Supervisory Human Resources Specialist (Military)

United States Army Installation Management Command•Fort Leonard Wood, MO
•Onsite

About The Position

Serves as the Supervisor for the Director of Human Resources in the Directorate of Human Resources, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The position is Chief of the Military Personnel Division, with overall responsibility for the Military Personnel Management Program. It is a supervisory position designated Mission Essential and requires eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. The role includes a 10% temporary duty or business travel requirement. The incumbent oversees subordinate organization elements, directs and evaluates their work, establishes performance standards, evaluates key supervisors, and reviews subordinate supervisors’ evaluations. The incumbent supports the mission commander G-1 in maintaining deployable unit readiness and cross-leveling personnel, manages military personnel HR services, retirement services, and ID Card/DEERS eligibility, and advises commanders and leaders on military personnel policies and procedures. The role also serves as the installation liaison for special-interest HR correspondence and is responsible for implementing installation mobilization plans, systems, and procedures. Applicants must meet the listed employment-authority eligibility category and qualify through experience alone. Required experience is one year of specialized experience, including administering and adapting HR principles to organizational mission requirements; assisting with HR policies and procedures; recommending improvements to procedural or regulatory deficiencies; monitoring programs such as retirements and casualty affairs; assigning workload based on subordinate employees’ availability and capability; and developing corrective measures for HR operational problems. Applicants with recent GS service must also meet the 52-week time-in-grade requirement at GS-12 or equivalent. Education cannot substitute for the experience requirement, and the job has no education qualification requirement.

Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience administering, maintaining, advising on, and adapting HR concepts, principles, and theories to an organization and its mission requirements.
  • Experience assisting in the development of HR policies and procedures.
  • Experience recommending improvements to procedural and regulatory deficiencies in program areas.
  • Experience monitoring programs such as retirements and casualty affairs.
  • Experience assigning workload according to subordinate employees’ availability and capability.
  • Experience developing and initiating corrective measures to resolve HR operational problems.
  • Applicants qualifying through experience alone; education may not substitute for the required experience.
  • Applicants who held a GS position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
  • A background investigation and credit check are required; appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination.
  • A one-year supervisory probationary period is required unless previously completed.
  • Must report to or remain at work as scheduled during specified severe-weather or other emergency situations because the position is Mission Essential.
  • Eligible applicants must meet one or more of the listed employment-authority categories.
  • Proof of U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
  • Direct deposit of pay is required.
  • The position requires temporary duty or business travel 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as Chief of the Military Personnel Division with overall responsibility for the Military Personnel Management Program.
  • Assign, direct, and evaluate work of subordinate organization elements through subordinate supervisors.
  • Develop performance standards, evaluate key supervisors, and review evaluations of other employees made by subordinate supervisors.
  • Assist the mission commander G-1 in maintaining readiness of deployable units and cross-leveling personnel as required.
  • Execute HR services involving procurement, assignment, and utilization of military personnel.
  • Manage the Retirement Services Program and determine ID Card/DEERS eligibility for active-duty, reserve-component, retired, and family members.
  • Advise commanders and leaders at all levels, including headquarters staff, on military personnel policies and administrative procedures.
  • Advise the supervisor about problems that may affect the installation or broader programs.
  • Serve as the installation liaison for special-interest correspondence regarding military HR programs.
  • Implement installation mobilization plans, systems, and procedures.
  • Monitor programs such as retirements and casualty affairs.
  • Develop and initiate corrective measures to resolve HR operational problems.

Benefits

  • A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available, with eligibility depending on position type and other factors.
  • Permanent Change of Station allowances may be authorized.
  • Recruitment and relocation incentives may be authorized.
  • Student loan repayment may be authorized.
  • Salary negotiations for candidates new to federal service may be authorized.
  • Credit for prior non-federal work experience and certain military service for determining annual leave accrual rate may be authorized.
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