HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

Summary

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The primary purpose of this position is: to serve as a first level supervisor and Division Chief over several civilian Human Resources Specialists providing the full range of civilian personnel and civilian resources strategic and operational advisory services to HQ staff leaders, wing leaders, and Force Support Squadrons.

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Duties

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• Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of the Civilian Personnel Programs Division ensuring civilian personnel programs, staff members and servicing personnel offices comply with legal and regulatory requirements in the advisory services provided and operations meet the customer service needs of the varied command customers.
• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management.
• Represents the Civilian Personnel Division with a variety of command, installation and functional area organizations. Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with command leadership and management officials at all levels.
• Serves as a command level action officer on a wide range of HR functions. Provides program operations, technical guidance, and management advisory services across AFDW and SAF/AA (labor).
• Completes additional projects and initiatives either self-determined or presented to the staff by leadership and represents the A 1/the command at a variety of efforts/events.

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Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, see
• This position is Centrally Managed; PCS is authorized and will be paid by the career field
• If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at:
• This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours.
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Must demonstrate a high level of self-motivation and ingenuity in developing operational policies and procedures.
• This is a supervisory position; a one-year supervisory probationary period is required. Must be able and willing to assume a lead/supervisory position.
• Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
• Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions, GS-0201 Series.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-13, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes knowledge of a wide range of personnel concepts, principles, operations, laws, regulation, programs and practices; knowledge of budget execution concepts, principles, operations, and practices; knowledge of employee development, particularly leadership and management development programs and functional training, and understanding of merit systems and competitive process in relationship to the mission and objectives of civilian career management; and knowledge of career field management functions and procedures to include a broad knowledge of resource management principles, concepts, practices, and analytical techniques to ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory compliance.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-13 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-14 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

1. Expert knowledge of a wide range of Federal Human Resources laws, executive orders, code of federal regulations, OPM regulations, regulations, directives, instructions, policies, processes and concepts governing HR functions such as merit promotion, recruitment and placement, affirmative employment, employee and labor management relations, employee performance and conduct, and other personnel programs.
2. Knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices, and procedures.
3. Expert knowledge of personnel management, EEO, and safety and security regulations, practices and procedures.
4. Knowledge of advanced Federal Human Capital Management principles, concepts, practices analytical methods, a wide range of qualitative and quantitative techniques, and relationships of various HR disciplines as well as seasoned consultative skills sufficient to resolve complex HR problems not susceptible to treatment by standard methods.
5. Ability to analyze, plan, and adjust work operations of a human Resources staff segments to meet program requirements and objectives within available resource.
6. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP eligible click here. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated well qualified or above for this position. You must submit a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location.

Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.

120-Day Register: This announcement may result in a 120-day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur.

Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible: MSP applicants, if determined best qualified, must be selected and placed at the highest grade for which they applied. You must include a completed copy of the DD Form 3145-4, Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility for MSP. Click here to obtain/download a copy of the DD Form 3145-4, Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist.

Priority Placement Program (PPP) Applicant Eligible: PPP Applicants, if determined well qualified and selected, will be placed at the at the full performance level. You must include the applicable completed copy of the PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility as a PPP Applicant. Click here to obtain/download a copy of the applicable PPP Self-Certification Checklist (DD3145-1 through DD3145-4, select the appropriate checklist for your claimed preference). To determine the applicable PPP Self-Certification Checklist required to substantiate the eligibilities you are claiming, refer to the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide located in the Required Documents section of this vacancy announcement.

Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.

Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here .

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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