Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement) GS 9 - 11 - United States Jobs Opening

September 13, 2024

US SBA

Little Rock

FULL TIME

Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement) GS 9 - 11

Summary
You will serve as a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement) for the Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Capital Access (OCA), People Operations Disaster Division (PODD). The employee serves as a Human Resources (HR) Specialist providing HR advisory and program services to a Center or equivalent Center level office or to subdivisions of a Center.
This job will close when we have received 100 applications which may be sooner than the closing date.
Duties
As a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement) at the GS-0201-9/11, some of your typical work assignments may include:

Performs staffing, recruitment, and placement activities for a variety of positions in the competitive service and excepted service.
Ensures appointments are within the scope of Human Resources laws and regulations.
Assesses the qualifications of applicants and determines the grade level(s) and occupations(s) for which they are qualified.
Keeps abreast of changes in Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Small Business Administration (SBA) Human Resources Policies and regulations by regularly accessing their websites. and advises the Human Resources Officer of changes impacting Center employees.
Advises management on merit promotion and recruitment matters and planning for future starting needs.
Serves as liaison with state employment offices to assist employees with obtaining unemployment compensation when their employment ends.

Requirements / Conditions of Employment

U.S. citizenship is required.
Favorable background investigation and credit check are required.
You may be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
This position is not included in a bargaining unit.

Qualifications
All qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on 09/26/2024.
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-09: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-07 grade 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 gained in a Non-Federal service position. In addition, this Specialized Experience must demonstrate the following:

Performing, or assisting with, multiple functions in two or more of the following functions: developing job analyses, creating job opportunity/vacancy announcements using an automated application system, veteran preference determinations/adjudications, making eligibility and/or qualification determinations, and developing assessment tools to determine the best qualified applicants such as: occupational questionnaires, narrative questionnaires, structured interview questions; AND
Completing and reviewing documents to ensure compliance with applicable guidelines, for a wide variety of human resources (HR) such as accessions/new hires, promotions, reassignments, resignations, etc.; AND
Responding to a variety of human resource (HR) inquiries from managers, employees and/or applicants.

GS-11: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-09 grade 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 gained in a Non-Federal service position. In addition, this Specialized Experience must demonstrate the following:

Experience in three or more of the following functions: preparing job analyses, creating job opportunity/vacancy announcements using an automated application system, veteran preference determinations adjudications, making eligibility and/or qualification determinations and developing assessment tools to determine the best qualified applicants such as: occupational questionnaires, narrative questionnaires, structured interview questions; AND
Preparing, reviewing, and updating/processing a wide variety of personnel actions for Federal civil service employees such as accessions, promotions, reassignments, awards, etc. and ensuring accuracy of information and compliance with applicable regulations and guidelines; AND
Responding to a variety of human resource (HR) inquiries from managers, employees, and applicants.

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $59,966.00 - $94,317.00 per year
Benefits: