Senior Human Resource Specialist

Position Objective

As a Senior Human Resource Specialist, apply a broad range of advanced skills and expertise in the full range of federal HR areas including but not limited to staffing, classification, processing, benefits, recruitment, compensation, SES programs, work life programs, policy and employee and labor relations. In support of the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Human Capital (OHC), Human Resources Operations Center (HROC).

• Review position applications to determine basic qualifications, adjudicate veterans’ preference, and prepare selection certificates for issue.
• Apply pay setting calculations to extend job offers.
• Perform law enforcement pay setting to include accurate conversion of general pay and special pay schedules to the law enforcement pay schedule.
• Develop and review standard operating procedures (SOP) and job aids for existing, new, or emerging staffing programs.
• Develop and build specialized ad‑hoc applicant metrics, reports, and associated spreadsheets.
• Validate applicant selections.
• Interpret and apply laws, rules, and regulations, including Executive Orders, Title 38, Delegated Examining Unit regulations, 5 CFR, the Vet Guide, and other guidance to federal hiring actions.
• Respond to applicant and internal customer concerns and inquiries.
• Review applicant status determinations when challenged by internal/external candidates and managers.
• Monitor, revise, and maintain reports and files.
• Develop staffing process checklists and maintain tracking spreadsheets.
• Coordinate and serve as a liaison with customers as required.
• Perform data entry into position management and other ICE systems as required.
• Prepare, issue, and track tentative selection notices.
• Coordinate job offers, release requests, setting of enter‑on‑duty (EOD) dates, and coordinate training classes for applicants.
• Coordinate issuance and return of security paperwork for applicants including electronic questionnaires for investigations processing (e‑QIP) initiations and conduct regular status checks with the ICE Personnel Security Division (PSD).
• Familiarity with USA Staffing Record EOD actions in ICE databases as required.
• Assist with audit of staffing and recruitment case files.
• Perform quality assurance for the oral interview process and enter results into appropriate ICE databases.
• Advise and assist hiring managers in performing job analyses to fill existing or new positions: draft vacancy announcements, develop interview questions, score benchmarks based on job analysis results, and guide on forming interview panels.
• Participate and/or contribute as an active member of a team for human capital initiatives.
• Provide support for HR specialists who perform recruitment and staffing duties for an assigned block of services.
• Instruct candidates on the proper way to complete and submit employment applications and review for complete and accurate information.
• Explain basic merit promotion procedures to employees.
• Maintain merit promotion folders to keep accurate logs.
• Initiate the pre‑employment process to include security, medical, drug and/or fitness tests as required for the position.
• Download and transmit SF75 information to other federal agencies as required.

• Lead a group of contractor staff with the daily processing of Position Management System Online (PMSO) Builds, SF‑52 routing, and SF‑corrections as applicable.
• Operate several independent HR processing systems (e.g., TOPS, NFC, ESP).
• Assign SF‑52s and HC Link service tickets ensuring a balance of tickets among contractor staff.
• Monitor ESP and HC Link work request submissions and timely assign for processing.
• Keep abreast of the status and progress of work,…