Applicants must meet all experience requirements by the closing date of this announcement.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-09:Specialized Experience:You must have 1 full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the
GS-07 level in the Federal service that has equipped you with the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform successfully in this position. This experience may have been gained in a Non-Federal service position. Specialized experience is described as meeting all of the below:
- Knowledge and understanding of federal personnel regulations and laws as it applies to recruitment and placement.
- Knowledge of federal personnel regulations, laws, techniques pertaining to Competitive and Excepted Service positions.
- Advising on the procedural and regulatory requirements governing the merit promotion process.
- Developing vacancy announcements in an online recruitment system such as USA Staffing; and,
- Utilizing HR database systems to query, retrieve, and analyze information to complete and monitor routine and special assignments.
OREducation: A master's or equivalent degree or 2 Full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such degree or an LLB or JD that is directly related to Human Resources.
ORCombination of Education and ExperienceGS-11: To qualify you must meet one of the below criteria:
Specialized Experience:You must have 1 full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the
GS-09 level in the Federal service that has equipped you with the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform successfully in this position. This experience may have been gained in a Non-Federal service position. Specialized experience is described as meeting all of the below:
- Applying a wide range of HR recruitment and placement functions.
- Advising management officials on various types of appointments and their appropriate application in both the competitive and excepted service.
- Developing vacancy announcements in an online recruitment system such as USA Staffing.
- Developing job analyses for a variety of positions; and,
- Providing advice and guidance to management officials on a variety of HR topics and issues to include pay administration.
OREducation: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
or3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree
or LL.M., that is directly related to Human Resources.
ORCombination of Education and ExperienceCombinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the grade levels specified may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level.
Only graduate education more than the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-9 and GS-11.NOTE: One year of full-time graduate education is the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement.
GS-12: To qualify you must meet all of the below criteria:
Specialized Experience:You must have 1 full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the
GS-11 level in the Federal service that has equipped you with the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform successfully in this position. This experience may have been gained in a Non-Federal service position performing all of the below.
- Applying a wide range of HR concepts, principles, laws, regulations, and practices related to Competitive and Excepted Service.
- Advising management officials and employees on a variety of appointment types.
- Researching, advising and providing recommendations to meet short-term and long-term needs.
- Experience using a variety of standardized internal/external recruitment strategies to aid in strategic recruitment planning; and
- Utilizing an online recruitment system such as USA Staffing to draft and prepare vacancy announcements, make eligibility and qualifications determinations, and issue referral lists and certificates to selecting officials.