HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (Recruitment & Placement)

Food Safety and Inspection Service•Eagan, MN

About The Position

The Human Resources Operations Division (HROD) provides human resources services to approximately 8,000 field and headquarters employees nationwide. Operating under a Division Director and Branch Chiefs, HROD provides strategic advisory services and operational work in recruitment and staffing, classification, processing, employee benefits, workforce planning, position management, personnel security, and compensation. The Human Resources Specialist serves on an HR servicing team and provides the full range of staffing services to assigned organizations. The specialist is the primary point of contact for staffing activities and coordinates the use of staffing systems with colleagues in the human resources office. The role advises on staffing methods, recruiting sources and methodologies, merit systems for placement and promotion, probationary practices, special employment programs, and staffing regulations. It also validates positions filled through merit promotion and delegated examining processes, analyzes applicant qualifications, and uses automated systems and databases to maintain personnel records and produce HR work products. The position requires U.S. citizenship or U.S. national status, satisfactory background adjudication, and Delegated Examining certification within two years of the effective hire date. Applicants must meet the applicable qualifications at the GS-09, GS-11, or GS-12 level. Qualification may be based on specialized experience, and at certain grades may alternatively be based on specified graduate education or a combination of education and experience. GS-12 requires specialized experience and has no educational substitute. Federal employees seeking promotion must meet the stated time-in-grade requirement. Multiple positions may be filled.

Requirements

Be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with Selective Service or exempt.
Pass satisfactory adjudication of a background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
May be required to successfully complete a probationary or trial period unless previously served.
Federal employees applying for a promotion must meet the 52-week time-in-grade requirement at the next lower grade level.
GS-09: One year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to GS-07, demonstrating at least 3 of 5 specified areas; alternatively, qualifying graduate education or a combination of graduate education and experience may qualify.
GS-09 specialized-experience areas include drafting vacancy announcements, coding routine personnel actions, researching federal HR regulations and policies, advising on routine HR issues, and maintaining HR databases.
GS-11: One year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to GS-09, demonstrating at least 4 of 5 specified areas; alternatively, a qualifying doctoral degree, specified doctoral-level graduate education, or a combination of graduate education and experience may qualify.
GS-11 specialized-experience areas include determining applicant qualifications and eligibility, issuing certificates of eligible candidates, extending job offers, setting pay in compliance with federal authorities, and advising management on HR processes and personnel actions.
GS-12: One year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11, demonstrating all 5 specified areas; there is no educational substitute.
GS-12 specialized-experience areas include resolving complex HR issues, conducting job analysis to develop assessment criteria, determining veterans preference, auditing certificates and vacancy case files for compliance, and advising management on HR policies and procedures.
Obtain Delegated Examining (DE) certification within two years of the effective hire date.
If education is used to qualify, submit relevant college transcripts; education must be from an accredited institution, and foreign education must be documented as equivalent to U.S. education standards.
Newly hired employees must complete employment verification through E-Verify and successfully pass the E-Verify check.
Federal employees must receive payments by direct deposit.
If selected, may need to complete a Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) to determine suitability and authorize a background investigation.

Responsibilities

Provide the full range of staffing services to assigned organizations as part of an HR servicing team.
Serve as the primary point of contact for staffing activities and coordinate the use of staffing systems with HR office colleagues.
Advise and assist in developing staffing methods, recruiting sources and methodologies, merit systems for placement and promotion, probationary practices, special employment programs, and staffing regulations.
Validate positions filled through merit promotion and delegated examining processes in accordance with the agency merit promotion plan and merit system principles.
Analyze applicant qualifications.
Use automated systems and databases to track, document, and maintain personnel records and generate HR work products.