HR SPEC (RECRUITMENT & PLACEMENT/COMPENSATION)

About the role

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment & Placement), Position Description Number D10270P01 and is part of the Human Resource Office of the Vermont Army National Guard.

What you will do

• Advises and supports State managers, supervisors, and the Human Resources Officer on recruitment and placement matters for a variety of professional, administrative, technical, and clerical occupations.
• Plans for and administers the merit promotion and recruitment/placement program.
• Educates commanders, managers, and supervisors on a wide range of programs, regulations, and policies regarding hiring of federal employees.
• Responds to inquiries and provides recommendations to resolve complex interrelated HR issues regarding recruitment and placement matters from the serviced workforce and coordinates with NGB-J1- functional as required.
• Attends national recruitment and placement workshops.
• Reviews and verifies determinations made by lower graded staffing specialists, processing requests for personnel actions and recruit to fill actions.
• Evaluates work processes, provides training, and ensures accuracy and applicability according to regulatory and statutory guidance.
• Recommends effective and alternative actions where needed.
• May create and publish new and recurring vacancy announcements using automated system (i.e.: DCPDS or USAJobs).
• Provides oversight and expertise to ensure candidate eligibility determinations are within program and policy standards.
• Performs the full scope of HR staffing work related to hiring, advertisement, qualification, selection, and onboarding actions.
• Performs qualification analysis of eligible applicants and adjudication of qualification appeals.
• Maintains documents associated with hiring actions.
• Reviews and analyzes statistical data concerning recruitment and placement functions, end strength and man-hour utilization and makes recommendations to supervisors for improvements.
• Conducts long-range planning for projected mission and/or organizational changes to formulate a placement plan.
• Coordinates with other HR specialties to meet organizational staffing needs to ensure that all regulatory requirements are met.
• Administers and provides oversight for the use of special employment programs (e.g., Upward Mobility, or DoD Priority Referral System) to ensure the continuance of a balanced placement program.
• Interprets reviews and applies state pay setting actions such as highest previous rate rule and recruiting and retention incentives.
• Analyzes technician and payroll information to identify and resolve complex pay-setting errors or discrepancies.
• Sets rates of pay for General Schedule (GS) and Federal Wage System (FWS) technicians for appointments, transfers, promotions, changes to lower grade, and changes between GS and FWS pay systems.
• Administers and provides oversight for technician permanent change of station/relocation actions.
• Initiates process for the most complex transportation agreements and reviews agreements drafted by lower graded specialists.
• Completes travel orders authorizing various entitlements.
• Obtains necessary funds from NGB or state Comptroller as appropriate.
• Provides counseling to employees on entitlements, rights, and obligations.
• Reviews requests for extension of temporary quarters and makes recommendations for approval.
• Uses automated system to effectively process personnel actions in accordance with the Guide to Processing Personnel Actions and local personnel systems checklists as required.
• Develops, coordinates, and maintains state plans/guidance.
• Attends national recruitment and placement workshops.
• Responds to complex inquiries involving the recruitment process such as vacancy announcements, status of employment applications, qualification requirements, and human resource programs and educates commanders, managers, and supervisors on the various programs related to HR Staffing actions.
• Facilitates all staffing actions related to reductions-in-force (RIF).
• Reviews competitive level determinations and retention registers.
• Ensures qualifications and military assignment evaluations are performed properly. *Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

Combinations of Specialized Experience and Education are allowed.

You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims.

To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.

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: *** NOTE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.

Education at the graduate level in an accredited college or university in the amounts shown in the table meets the requirement. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

For certain positions covered by this standard, the work may be recognized as sufficiently technical or specialized that graduate study alone may not provide the knowledge and skills needed to perform the work.

In such cases, agencies may use selective factors to screen out applicants without actual work experience. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience.

If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics: -Comprehensive knowledge of a wide range of HR concepts, laws and/or regulations sufficient to provide analytical and diagnostic advice to management and organizational leadership.

The position develops new work methods, techniques, and procedures to optimize and improve daily work assignment processes. The position performs analysis of issues and recommends interventions or solutions to management related to complex interrelated HR problems.

Please be advised that the applicant rating will be evaluated on the following occupational competencies: Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Teamwork

Documents you must provide

• To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes: 1.
• Resume: resume must show relevant experience, where you worked, job title, detailed duties and accomplishments written in your own words (Do not plagiarize), employer's name and address, supervisor's name and phone number, starting and ending dates (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.), hours per week and salary.
• If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your position title, pay plan, series and grade.
• Your detailed experience should be listed under each job title with starting and ending dates.
• Resume must show applicants name and contact information.
• AGO-VT Form 690-5, Military Experience and Education Resume: All applicants currently serving in the military, and all prior-service applicants, must complete all portions of the AGO-VT Form 690-5.
• Civilian applicants MUST complete the name block and military affiliation block of the AGO-VT Form 690-5 and sign and date the form.
• Latest SF 50, Personnel Action Other supporting documents (as applicable): DD-214 Official Transcripts Certifications Helpful Hints for Applying: - Ensure that your resume contains your full name, address and phone. - Include details about the experience that relates to the position you are applying for. - Be specific and always include Month and Year for the dates of your experience. - Be sure to include your applicable military experience and explain the duties of the MOS/AFSC held.
• Helpful Hints for Applying: - Ensure that your resume contains your full name, address and phone. - Include details about the experience that relates to the position you are applying for. - Be specific and always include Month and Year for the dates of your experience. - Be sure to include your applicable military experience and explain the duties of the MOS/AFSC held.
• In describing your experience, please be clear and specific.
• Please note that if, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your rating can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities, or you may lose consideration for this position.
• If you are using education to qualify for this position or education is a mandatory requirement to meet qualifications, you must submit copies of college transcripts that identify each course, the college or university, semester or quarter hours earned, grade and grade-point received.
• Submitting a certificate or a degree will not suffice.
• You must submit transcripts when required.
• Photocopies are acceptable.

What to expect next

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (***).

Vermont Army National Guard personnel who are bonus recipients/student loan repayment program recipients may have their benefits terminated and/or recouped if selected as a Permanent/Indefinite Military Technician. Applicants should contact the VTARNG Incentive Manager to determine any possible termination and/or recoupment actions that may result from accepting this position.