The incumbent provides a variety of management advisory services to recruit for positions using automated staffing and recruitment tools for the collective United States Attorney's Offices (USAO's) serviced by the district's Delegated Examining Umbrella. For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.
To qualify for the GS-12 grade level, you must possess one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal government, performing 5 of the 6 the following duties: Applying human resource concepts, practices, laws, regulations, rules and precedents to provide management advisory and technical services on substantive organizational human resource functions; Applying personnel staffing and Delegated Examining recruitment rules and processes; and Experience serving as a quality reviewer in recruitment and placement actions. Conducting technical advisory services to provide recommendations that relate to position classification; Applying personnel staffing and recruitment practices sufficient to provide management with strategies to address recruitment and placement needs; Utilizing efficient techniques to fill vacancies and meet human resources goals of the organizations serviced. In addition to the above specialized experience, the preferred candidates are to be currently DEU certified. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-11 is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-12 level. You must submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. No award SF-50 will be accepted; recommended SF-50s include promotions and step increases (within grade increases). All applicants will be reviewed to ensure they meet minimum qualification and eligibility requirements before carrying out the rating and ranking process. Applicants will not be further considered who will not meet within 30 days after the closing date of the vacancy announcement all qualification and eligibility requirements. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)- The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) -VEOA allows eligible veterans to apply and compete for positions announced under merit promotion procedures when the hiring agency is recruiting from outside its own workforce. To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed three (3) or more years of continuous active military service. If you are applying for a Merit Promotion announcement and wish to be considered under VEOA, you must submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214, in addition to any other required documents listed on this announcement. Special Employment Consideration - Persons with disabilities, veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more, certain other veterans, spouses of certain members of the armed forces, and returning Peace Corps volunteers are examples of individuals who are potentially eligible for non-competitive appointments. For further information, click on the links provided below . You must specify in your online questionnaire under what authority you wish to be considered and submit appropriate documentation to verify your eligibility. Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities Links: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/competitive-hiring/#url=Types-of-Appointments
If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for human resource support. Typical work assignments will include: Applies a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of recruitment and placement principles and broad personnel management knowledge to advise hiring managers on recruitment actions and to identify, analyze and resolve complex problems, including, but not limited to, the development and/or evaluation of component-wide assessments for mission critical occupations. Explores alternative courses of action to accommodate management needs and considerations. Works with key management officials in a manner that inspires respect and confidence in the final work product. Performs complex position analysis to determine position requirements and are of consideration, and utilizes most efficient techniques to fill vacancies and meet human resources goals of the organizations serviced. Locates, analyzes, and applies qualification standards. Conducts job analyses to develop assessment criteria and vacancy announcements. Utilizes automated staffing systems, as well as traditional staffing efforts in filling vacant positions. Conducts a variety of recruitment outreach efforts when advertising vacant positions and utilizes special hiring authorities as appropriate. Such efforts include veteran recruitment, Schedule A, college/university and/or specialty outreach, etc. Utilizes hiring authorities as appropriate (eg. Delegating Examining, Merit Staffing procedures, and Excepted Service appointments such as Pathways Program). Required to have and maintain DEU Certification Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.