This position is part of the Associate Administrator for Management and Budget, Department of Energy. A successful candidate in this position will serve as Director, Staffing, Classification and Processing Division, providing leadership, direction, and coordination to effectively manage major components of the human resources program that include staffing and recruitment, pay and compensation, personnel action processing and classification.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower NNSA Demonstration Project pay band or GS grade level in the Federal service, i.e., NQ-03 or GS-14. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: 1)advising senior level managers and employees on policies and procedures of Title 5 in the areas of staffing, recruitment, placement, and classification; 2) leading teams toward achieving objectives and goals in applying HR regulations, processes, and procedures as it pertains to a full range of HR operational work such as recruitment actions, position descriptions, personnel action processing, pay and compensation etc.; 3) implementing improvements in processes and procedures for staffing and recruitment, and related programs; and, 4) supervising teams at least one or more of the following HR functions: staffing and recruitment, classification, pay and compensation, and/or personnel action processing. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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. CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section. If you are eligible for career transition assistance plans such as ICTAP or CTAP, you must meet the definition of "well qualified" which is defined as having a score of 85 or better. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
As a Director, Staffing, Classification and Processing Division, you will: Serve as the senior Supervisory HR Specialist managing all operational aspects of the NNSA human resources (HR) management program, to include federal senior executive and non-senior executive recruitment and staffing; classification; compensation; and personnel actions processing required to support NNSA across the nuclear weapons complex. Conceive and develop personnel program enhancements that directly benefit the delivery of HR services and that form the foundation of innovative recruitment, staffing, and succession planning initiatives that enhance NNSA's recruiting strategies and techniques, anticipate and prevent skills imbalances, and assess and redress skills gaps, with minimal employee and organizational disruptions. Manage the work of the office through subordinate staff and supervisors. The assigned supervisory and managerial duties and authorities are made more complex due to geographic dispersion of the subordinate staff and customer organizations, quickly evolving HR management policies and practices pertaining to Competitive and Excepted Service HR systems; Demonstration Project pay and performance systems; and the urgent, highly sensitive national security nature of the work of NNSA. Communicate daily with internal program staff, internal OHR partners, and various external partners. Initiate and maintain regular and recurring contacts with high-ranking civilian supervisors and senior management officials in NNSA headquarters and administrative staff, or comparable personnel in other Federal agencies; contracting project officers and high-level technical staff of Management & Operating (M&O) firms, etc. Effectively develops and responds in writing to a variety of correspondence including high level inquiries internal and external to NNSA. Develop and promulgate short- and long-range program plans/strategies and policy guidance, including resource levels and program priorities, overall requirements, schedules, milestones and reporting. Produce Standard Operating Procedures, respond in writing to requests for information form a variety of sources, recommend written guidance at local operating level and recommend written instructions for wide dissemination to all levels within the NNSA organization.