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Summary About the Position: Serves as Human Resources Specialist in the Civilian Human Resources Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Human Resources Directorate, Staffing Division. Provides management advisory services to assigned organizations, applies a comprehensive knowledge of human resource management within the staffing (recruitment and placement) branch. Responsibilities Serve as a senior Human Resource Specialist performing operational and advisory services on complex staffing matters to managers, supervisors, and employees. Provide guidance on merit system principles, prohibited personnel practices, and the development and use of valid selection criteria. Advise supervisors on staffing requirements, resources, and problems in assigned offices involving a high degree of complexity. Develop, interpret, and analyze data extracts and reports from automated personnel databases. Use automated personnel systems to manage daily operations. Mentor and conduct informal on-the-job training for lower graded human resource personnel. Requirements Conditions of Employment 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. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer People with Disabilities, Schedule A 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 Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: (1) Interpreting and applying federal civilian recruitment and placement guidance to provide advice to hiring managers; and, (2) Conducting job analysis, creating occupational assessments for General Schedule, Federal Wage and/or Lab Demo System positions, developing job opportunity announcements, reviewing applicant qualifications and referring eligible candidates for employment consideration, and calculating and setting pay for internal and external selections; and, (3) conducting internal audits of personnel actions to ensure compliance with regulatory and legal requirements. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Communications Developing Others HR Information Systems Staffing & Recruiting Technical Competence 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. For the GS-12 you must have 52 weeks at the GS-11 level. You must meet time in grade requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement. Qualification requirement: Qualifications must be met within the closing date of the announcement. The selecting official has requested a competitive and noncompetitive candidate list for this vacancy. If you are eligible for the noncompetitive list, you will be evaluated on basic and/or minimum qualifications, as applicable. While required to answer the assessment questions, noncompetitive candidates will not be evaluated against the competitive rating and ranking criteria. The selecting official may select from any of the candidate lists. Education Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct deposit of pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a(n) Civilian Human Resources Management Career Field position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is NOT authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest. Recruitment/Relocation incentives will not be authorized. This vacancy may be used to fill like positions for up to 90 days after the closing date.