Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement)

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service • Minneapolis, MN

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About The Position

If hired, the employee serves as the Mission Area Recruitment Officer, developing and managing the strategic recruitment program to identify and attract qualified job candidates for the mission area and client agencies. The role partners with stakeholders to achieve key hiring and recruitment objectives, including emergency response and hiring.

The position focuses on recruitment for hard-to-fill positions and locations, using data and innovative sourcing strategies to address difficult, complex, and programmatically sensitive occupations. It also supports recruitment through training, seminars, virtual webinars, on-site events, candidate materials, career fairs, strategic networking, and participation in Department-wide recruitment groups.

Requirements

• For the GS-13 level, one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level.
• Experience providing recruitment data to support a recruitment project or identify barriers in the process.
• Demonstrated full use of Federal hiring authorities, merit system principles, veterans' preference requirements, and delegated examining procedures in recruitment operations.
• Experience using resume search tools, shared certificates, and talent databases to identify qualified candidates.
• Experience cultivating relationships with organizations, veteran groups, and other prospective sources of applicant pools.
• Experience conducting recruitment using social media, professional associations, trade publications, and virtual recruiting platforms.
• Current federal employees applying for a promotion must meet the 52-week time-in-grade requirement at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
• Individuals born male after December 31, 1959, must be registered with Selective Service or exempt.
• Must successfully complete the required background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Must successfully pass E-Verify employment verification.
• Must enroll in Continuous Vetting.
• Successful completion of a one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
• No education substitution is available for the GS-13 level.

Responsibilities

• Analyze hard-to-fill positions and locations and develop targeted recruitment approaches for difficult, complex, and programmatically sensitive occupations.
• Generate data to guide recruitment and sourcing decisions and develop innovative recruitment strategies and methodologies.
• Develop and deliver recruitment training and seminars.
• Lead virtual webinars and on-site recruitment events.
• Develop recruitment materials for external candidates and represent the mission area at career fairs.
• Use resume mining, shared certificates, and other government recruitment initiatives.
• Develop and sustain strategic networks across programs, throughout USDA, with Recruitment Officers in other Federal departments, and with universities and industry.
• Represent the mission area on Department-wide recruitment committees, meetings, and work groups.
• Maintain delegated examining certification.

Benefits

• Federal employees receive a comprehensive benefits package, with access to benefits for themselves and their families; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed