Human Resources Specialist (Military)

Summary

About the Position: The U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) is the organization responsible for finding, recruiting, and enlisting qualified individuals to serve in the United States Army and Army Reserve. Its primary mission is to provide the necessary personnel for the Army to maintain its strength and readiness. As the gateway to service, USAREC plays a vital role in ensuring the nation's defense by attracting the best and brightest volunteers to become the next generation of soldiers.

Duties

• •Coordinate officer, warrant officer, and enlisted personnel assignments based on brigade needs and applicable military HR policies.
• •Perform daily military HR operations, including personnel accounting, reporting, evaluations, awards, and other personnel actions.
• •Review, interpret, and apply HR regulations; prepare reports and briefings; and resolve HR issues requiring judgment and adaptation of guidelines.
• •Advise brigade leadership and subordinate units on military HR programs, readiness, automated HR systems, and compliance requirements.

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 Employees of the Command is defined as: Current T2COM employees with competitive status Current Civilian Employees of the Command 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. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as experience that is in or related to the work of the position to be filled, which includes: processing military personnel assignments; applying military HR regulations and policies; preparing HR reports; resolving military personnel issues; providing HR guidance and training to units; AND using military HR information systems to manage personnel data. To qualify based on your education you must have successfully completed a Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work of the position. To qualify based on a combination of education and experience you must have the specialized experience as described above, but less than one year; and have at least two years of graduate education as described in B, but less than the required three years. You must compute the percentage of the requirements that you meet, and the total must be at least 100% (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then, divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.). Note: If using education to qualify, you must attach a copy of your transcripts to your application. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork 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).

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/.