Overview Open & closing dates 10/02/2020 to 10/11/2020 Service Excepted Pay scale & grade SV J Salary $78,341 to $121,425 per year Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-Time Help Location Arlington, VA Few vacancies Relocation expenses reimbursed No Telework eligible Yes as determined by agency policy Duties Summary Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce. For additional information about our agency please: Click Here Learn more about this agency Responsibilities This position may be eligible for telework/alternative duty location. The duty location will be negotiated after a selection has been made and is subject to final the selecting official's approval. The reflected salary on the announcement does not include locality pay. Salary will be adjusted in accordance with the locality pay of the final approved duty location selected. This Human Resources Specialist (Career Manager) position is located in Career Management, Career & Performance Management, Human Capital Policy & Career Programs within Human Capital (HC), Enterprise Support (ES), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Advising leadership on concepts to create program initiatives and provide comprehensive HR advisory services on organizational functions and work practices needed to identify and recommend appropriate HR solutions in Community of Practice (CoP) development initiatives. Creating and developing programs that support integrated and sustainable CoPs for occupational professions that span across the TSA Headquarters and its field organizations. Collaborating with TSA's Training and Development office to identify learning paths specific to various CoPs and leading agency-wide program initiatives and creating employee assessments, career planning workshops and mentoring/networking initiatives that support career advancement opportunities and CoP learning paths. Conducting outreach and serving as a subject matter expert to advise CoP professionals on career management, training and development opportunities. This position is also being announced through Public (US Citizen) procedures under Announcement #HQ-ES-HC-769400-P. Candidates who wish to be considered under both Public (US Citizens) and Government-Wide procedures must apply to both announcements. It is anticipated that all TSA Headquarters personnel within the Washington, DC metropolitan area will begin relocating to Springfield, Virginia beginning Summer 2020. If you are selected for a Headquarters position currently located in this region, your duty location will change due to the TSA Headquarters Consolidation Plan. Travel Required Not required Supervisory status No Promotion Potential J Requirements Conditions of Employment You must possess US Citizenship or be a US National. You must have reached the minimum age (18) at the time of application. You must complete a favorable Background Investigation (BI). Selective Service registration is required. See additional "Conditions of Employment" and "Other Information" section Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions. Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change. Qualifications To qualify for the SV-J Pay Band (equivalent to GS-14), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-I or GS-13 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as: Leading and developing federal career development programs that support the training and progression of the federal workforce; and Advising senior leadership officials and developing human capital strategies that improve federal career development initiatives. Note: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, ie, working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (eg, Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (eg, professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. National Service Experience (ie, volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (eg, Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (eg, professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Resumes must include the following: Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience. State the number of hours worked in a position (ie full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week. Performance level (ie band or grade) You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement. Note: Any applicant that copies the content (duties, competencies and/or specialized experience) from the job announcement into their resume will not be considered for the position. Education None. Additional information Eligibility to apply for other Federal positions: TSA is an Excepted Service agency exempt from most of Title 5 United States Code, including regulations which apply to displaced Federal employees (CTAP/ICTAP) of other agencies, and employment with TSA does not confer "Competitive Status" that generally results from selection and service in Competitive Service agencies. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has established an Interchange Agreement, which allows most permanent TSA employees to apply and be considered for vacancies in Competitive Service agencies. Information from OPM on this or other Interchange Agreements is available at: . To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation as a condition of placement into this position. DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment. TSA employees who are absent for the purpose of performing military duty may apply for any vacancies announced in their absence. It is the policy of the Government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. Information about an individual's employment experience will be used only to determine the person's qualifications and to assess his or her relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination. For more information, click here . Permanent Change of Station (PCS) expenses are not authorized. Relocation expenses are not authorized. More than one position may be filled from this announcement. If you are entering TSA employment on an appointment without time limitations, you must serve a basic trial period unless you have already met the requirement. TSA policy requires verification of Selective Service registration for male applicants born after 12/31/59. For more information click here . View common definitions of terms found in this announcement. How You Will Be Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. You will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or related education as reflected in your resume and supporting documentation. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the competencies required for this position. We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your category placement may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job. Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Grouping procedures. Under Category Grouping, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories: Best-Qualified: Applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position and demonstrate high proficiency in all of the critical competencies as determined by the job analysis. Well-Qualified: Applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position and demonstrates acceptable proficiency in all of the critical competencies as determined by the job analysis. Qualified: Applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position and demonstrate basic proficiency in most of the critical competencies as determined by the job analysis. If you are best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies that are relevant to the duties of this position and must be fully supported by information in your resume: Knowledge of advanced human resources development principles, theories and concepts to develop integrated career development and management programs for the assigned CoP. Knowledge of program management and inter-relationships between functional or specialty areas in the CoP profession sufficient to establish new career progression programs and initiatives; and develop short and plans. Knowledge of the principles, concepts, laws and regulations of human resources management and consultative skills to generate new concepts, principles and methods for development of a Community of Practice (CoP) for federal occupations. To preview questions please click here. Background checks and security clearance Security clearance Not Required Drug test required No Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determination process