HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST

Summary Are you interested in a rewarding and challenging career? SBA OIG provides auditing, investigative, and other high-quality services to support and assist the SBA in achieving its mission. We promote open and honest communication to create a positive work environment. The Partnership for Public Service named SBA OIG as being the #1 OIG in the Federal Government and as being among the Top 20 Federal Agency Subcomponents in the 2022 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings! Responsibilities Delegated Examining Program Management: Administer and oversee the Delegated Examining (DE) program in compliance with Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidelines. Conduct end-to-end recruitment processes for DE positions, including planning, job analysis, and development of assessment criteria. Ensure recruitment actions align with veterans' preference, merit system principles, and DEU guidelines. Merit Promotion Planning and Implementation Develop and implement merit promotion plans to support agency staffing goals. Collaborate with hiring managers to determine recruitment strategies, assessment methods, and career progression opportunities within the merit promotion framework. Provide guidance on promotion eligibility, competitive processes, and fair consideration standards. Application Rating and Evaluation: Assess applicant qualifications based on established OPM and agency qualification standards. Conduct job analysis and establish ranking factors, minimum qualifications, and selective placement factors as required. Utilize USA staffing system to review and rate applications, ensuring timely and accurate processing. Guide supervisors and managers on qualification requirements and best practices for candidate selection. Job Announcement Posting and Management: Develop and post vacancy announcements using agency staffing systems, such as USA Staffing, ensuring announcements are clear, detailed, and compliant with federal hiring requirements. Oversee the lifecycle of job announcements, from drafting to closing, while managing applicant communications and responding to inquiries. Proficiently use automated staffing systems such as USA Staffing to post announcements, assess candidates, and manage applicant data. Monitor and update recruitment activities in the system, generating reports as needed for program evaluation and improvement. Provide advice and guidance to managers regarding placement including special placement activities to attract well qualified candidates for positions. Meet with managers to develop adequate and accurate assessment questionnaires, vacancy announcements and recruitment strategies. Personnel Action Processing: Prepare and process personnel actions in compliance with federal regulations, policies, and timelines using Empowr System. Collaborate with HR staff and payroll to resolve processing issues and ensure accuracy in action documentation. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient evidence of experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the duties of the position. Therefore, we encourage you to submit a thorough resume that directly relates to this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. To qualify at the GS-12 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: researching and applying Federal human resources management principles, concepts, regulations and policies in order to provide advisory services and policy interpretations on complex human resources management issues; classifying position descriptions at various grade levels; preparing job analysis and rating plans; leading internal and external recruitment efforts; making qualifications determinations; adjudicating veterans preference; developing referrals/certificates of eligibles for merit promotion and delegated examining announcements; and responding to and assisting applicants throughout the application process. To qualify at the GS-13 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: in addition to specialized experience required for the GS-12 level, applying advanced Federal Human Resources management principles, concepts, regulations, and practices to provide authoritative policy interpretations on controversial, or precedent setting human resources management issues; using analytical methods and techniques to provide technical advisory guidance on complex human resources needs and concerns for an organization; analyzing and providing solutions to complex human resources problems; providing human resources consulting services to organizational leadership, and developing and overseeing human resources projects. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's Qualifications web site. 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. TIME-IN-GRADE: If you are a current career or career-conditional federal employee applying for promotion under Merit Promotion you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in positions at the next level lower than the position being filled. All qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on 11/20/2024 of this vacancy announcement. Education For this position you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone -- no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Additional Information SUITABILITY, CLEARANCE & REQUIREMENTS: A background investigation may be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination. SELECTIVE SERVICE: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. For additional information visit www.sss.gov. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: You are required to file a new entrant Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 450 Report). Telework is available. For information on Telework visit: http://www.telework.gov/ Additional vacancies may be filled from this vacancy announcement if additional vacancies occur within 180 days of the date the certificates were issued.