Duties

Summary

This position is located in the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Management Services Division (MS) in Washington, D.C. This position supervises/manages a team of Human Resources Specialists and Assistants in the areas of recruitment, staffing, position classification, awards, benefits, payroll processing, executive resources, employee relations, diversity and inclusion and human resources development.

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Responsibilities

As a Supervisory Human Resources Specialist, GS-0201-15, you will be responsible for the following duties:

• Supervises a team of HR Specialist and Assistants responsible for the full range of human capital management, recruitment, staffing, and classification, employee relations, executive resources, benefits, operational functions.
• Evaluates subordinates' performance; approves leave; recommends promotions, reassignments, and disciplinary measures.
• Provides expert advice to the IG and senior management on the development of recruitment strategies in order to attract, recruit, hire, develop, retain, engage and motivate a diverse, results-oriented and high performing workforce within OIG.
• Serves as a senior consultant on workforce and succession planning efforts. Uses operational data, attrition models, resources trends, diversity goals, economic analyses, assessments, projections, and forecasts to develop, support and recommend strategies that will help meet OIG's short- or long-term goals as defined by their strategic plans.
• Researches, analyzes and evaluates HR laws, regulations, directives, and policy statements originating from Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and other sources.

Travel Required

Occasional travel - 25% or less

Supervisory status
Yes

Promotion Potential
15

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be U.S. citizen
• Must complete a Background Investigation and Fingerprint check
• Relocation expenses will not be paid
• Male born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with the Selective Services
• You may be subject to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period.

If you are a current federal employee, you must meet all time-in-grade and time-after competitive appointment within the closing date of this vacancy announcement. To verify that you meet these requirements, we will review your responses to the core eligibility questions on the occupational questionnaire, as well as your submitted resume and required documents. To make an accurate determination, you will need to include on your resume your federal position title, pay plan, occupational series, grade level, agency, dates for which you held the grade level (stated as MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY, OR MM/YYYY to PRESENT), and total hours worked per week.

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).

Qualifications

Specialized Experience for the GS-15:

One year of experience equivalent to the GS-14 performing all three (3) of the following duties or work assignments:

1. Experience in providing expert advice to senior management on the development of recruitment strategies in order to attract, recruit, hire, develop, retain, engage and motivate a diverse, results-oriented and high performing workforce.

2. Experience in supervising a team of Human Resource Specialist and Assistants responsible for the full range of human capital management, recruitment, staffing, and classification, employee relations, executive resources, benefits, operational functions.

3. Experience researching, analyzing, and evaluating Human Resource laws, regulations, directives, and policy statements originating from OPM, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and other sources.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement).

1. Skill in supervising a team, communicating in both oral and in writing, in order to effectively negotiate and resolve matters on a variety of complex HR problems and issues with managers, supervisors or employees.
2. Knowledge of human capital management (inclusive of position management), concepts and regulations, basic laws, OPM procedures and requirements, and OIG's unique policies and procedures.
3. Ability to analyze complex programs, policies and issues, develop recommendations for new or substantially modified approaches or solutions in these areas where existing methodology and guidelines are non-existent or inadequate.

Education

Not Applicable at the GS-15 grade level

Additional information

Veterans' Career Counseling: If you are a veteran interested in receiving tips on preparing a Federal resume and/or how to prepare for an interview, you may email sro_recruiting@ed.gov to schedule a session with a career counselor ("Veterans Counseling Session" should be placed in the subject line of the email).

Student Loan Default: If selected for this position, we will verify that you have not defaulted on any loan funded or guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are found to be in default, we will contact you to make arrangements for repayment prior to making an official offer of employment.

Suitability and Investigation: If selected for this position, you will be required to complete the Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) to determine your suitability for federal employment and successfully complete a pre-appointment investigation/background check.

Essential/Non-Essential: This position is considered non-essential for purposes of reporting to work during federal government closures.

Financial Disclosure: This position requires financial disclosure.

Telework: This position is telework eligible. At the discretion of the supervisor, generally employees may be authorized to telework one day per week if they are on regular 8-hour work schedule. Teleworkers may participate in some Alternative Work Schedules (AWS) in combination with a Telework Agreement. However, all employees must work from the official worksite location a minimum of four (4) days per work week.

Bargaining Unit: This position is not included in the bargaining unit.

Selections: Agencies have broad authority under law to hire from any appropriate source of eligibles and may fill a vacancy in the competitive service by any method authorized. We may make additional selections from this vacancy announcement within 90 days from the date the selection certificates are issued, should vacancies occur. We may also share selection certificates amongst program offices across the agency.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We use a multi-step process to review and evaluate applicants:

1. Eligibility and Minimum Qualifications
Once the vacancy announcement closes, we will review your submitted resume and documents to determine if you meet the eligibility and minimum qualification requirements, including any required education, experience, and/or selective placement factors. You will be rated as ineligible if you are outside of the area of consideration (i.e., who may apply) or your application is missing any required documents. You will be rated as not qualified if you do not possess the minimum qualification requirements.

2. Rating and Ranking
If you are found to meet both the eligibility and minimum qualification requirements, we will assess the quality of your experience and the extent to which you possess the required KSAs by comparing your submitted resume and documents against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. (The occupational questionnaire is the list of questions in the automated system that you will have an opportunity to answer once you apply for the position).

Based on the outcome of this evaluation, you will be assigned a numerical score (out of 100 possible). If your responses to the occupational questionnaire are not substantiated by your submitted resume, you may be eliminated from receiving further consideration.

3. Referral and Selection
If you are found to be amongst the most highly qualified applicants, you will be referred to the selecting official. As part of the assessment and selection process, the selecting official may invite you to participate in a structured interview, check your references, and/or request that you submit a writing sample or complete a written assessment or exercise to further evaluate your qualifications for this position.

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Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Other

Drug test required
No

Position sensitivity and risk
Moderate Risk (MR)

Trust determination process

Required Documents

You must submit (REQUIRED FOR ALL APPLICANTS):
• A resume demonstrating your education, experience, training, and accomplishments as it relates to the qualifications for this position and substantiating your responses to the occupational questionnaire.

If you are a current or former federal employee (including current U.S. Department of Education employees), you must also submit:

• A Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50), which demonstrates your competitive status eligibility. To verify your eligibility, we will review your SF-50 to determine your tenure (block 24) and position occupied (block 34). Examples of sufficient SF-50s include appointments, promotions, within-grade increases, and pay adjustments.

If you currently hold or previously held a federal position at or above the highest grade of this position or you have/had promotion potential at or above the highest grade of this position, you must also submit an SF-50 documenting your highest grade level held or promotion potential. Examples of sufficient SF-50s include appointments and promotions.

If you are claiming eligibility under the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA), you must submit:

• A copy of your DD-214 that shows active service and character of discharge, member copy 4 (Separated Members only); OR
• A certification of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions within 120 days from the date of application (Current Active Duty Members only); AND/OR
• The Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference (SF-15) AND all documents indicated on the form as proof of type of preference.

If you are claiming selection priority under Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), please visit:
CTAP: http://www.ed.gov/about/jobs/open/edhires/ctap.html

ICTAP: http://www.ed.gov/about/jobs/open/edhires/ictap.html

If you are claiming eligibility under any Special Hiring Authority, you must submit:

• Adequate proof of your eligibility (e.g., Documentation of noncompetitive eligibility as a returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Documentation of noncompetitive eligibility for employment under Schedule A as a person with severe physical disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, and intellectual disabilities.)

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.