HR Specialist (Recruitment & Placement), 61 FSS

About the role

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What you will do

• The United States Space Force (USSF) at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California is searching for a HR Specialist (Recruitment & Placement) for the 61 FSS (NH-0201-03, GS-12/13 equivalent).
• Description: As a Senior Human Resources Specialist for the 61st Force Support Squadron, you will be responsible for planning, developing, and executing the full range of recruitment, placement, affirmative employment, and management advisory services for Los Angeles Air Force Base, the United States Air Force, and Space Systems Command.
• This position requires a highly capable Human Resources professional with strong proficiency in federal staffing, suitability, and hiring processes who is regularly relied upon to address diverse and complex challenges.
• The ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to develop innovative staffing strategies and ensure compliance with all suitability standards, which includes conducting background checks, coordinating pre-employment processing, and managing the onboarding for all new hires.
• Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate for this position possesses comprehensive knowledge of the full range of Federal HR principles, concepts, practices, and analytical techniques related to affirmative employment, recruitment, and placement.
• This includes a thorough understanding of the provisions of public laws, Executive orders, and Federal regulations governing these areas.
• The candidate must also have knowledge of other HR processes sufficient to relate them to complex recruitment and placement issues.
• They will demonstrate exceptional skill in advising management on controversial, sensitive, and difficult staffing matters.
• This requires a strong ability to perform in-depth research, gather facts, and use effective analytical methods to make sound decisions, coupled with the ability to communicate ideas and concepts clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.

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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Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.