Human Resources Officer

Plan and direct a Civilian Human Resources Service Center which provides civilian personnel services to a large and/or multi-mission civilian work force.

Work closely with commanders and senior staff in advising on recruitment and placement strategies, local training/development needs, labor and management-employee relations ,classification and position management and related personnel matters.

Maintain liaison with the Processing and Army Benefits Centers and staff personnel of serviced commands.

Coordinate accomplishment of actions regarding labor grievances and appeals, disciplinary actions, human resource development, automation requirements, and a variety of actions related to employee services.

Evaluate Human Resource (HR) program operations for quality and quantity of work, regulatory compliance and effectiveness of service to management and employees throughout the supported area.

Supervise and coordinate through subordinate supervisors, the work of HR specialists and assistants engaged in ensuring timely and effective HR to the serviced organizations.

Advise higher level officials on problems involving the relationship of the work of the unit supervised to broader programs, and its impact on these programs.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to OCONUS Positions Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Excepted Service Overseas Family Member Appointment Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes (1) providing civilian human resources advisory to a set of complex organizations to meet their human resource requirements; (2) leading a group of human resources professionals to ensure timely deliverables are met; AND 3) providing supervisory technical guidance in TWO of the following the areas: staffing, classification, labor management-employee relations, or workforce management.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. 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 (GS-13).