Human Resources Specialist

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At the full performance level, you will provide a variety of human resources management services in two or more of the following functional areas: recruitment and placement, position classification, employee relations and performance management, employee benefits, and human resources development.

Duties include:

• Performing position analysis to determine organizational requirements.
• Determining recruitment strategies and posting job announcements.
• Reviewing applications and applying qualification standards.
• Providing advice and assistance on performance management.
• Providing assistance in the administration of benefits programs.
• Administering guidance on pay and leave.
• Identifying training and development needs.
• Conducting evaluations of human resource program operations.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

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• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• Time-in-Grade:
  Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

To be eligible at the GS-09 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions,
as defined below
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Specialized Experience, Education,
OR a combination of Specialized Experience and Education.

One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in Federal service which could have been gained in the federal, public, and/or private sector. Specialized Experience is defined as:

• advising management on Human Resources matters;
• applying problem solving methods and techniques on a variety of Human Resources issues;
• presenting findings or recommendations related to at least one of the following areas: position classification, training, staffing and recruitment, Human Resources information systems, employee relations and performance management, employee benefits, pay and compensation, or records management and administration.

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One of the following types of education in a related field (e.g., Human Resources, Business Administration): a Master's or equivalent graduate degree; OR 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR LL.B. or J.D., if related. Education at the graduate level must be in an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge,