HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (MILITARY) (TITLE 5)

Duties

As a HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (MILITARY) (TITLE 5), GS-0201-11, you will serve as the State primary point of contact and subject-matter expert (SME) for the Army National Guard (ARNG) Select Reserve Incentive Policy (SRIP), Army Medical Detachment Incentives Policy (AMEDD), Student and Chaplain Loan Repayment Program (SLRP, CLRP), and Blended Retirement System-Continuation Pay (BRS-CP), for Officer, Warrant Officer, and Enlisted personnel.

Major Duties - This is NOT an all-inclusive list:

• Monitors contracts within the ARNG Incentive Management System for compliance with provisions and changes.
• Advises senior leaders of incentive programs and responsibilities to include actionable items.
• Works directly with the State Education Services Officer to ensure proper integration of LRP.
• Works closely with management in resolving controversial issues; research, prepares, and defends actions taken relative to changes in incentive contracts and programs.
• Reviews regular and special reports from the Incentive Management System and Unit Assessment Visits (UAV) throughout the year to ensure compliance with policies and analyze trends.
• Provides State leadership with program compliance metrics through system generated reports.
• Uses State data to action required items with cross reference to National Guard Bureau's provided reports.
• Provides State-level training to incentive stakeholders at the lower levels (Brigade, Battalion, etc.) to ensure timely processing of all necessary actions regarding incentive contracts and programs.
• Reviews and enforces the ARNG policies pertaining to incentive contracts and programs.
• Reviews, evaluates, and processes the most complex incentive contracts and payments, ensuring eligibility to applicable policy guidelines are adhered to.
• Reviews and submits final exception to policy (ETP) packets that meet applicable policy to NGB, completing any additional actions as necessary.
• Analyzes quality control queries, payroll data reconciliations, and rejects data entries from reports providing corrections as necessary to ensure data integrity.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
• IAW The Fair Chance Act, Agency employees may not request criminal history information at the point of initial application, upon receipt of an application, or prior to, during or after a job interview. If an Optional Form (OF) 306, Declaration of Employment is submitted prior to the point of a conditional offer, questions related to background information section may not be asked.
• Irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours may be required to support operational requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day.
• May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
• This position is designated as Essential Personnel and may be subject to duty in preparation for, or in response to, a state emergency or disaster declaration. Head of Agency requests to exceed 14 days in a calendar year must be approved in advance by the National Guard, Director of Manpower and Personnel NGB-J1
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.

Qualifications

AREAS OF CONSIDERATION: The areas of consideration for this position, Title 5 Excepted Service, will be in the following manner and sequence:

• The FIRST area of consideration for this position will be candidates who match through the Priority Placement Program (PPP).
• The SECOND area of consideration will be all excepted permanent and indefinite temporary technicians within the ILNG.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7 Level. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE : GS-11 Level MUST possess at least 1-year equivalent to the next lower grade of GS-9: experience with administrative work which involves the exercise of analytical ability, judgment, discretion, and personal responsibility; knowledge of administering, delivering, and advising on military human resource policy; knowledge in military human resources and military departments; experience with incentive programs: skill in reviewing and managing contracts accurately to ensure compliance with relevant regulations.

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.

Verbiage displayed on your resume or application must contain your own words. You may refer to position descriptions, i.e. the general and specialized experience located within the vacancy announcement, to assist with describing work experience; however, resumes or applications received in verbatim will not be considered. In your resume you will need to address the general and specialized experience listed below. Please use as much detail as needed, giving dates (months and years) of the experience, position title and how the experience was gained. This information is needed to determine if you are qualified for the position.

Education

If you are using Education to qualify for this position, for a GS-11 you MUST possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.

You must provide OFFICIAL transcripts to support your Educational claims.

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( ).

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