Human Resources Assistant (Employee Relations)

Patent and Trademark Office•Alexandria, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position is in the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Office of Human Resources, Employee Relations Division. The employee serves as an authoritative resource to assigned business units on employee relations and provides technical advice and guidance on applying employee relations principles, practices, and legal and regulatory requirements. The role involves gathering and providing information using established methods, referring matters to specialists when appropriate, researching assigned projects, presenting clear and accurate data, running statistical reports from the division’s case tracking system, and entering and extracting data for multiple document types. The employee also processes assigned personnel actions and produces reports, charts, graphs, and correspondence. The physical worksite is the Alexandria, Virginia campus, and in-person presence is required for on-site functions. Situational telework may be available at agency or business-unit discretion; the agency currently allows 52 hours of telework per leave year.

Requirements

Meet the applicable OPM qualification requirements and demonstrate job-related competencies.
Possess at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service.
For GS-07: specialized experience includes applying federal human resources regulations, principles, and concepts to clerical projects; initiating and processing personnel actions in an HRIS; and/or providing administrative support to HR specialists and customers in a Workforce Relations office or similar environment.
For GS-08: specialized experience includes independently applying and interpreting federal human resources regulations, principles, and concepts in clerical and technical projects; initiating and processing personnel actions in an HRIS; and/or supporting HR specialists and customers in a Workforce Relations office or similar environment.
Be a United States citizen or national.
Pass a background investigation and fingerprint check and be suitable for Federal employment.
Meet time-in-grade/band and all qualification requirements by the announcement’s closing date.
Register for Selective Service if applicable.

Responsibilities

Apply established methods and techniques to gather and provide information and refer matters to specialists as appropriate.
Conduct research to support projects in assigned areas and present relevant data clearly, concisely, and accurately.
Run statistical reports from the division’s case tracking system.
Enter data for multiple types of documents and process automated data entry and data extraction.
Process assigned personnel actions.
Produce reports, charts, graphs, and correspondence.
Provide technical advice and guidance to assigned business units on employee relations principles, practices, and legal and regulatory requirements.