Duties

As Supervisory Human Resources Specialist assigned to the Human Capital Foreign Service Team, you will:

• Serve as subject matter expert for the management and administration of OIG's Foreign Service (FS) and Cooperating Country Nationals (CCN) Personnel Service Contractors (PSC) programs/projects.
• Provide expert level advice, guidance, and support to the HC Director on key mission-critical Foreign Service related issues and initiatives.
• Manage and support the assessment of the FS programs, organizational needs; and the design, implementation and evaluation of its policies.
• Serve as advisor to the HC Director/OIG senior leadership on matters relating to federal laws of major significance, which substantially impact the personnel administration of foreign service officers' programs of the OIG.
• Participate in/lead the development and implementation of FS human resources policies, programs, and initiatives.
• Analyze and provide guidance and assistance in executing HC solutions; serve as a thought-partner to stakeholders and customers; quickly analyze problems and impediments and offers options/solutions.
• Balance priorities and align FS team expertise and resources to effectively respond to new or anticipated requirements.
• Guide and manage OIG foreign service boards (FS Assignment Board, FS Tenure Boards and FS Promotion Boards).

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance
• International and overnight travel will be required
• Registration with the Selective Service System is required, if applicable
• Designated and/or random drug testing required
• You will be required to serve a supervisory/managerial probationary period of 1 year unless one has previously been completed.
• You will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit documentation of proof of vaccination by November 22, 2021 or before onboarding with the agency, if after November 22.

Qualifications

Specialized experienced required for the GS14 grade level:

To qualify for the GS-14 grade level, you must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-13 level in the Federal service or equivalent. Specialized experience is defined as: (1) advising on the management and administration of the Foreign Service (FS) and/or Cooperating Country Nationals (CCN) Personnel Service Contractors (PSC) employment and recruitment program functions(e.g., assignments, deployments, etc.).
(2) participating in/or leading the development and implementation of FS human resources policies, programs, and initiatives; and (3) providing guidance on the process of foreign service boards (FS Assignment Board, FS Tenure Boards and FS Promotion Boards); and (4) counseling and advising FS employees regarding benefits, allowances, and entitlements.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent.
Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this job opportunity. 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). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.

Education

Education requirements in this grade level and series are not applicable.

Additional information

Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date. This means that you must have served at least 52 weeks at the next grade level (or equivalent) below the grade advertised on this vacancy announcement.

USAID is an independent Federal Government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. With headquarters in the District of Columbia, we operate in more than 100 countries worldwide, playing an active and critical role in the promotion of U.S. foreign policy interests. When crisis strikes, when rights are repressed, when hunger, disease, and poverty rob people of opportunity, USAID acts on behalf of the American people to help expand the reach of prosperity and dignity to the world's most vulnerable people. USAID employees and contractors must commit to maintaining a workplace free of sexual misconduct, including harassment, exploitation, and abuse, and adhere to USAID's Counter-Trafficking in Persons Code of Conduct. For information on the effort to counter all forms of human trafficking, including the procurement of commercial sex acts and the use of forced labor, visit http://www.state.gov/g/tip. For more information about USAID, visit http://www.usaid.gov.
There are limited circumstances in which an exception to the federal workforce vaccination requirement may be obtained. If you are not able to get vaccinated due to a medical condition, you are not able to get vaccinated because you have a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance, you should contact OigVaxAccomodations@usaid.gov to request an exception from this requirement.

Due to COVID-19, the agency is currently in an expanded telework posture. If selected, you may be expected to temporarily telework, even if your home is located outside the local commuting area. Once employees are permitted to return to the office, you will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this announcement within 30 days. At that time, you may be eligible to request to continue to telework one or more days a pay period depending upon the terms of the agency's telework policy.

This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

These are Testing Designated Positions (TDP's) under the Agency's approved Drug-Free Work Place Program. All applicants selected for this position will be subject to random drug testing once they begin working for the Agency.

Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer is required.

Moving and relocation expenses are not authorized.

M ythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies: https://hru.gov/Studio_Recruitment/tools/Mythbuster_on_Federal_Hiring_Policies.pdf .

EEO Policy: EEO Policy Statement .

Reasonable Accommodation Policy: Reasonable Accommodation Policy Statement .

Veterans' Information: Veterans Information .

Telework: https://www.telework.gov/ .

Selective Service Registration: http://www.sss.gov/ .