Benefits Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Experience advising hiring managers on recruitment strategies.
• Experience managing concurrent recruitments in a high-volume environment.
• Experience reviewing hiring packages for accuracy and compliance.
• Experience drafting and posting federal JOAs.
• Experience configuring and managing vacancy case files in USA Staffing.
• Knowledge of merit system principles, veterans’ preference rules, and EEO requirements.
• Experience creating job analyses.
• Experience developing or quality-checking crediting plans, rating criteria, and assessments.
• Experience training SMEs on assessment processes.
• Experience reviewing resumes and conducting interviews.
• Experience reviewing applicant documentation and determining eligibility.
• Experience conducting qualifications determinations using OPM standards.
• Experience adjudicating veterans’ preference.

Responsibilities

• Advise hiring managers on hiring authorities, recruitment strategies, and announcement options.
• Lead recruitment planning discussions to define strategy, timelines, and required documentation.
• Manage multiple concurrent recruitments in a high-volume environment, identifying risks and ensuring timely progress.
• Review hiring packages for completeness, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.
• Draft and post federal JOAs, ensuring correct duties, qualifications, and hiring authority usage.
• Configure and manage vacancy case files, questionnaires, and system settings in USA Staffing.
• Ensure all announcements uphold merit system principles, veterans’ preference rules, and EEO requirements.
• Work with hiring managers and SMEs to create defensible job analyses.
• Develop or quality-check crediting plans, rating criteria, and assessments aligned to OPM guidance.
• Train SMEs on structured assessment processes and oversee resume reviews and interviews.
• Review applicant documentation and determine eligibility across all hiring authorities.
• Conduct qualifications determinations using OPM standards and agency guidance.
• Adjudicate veterans’ preference and ensure proper documentation and coding.