Human Resources Specialist (Classification)

About the role

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What you will do

• The United States Space Force (USSF) Directorate of Civilian Policy and Programs (S1C) at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas is searching for a Classification Specialist (NH-0201-03, GS 12/13 equivalent).
• Description: Serving as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, you will help structure organizations to best support the mission in a stable, highly collaborative environment where your expertise is genuinely valued.
• As a Human Resources Specialist (Classification), you will apply extensive classification expertise and deep knowledge of federal classification standards, laws, and OPM guidelines across GS, FWS, DCIPS, Lab Demo, and AcqDemo frameworks to deliver accurate, defensible, and consistent classification decisions.
• In this role, you will provide technical advice to management, troubleshooting and resolving complex problems associated with organizational design and position management, while strategically recommending alternatives for reorganizations, realignments, and career-ladder development.
• The ideal candidate for this Human Resources Specialist (Classification) role is a seasoned expert in federal position classification and strategic position management who possesses hands-on experience navigating GS, FWS, DCIPS, Lab Demo, and AcqDemo pay systems to resolve complex, high-grade classification issues.
• This analytical advisor confidently audits positions, interprets OPM standards even when direct precedents do not exist, and partners directly with senior leadership to optimize organizational design and drive mission success.
• Key Skills and Abilities: Knowledge of the full range of federal HR personnel programs, position classification and position management and a wide range of other federal personnel management laws, regulations, executive orders, functions, theories, concepts, policies, precedents, practices, and techniques and the interrelationship of various personnel disciplines.
• Knowledge of the agency's, management's, and installation's objectives, missions, and operating programs and implications on command and/or agency personnel management programs and organizations.
• Knowledge of the methods and techniques of fact finding, analysis, qualitative and quantitative evaluation and diagnosis, and the resolution on complex problems to analyze substantive organizational and operational practices and problems and develop concrete action plans to provide appropriate HR recommendations and solutions to management.
• Skill in written and oral communication techniques sufficient to develop and deliver briefings, status reports, and correspondence to managers to foster understanding and acceptance of findings and recommendations.
• Ability to use automated systems to affect personnel actions, change data fields, retrieve data, create reports and queries, utilize email, and operate basic word processing functions.
• Ability to maintain effective relationships with management officials, co-workers, and others to ensure cooperative resolution of problems and provide effective coordination of activities.

How you will be evaluated

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled.

Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here: Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted.

If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

Documents you must provide

• You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts.
• You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable.
• Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume.
• If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy.
• Your resume must provide: Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information: Job title Detailed duties and accomplishments Employer's name and address Supervisor's name and phone number Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.) Hours per week Salary, if applicable Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

What to expect next

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Additional information

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