Program Specialist (Human Resources)

Duties

• Maintains comprehensive files and documentation on all personnel actions, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and proper coordination with appropriate staff and supervisors.
• Uses sound judgment when analyzing complex or ambiguous entitlement situations, applying guidelines appropriately even when cases fall outside standard parameters.
• Organizes and conducts pay pool panel preparation activities, ensuring pay pool managers have accurate data, policy guidance, and decision-support materials.
• Assists senior HR staff in monitoring and tracking the status of performance management milestones for a subset of serviced employees.
• Advises hiring officials and managers on position management considerations during unit reorganizations and realignments.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• In accordance with Change 3 to AR 600-85, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program, individual must successfully pass a urinalysis screening for illegal drug use prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• All INSCOM employees may be subject to extended TDY or worldwide deployments during crisis situations to perform mission essential functions as determined by management.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on a T5 (or equivalent level) investigation with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI).
• Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel may be required 25% or less of the time.

Qualifications

Who May Apply:
Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• Current Civilian Employees of the Command

Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement.

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is .

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes compiling and analyzing data on all hiring authorities used across serviced units; conducting an end-to-end audit of all active position descriptions within a serviced unit undergoing reorganization; AND advising pay pool managers on equitable and policy-compliant payout decisions. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS/GG-12).

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Compliance
• Human Resources Management
• Performance Management
• Personnel and Human Resources

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

• This position requires a 2 year trial period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the information sheet.
• This is a Career Program (CP) 10- Civilian Human Resources Management
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.