Human Resources Specialist

USDA Agricultural Research Service is currently recruiting for an Human Resources Specialist (Remote) 

Duties:   

• Codes personnel actions and reviews personnel actions for accuracy and completeness.
• Provides prompt and accurate advice and guidance to supervisors and managers regarding staffing, recruiting, and classification policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Determines eligibility and salary entitlement as appropriate to situation.
• Prepares vacancy announcements, evaluates candidates, discusses incentives, and prepares all materials for selection.

Experience: 

GS-09
Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience must be described for each grade level advertised. The specialized experience requirements for this position are: Qualifying experience for GS-09 includes one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-07 which is directly related to the work of this position and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For this position, specialized experience is experience coding personnel actions for accuracy and completeness; providing hiring managers with advice and guidance on recruitment or staffing processes and strategies; developing job analyses and assessment questionnaires to establish rating, ranking, and selection criteria; using an automated hiring system (i.e. USA Staffing) to post vacancy announcements and review qualifications of applicants; and issuing job offers to candidates.
OR
Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. Related degrees may include Human Resource Management, Administration Management, Workforce Development, or Organizational Management.
OR
A combination of graduate level education and experience as described above.

GS-11
Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience must be described for each grade level advertised. The specialized experience requirements for this position are: Qualifying experience for GS-11 includes one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-09 which is directly related to the work of this position and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For this position, specialized experience is experience coding and reviewing the full range of personnel actions for accuracy and completeness; developing job analyses and assessment questionnaires to establish rating, ranking, and selection criteria; using an automated hiring system (i.e. USA Staffing) to post vacancy announcements and review qualifications of applicants; and verifying incentive eligibility, employment eligibility, pay rates, and qualifications of candidates to issue job offers.
OR
Education: 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. Related degrees may include Human Resource Management, Administration Management, Workforce Development, or Organizational Management.
OR
A combination of graduate level education and experience as described above.

To apply for the position, go to USAJOBS.  For more information on available career or internship opportunities, email ARSTalentNetwork@usda.gov.