR
Seniority: Mid level
Stated salary: $147,945 – $192,331 per year
Country: US
Work mode: On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly: 6 Nov 2026

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Summary

This position is located in the Office of Talent Services (TS), Bureau of Human Resources, Department of State. Serves as the Senior Technical Advisor to the Director of Talent Services and as a member of the TS senior management team.

Duties

Serves as the principal senior technical advisor to the Director of Talent Services on complex and high-impact human resources matters affecting TS and the Department.
Leads the technical planning and cross-organizational coordination required to implement major Department-wide HR initiatives, taskers, workforce actions, and policy changes.
Serves as the principal operational liaison for TS with Department HR policy, operations, analytics, oversight, legal, security, technology, and management organizations and with OPM, Office of Inspector General (OIG), and shared-service providers.
Serves as the principal technical advisor and coordination point for audits, compliance reviews, oversight inquiries, internal-control assessments, and management reviews affecting TS.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F. Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience interpreting and applying Federal laws, regulations, principles and practices in Human Resources accountability, evaluation, and program development. Experience providing technical and administrative direction in developing, planning, and executing goals and objectives involving recruitment, staffing, placement, and related human resources programs. Experience preparing complex technical and factual data and analysis to senior management officials related to recruitment, staffing and program activities. There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-15 position.

Education

Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.

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