HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST

This position will be located in DCAA Headquarters, Fort Belvoir, VA OR at a DCAA Center of Resource Excellence location (Lowell MA, La Palma CA, Smyrna GA, Cherry Hill, NJ, King of Prussia, PA, or Irving TX). Location of the position will be determined at the time of selection.
Reemployed annuitant: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for appointment of annuitants.
Qualifications: All qualification and time-in-grade (if applicable) requirements must be met within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.
You must meet the minimum qualification requirements as stated in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-prof.asp.
Specialized Experience:
For the GS-9: You must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-7 or equivalent level. Specialized experience must be documented in your resume. Specialized experience is assisting in providing advisory and technical assistance to customers in multiple staffing related program areas (i.e. recruitment, personnel actions, onboarding and setting pay) creating recruitment documents (i.e. requests for personnel actions, vacancy announcements); utilizing automated Federal civilian human resource systems; and assisting in analyzing and resolving uncommon pay issues, and recruitment/placement issues.
For the GS-11: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent at the GS-9 or equivalent level. Specialized experience must be documented in your resume. Specialized experience is providing advisory services to customers in multiple staffing related programs (i.e. recruitment, personnel actions, onboarding, and setting pay); creating recruitment documents (i.e. requests for personnel actions, vacancy announcements); utilizing automated Federal civilian human resource systems; analyzing and resolving uncommon pay issues, and recruitment/placement issues; and advising management on Federal civilian recruitment and placement laws, regulations, policies, and practices.
For the GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 or equivalent level. Specialized experience must be documented in your resume. Specialized experience is providing comprehensive management advisory services on Federal civilian recruitment, examination, selection, and placement; developing and presenting recommendations and alternatives to senior management officials to resolve complex Federal civilian HUMAN RESOURCES management issues and problems; administering Federal civilian HUMAN RESOURCES operating programs and completing special projects; and utilizing Federal civilian HUMAN RESOURCES data system(s) and applications to enter and analyzes personnel data, produce reports, ensure data integrity, and improve work efficiency and effectiveness.
Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and can provide valuable training and experience that translates to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.Education: Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience:
For the GS-9: Two full years of progressively higher level graduate education, Master's or equivalent graduate degree, may be substituted to meet the specialized experience requirement.
For the GS-11: Three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree may be substituted to meet the specialized experience requirement.
For the GS-12: There is no substitution of education for experience at this grade level.
If you are using education to substitute for the specialized experience, you must submit transcripts at the time you apply.
Combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements.
To be creditable, education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (http://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html).Employment Type: FULL_TIME