Lead Human Resources Specialist

Summary You will serve as a Lead Human Resources Specialist for the Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Capital Access (OCA), People Operations Disaster Division (PODD) in Buffalo, NY. This position provides leadership support to the Human Resources Officer (HRO) in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of all recruitment and team activities. Responsibilities As a Lead Human Resources Specialist at the GS-0201-13, some of your typical work assignments may include: Advising leadership and employees on staffing and recruitment and placement issues. Performing, and leading a team performing, a full range of staffing and recruitment and placement activities for a wide range of positions in the competitive and excepted service, including filling positions, making qualification and veteran preference determinations, and coding and reviewing personnel actions (Standard Form 52 - SF52) and notification of personnel actions (Standard Form 50-SF50) for employees. Making assignments to team members with deadlines and time frames for completion. Balancing workload among employees in accordance with skill levels. Performing quality assurance activities to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance of work performed. Training others through formal or informal methods; identifying training needs; providing advice and coaching on work methods, best practices, and procedures. Responding to complaints and inquiries regarding the application and rating process from various stakeholders. Advising management on recruitment and placement activities and strategies to meet their needs and objectives. IMPORTANT NOTES: This is a Permanent position, which is a competitive service status position with a full-time work schedule. Delegated Examining Certificate (You Must submit a copy of your certificate) A valid driver's license may be required. Mandatory Overtime: In order to respond quickly and efficiently to disaster survivors, substantial compensated overtime hours may be required during heightened disaster activity. Positions are telework eligible as determined by the Agency. By applying for this position with SBA's People Operations Disaster Division - PODD, you can enjoy challenging but satisfying work and join a highly motivated and diverse team that helps families and businesses rebuild their lives after a disaster. Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date. This position is not included in a bargaining unit. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Experience: To receive credit, you must indicate the month and year as well as the average hours worked per week for each employer. Average work hours must be stated on the resume to quantify each period of work experience or that experience will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. You must address the specific specialized experience required for each grade level of this position on your resume or application or you will be rated "Ineligible" for that grade level. GS-13: To qualify you must have at least 1 full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the GS-12 level in the Federal service that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skill, and ability to perform successfully in this position. This experience may have been obtained in either the private or public sector. In addition, this Specialized Experience must demonstrate the following: Recruiting for a variety of positions by performing the following recruitment and staffing functions: performing/preparing job analyses, preparing job opportunity announcements, making eligibility determinations for merit promotion announcements and delegated examining procedures utilizing USA Staffing automated staffing system; Reviewing applications for positions and making qualification and veterans preference determinations; Preparing or reviewing a wide variety of personnel actions such as promotion, reassignment, appointment etc., and ensuring accuracy of information and compliance with applicable regulations and guidelines; Providing staffing and recruitment guidance and information to senior managers, supervisors, employees and applicants; AND; Conducting quality reviews of various human resources documents and processes to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable regulations such as: Merit Promotion/Delegated Examining announcements/case files, Standard Forms 52 and 50, ranking lists/certificate of eligibles, qualifications, veterans preference adjudication. 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: Human Resources Management Series 0201 (opm.gov) 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. Selective Placement Factor: This position requires a special qualification that has been determined to be essential to perform the duties and will be used as a screen out element. Those who do not provide evidence they possess the following selective factor(s) will be rated not qualified. (You Must submit a copy of your certificate) All qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on 05/15/2024. Education Education may not be substituted for experience for this position. Qualification Standards: Human Resources Management Series 0201 (opm.gov) Additional Information If selected for this position, you will be eligible for benefits. 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