HR SPECIALIST (PERSONNEL AND RECORDS)

Wits Solutions Inc. (WITS) is a SBA certified Small Disadvantaged Business with headquarters in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. WITS has been providing best-in-class solutions in professional IT and administrative consulting to various Federal, State, Local and commercial customers. At WITS, we believe in working not for our clients but with them. This is why right from the beginning; our analysts and solution-builders work closely with our clients to ensure that the project outcomes continue to deliver value long into the future.

Job Description :

Clearance

• Security clearance: NO
• Facility clearance (FCL): NO
• Base access: YES. Background check and a Fort Jackson base pass are required before the first day. This takes about 3 weeks.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS MANDATORY

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 2 years of office or admin work.
• Able to learn new database systems quickly.
• Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Provided after hire: Army security awareness, anti-terrorism Level I, iWATCH, OPSEC and TARP.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS NICE TO HAVE

• Associate or bachelor degree in HR, business or a related subject.
• Army HR background (42A) or similar military HR training.
• Current Fort Jackson base pass.
• Army security awareness, anti-terrorism Level I, iWATCH, OPSEC and TARP training completed in the last 12 months.

WORK EXPERIENCE MANDATORY

• 2 or more years preparing and processing military personnel actions: promotions, awards, transfers, leave and separations.
• IPPS-A and iPERMS.
• Reviewing personnel records and filing documents to a set structure.
• Building in-processing packets and checking assignment orders.
• Producing personnel strength and accounting reports.
• Accurate work to a 1 day deadline on personnel actions and a 3 day deadline on filing.

WORK EXPERIENCE NICE TO HAVE

• Former Army 42A HR Specialist.
• Support to a school, training or student population.
• Producing Army orders.
• Working to a measured accuracy target.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Process soldiers arriving and leaving: review records, build the in-processing pack, check assignment orders.
• Update the unit tracking database within 1 working day of anyone arriving or leaving, and check it against the arrivals list each morning.
• Prepare and submit personnel actions in IPPS-A within 1 working day of a complete pack: promotions, awards, transfers, leave and separations.
• Return an incomplete pack the same day and name what is missing.
• Upload orders, promotion orders, award certificates and school records to each soldier's iPERMS record, then reopen the record and check the document is in the right place.
• Produce personnel strength and accounting reports.
• Produce orders from approved paperwork, check them and send them out.
• Cover the finance and travel job when that person is away.
• Protect soldiers' personal information. No personal phone, laptop or USB stick on an Army computer.