Human Resources Specialist

Summary

About the Position: This position is located at the Medical Readiness Command, East, Assistant Chief of Staff, Fort Belvoir, VA. The primary purpose of this position is to provide expert analysis, guidance, and consultation on human resources policies, initiatives, and complex issues to ensure consistent, compliant, and effective Civilian Human Resources practices supporting the U.S. Army Medical Command, Regional Medical Commands, Medical Treatment Facilities, and overall patient care delivery.

Responsibilities

Review laws, policies, and directives to determine their impact on the Regional Medical Command, Medical Treatment Facilities, Army Health Clinics, and patient care delivery.

Represent Army Medical Command in meetings with senior human resources staff, clinical leaders, consultants, and subject matter experts.

Prepare executive summaries, information papers, and advisory memoranda for Regional Medical Command and Army Medical Command leadership.

Provide guidance to Regional Medical Command and Medical Treatment Facilities on policies and command-wide issues.

Provide interpretation of laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.

Develop guidance to resolve complex human resources issues.

Identify deficiencies, recommend improvements, and analyzes draft classification and qualification standards to provide feedback and benchmark findings.

Provide expert consultation to commanders and staff on Army Medical Command initiatives across multiple civilian human resources functional areas.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) analyzing workforce policies to determine their impact on organizational operations; 2) interpreting human resource laws and regulations to provide guidance on routine and complex issues in functional areas such as staffing, recruitment, classification, and employee relations; 3) drafting advisory materials such as information papers and briefing notes to support various human resource management programs; and 4) gathering data to develop solutions for improving personnel practices. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).