Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement)

As a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement) the incumbent will be part of the Office of Human Resources Office of the Managing Director Federal Maritime Commission. The incumbent will be responsible for providing a full range of human resources services including staffing and recruitment payroll and compensation and payroll processing. Additionally the incumbent will manage and maintain reports related to payroll the Human Resources Information System (HRIS) and the Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI).

As an HR Specialist (Recruitment and Placement) if selected you will:

• Conducts job analyses on a wide variety of positions; prepares occupational assessment questionnaires and job announcements.
• Determines qualifications and eligibility for Delegated Examining Merit Promotion and Special Hiring Authorities (e.g. Schedule A VRA CTAP/ICTAP); rates and ranks applications; and issues referral lists. Sets pay for new hires and extend tentative and final offers utilizing an automated onboarding system.
• Processes a wide range of personnel actions including and not limited to accessions separations promotions reassignments details pay increases performance realignments and awards. Additionally processes payroll-related actions including and not limited to changes in address taxes direct deposit and leave transfers.
• Utilizes the NFC system and other automated systems and software to generate information and data for a wide variety of resource reports requested by the Office Director. Manage automated systems reports migrations and programs related to payroll HRIS and EHRI.
• Serve as time and attendance (T&A) subject matter expert providing technical assistance to timekeepers regarding the operations of the timekeeping record system.
• Conduct regular training with customers on a wide range of staffing matters including principles of staffing recruitment and placement.
• Provide technical advice in the areas of recruitment staffing placement pay entitlements and other related areas.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service. See
• A 1-year probationary period may be required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a background investigation.
• Time-in-Grade requirement must be met by the closing date of the vacancy.
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit.
• FMC participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is an Internet-based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that enables participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees.
• All employees of the Federal government are subject to the conflict of interest statutes and regulations including the Standards of Ethical Conduct that govern activities with outside organizations and reporting financial holdings. This position may require the incumbent to complete a confidential financial disclosure report.

To Qualify for the GS-12: You must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service with the knowledge skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Performing staffing and recruitment placement functions under Delegated Examining Merit Promotion and other hiring authorities researching and analyzing documentation to support actions coding and providing advice on the processing of a wide range of personnel actions to include: accessions promotions reassignments realignments details transfers adverse actions awards and resignations; 2) Utilizing various HR related automated software programs (i.e. USA Staffing National Finance Center (NFC) Position Management System Online (PMSO) Entry Processing Inquiry and Correction System (EPIC) etc.) to gather and evaluate data and; 3) Administering guidance to management and employees on various HR related topics (i.e. recruitment staffing and placement

To Qualify for the GS-13: You must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service with the knowledge skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Serving as a subject matter expert in the management and performance of the full range of staffing and recruitment placement functions under Delegated Examining Merit Promotion and other hiring authorities; serving as a consultant in position management; coding and providing advice on the processing of a wide range of personnel actions to include accessions promotions reassignments realignments details transfers adverse actions awards and resignations; 2) Utilizing various HR related automated software programs (i.e. USA Staffing National Finance Center (NFC) Position Management System Online (PMSO) Entry Processing Inquiry and Correction System (EPIC) etc.) to gather and evaluate data; 3) Providing expert advice and guidance to management and employees on various HR related topics (i.e. recruitment staffing placement and position management); 4) Conducting program-wide evaluation of Human Resources staffing programs to determine compliance with Federal and local regulatory guidelines and; 5) Serving as a quality reviewer for Delegated Examining and Merit Promotion cases to ensure compliance and accountability of prescribed guidelines.

NOTE: All experience statements (i.e. duties specialized experience or related applicable assessment) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

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.

Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks at the next lower grade level) by the closing date of this announcement.

This position requires that the successful candidate undergo personnel vetting which includes a background investigation and enrollment upon onboarding into Continuous Vetting. Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automated record checks being conducted throughout ones employment with FMC. The successful candidate will also be enrolled into FBIs Rap Back service which will allow FMC to receive notification from the FBI of criminal matters (e.g. arrests charges convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time. For more information about individual rights Noncriminal Justice Applicants Privacy Rights - FBI FD-258 Privacy Act Statement - FBI and ().

*Delegated Examining (DE) certification preferred but not required. The individual selected for the position will be required to obtain and maintan DE certification while performing in this position.