Lead Human Resources Specialist

About the role

This position is within the Office of Human Resources. As a Lead HR Specialist, you will be responsible for leading a multi-functional team in the full spectrum of staffing, recruitment, and classification functions; advising on complex reports, balancing workload, and fostering team development; and integrating the organizational vision and ensuring timely, quality results.

This announcement will close on November 5, 2026 or once 75 applications are received whichever occurs first.

What you will do

• Lead a team of HR Specialists, assigning work, balancing workload, coaching staff, and ensuring timely, high-quality completion of projects and deliverables.
• Provide expert strategic advice, including the interpretation and application of HR laws, regulations, and policies for HR functions to include recruitment and placement, position management and classification, pay and compensation, and personnel actions.
• Conduct quality assurance reviews of job analyses, assessments, job opportunity announcements, eligibility and qualification determinations, certificates, pay actions, and personnel actions for accuracy and compliance with federal regulations.
• Design and deliver training, workshops, and briefings on strategic human capital topics to internal and external stakeholders.
• Analyze data and develop reports and presentations that drive executive decision-making.

Requirements

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This position is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) subject to applicant testing and random drug testing thereafter.
• Failure to test or a positive result on random drug tests conducted after appointment may result in removal from Federal employment.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
• If selected, your appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position has been designated as Non-Critical Sensitive and requires a security clearance at L Access.
• The selectee is required to obtain and maintain this clearance; failure to do so may result in separation from federal service.
• You may be required to successfully complete a one (1) year probationary period.

Education

NQ-03: There is no education requirement or substitution at this grade level.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position.

You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork The assessment includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies.

You must meet or exceed the cut score to be considered.

You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an online assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.

To preview the application questionnaire, click the link below. ***

Documents you must provide

• duties performed; full name and address of each employer; start and end dates (month/day/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed education and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion date).
• Submit one or more of the following to support your eligibility(s) to apply to this job announcement: SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" (current/former federal employees): Most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, which reflects your appointment type; occupational series, pay plan, grade; tenure, and service computation date.
• If your current position SF50 does not indicate you have competitive service status or does not reflect the pay plan and grade of the highest position you have held in the competitive service, in addition to your current SF50, you must provide your previous SF-50s that provide the proof of competitive status and highest grade held on a permanent basis.
• Veterans: DD-214 Member Copy 4 showing type of discharge/character of service; current active duty members- certification of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions dated within 120 days; SF-15 Form and related documentation; VA letter.
• For more information visit the USAJOBS Help Center & OPM CHCOC website for VOW information.
• Individuals with Disabilities: Schedule A letter from a physician, local, state or federal rehabilitation office citing your eligibility under 5 CFR 213.3102 (u).
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• Certain Military Spouses: Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders authorizing you to accompany the Military member to the new duty permanent station; OR verification of the member's 100% disability (VA Letter); and/or verification of the member's death while on active duty (DD-1300 and Death Certificate) AND verification of the marriage to the service member (i.e., a marriage license or other legal documentation verifying marriage).
• For more information visit the USAJOBS Help Center.
• Other non-competitive or special appointing authorities: Provide documentation which supports your eligibility.
• Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program: Submit your eligibility documentation which includes a copy of the agency notice (e.g., Certification of Expected Separation, Reduction-In-Force Separation Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal); SF-50 that documents the RIF separation action; and most recent performance appraisal.
• For more information see the OPM Guide to Career Transition.
• Performance Appraisals: Submit your two (2) most recent performance appraisals.
• Your performance appraisals and incentive awards will be given due consideration in the selection process based on their relation to the duties of the position and the consistency with which they may be considered in evaluating you against other applicants.
• If the performance appraisals are not available, please provide a written statement of explanation and upload as a separate document.
• Failure to submit any of the above mentioned required documents may result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package.
• It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.

What to expect next

After the closing of the announcement, we will review applications. If you are among the most qualified candidates and your name is referred to the hiring official, you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You will receive e-mail notifications as your application status is updated.

However, you can also see your application status any time by logging in to your USAJOBS account and looking on the "Applications" page. Click the position title to expand the display for each application in the list. Click here to learn more about checking your application status.

Additional information

A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be authorized for a highly qualified applicant in accordance with agency policy and applicable regulations. More than one selection may be made from this vacancy announcement.

The Fair Chance Act prohibits specific inquiries concerning an applicant's criminal or credit background unless the hiring agency has made a conditional offer of employment to the applicant.

An applicant may submit a complaint to the agency within 30 calendar days of the date of alleged noncompliance by completing the Fair Chance Act Intake Form and submitting it to the Administrative Investigations Program at ***.