- Position Title
- Supervisory Human Resources Specialist
- Agency
- Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys
- Announcement Number
- 24-EOUSA-12283668-MA Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, January 22, 2024 to Friday, January 26, 2024
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
• your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy AND
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center help.usajobs.gov/index.php/What_is_CTAP%3F)
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
• your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy AND
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center help.usajobs.gov/index.php/What_is_CTAP%3F)
2.
Are you a current employee of the Department of Justice (DOJ)? If you are a current permanent DOJ employee in the competitive service and currently hold a position at the next lower grade, at the same grade, or at a grade higher than this position being advertised, you may qualify to apply as a current agency employee. To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, that reflects current employment with the DOJ and career/career-conditional tenure (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND status in the competitive service (Positional Occupied field is 1). You may also be required to submit your most recent performance appraisal, check the announcement to verify documentation requirements.
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in a position with the Department of Justice (DOJ). Your response to this assessment questionnaire, in conjunction with other portions of your completed application, will be evaluated in making screening decisions. This is a DOJ job application system. Your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information will be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit this application. Incomplete/incorrect responses may result in you not receiving appropriate consideration.
For the following questions, please select the response that best describes your education and/or experience. You may select only one response for each question. If you feel that your education or experience exceeds all of the descriptions for a particular question, choose the description that is the closest level to the experience or education that you possess. Failure to respond to these questions will result in an ineligible rating.
1.
From the descriptions below, select the ONE response that BEST describes the experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform as a GS-14 Supervisory Human Resources Specialist.
2.
Identify the specific experience from your resume or cover letter that validates your response. Also list the name and contact information of someone who can verify your response.
3.
This position is only open to current Department of Justice (status candidates) Federal employees in permanent competitive service positions, including well-qualified surplus and displaced DOJ employees (CTAP) in the local commuting area. Merit Promotion/Internal Employees/Agency Employees Only. Do you meet this requirement?
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
4.
Advise management on merit staffing actions, and counsel supervisors and employees on placement matters, taking into consideration staffing patterns, organization mission and functions, and available employee or candidate skills.
5.
Review and approve staffing related personnel actions, ensuring such are fully consistent with applicable guidelines and merit requirements.
6.
Provides advisory services on the spectrum of pay matters, including those relating to unique pay systems such as attorney pay.
7.
Assure quality of personnel action processing work, and for initiating/effecting corrective action as soon as errors in employee records are detected.
8.
Provide advisory services that promote the effective identification and referral of sufficient well-qualified candidates to meet organizational needs.
9.
Review classification policy and guidance to facilitate a general understanding of classification principles and processes.
10.
Provide guidance on merit system principles, prohibited personnel practices, and the development and use of valid selection criteria.
11.
Provide support on pay-setting guidance.
12.
Develop training materials for lower level staff and/or management.
13.
Provide leadership to other HR Specialists on staffing related issues.
14.
Explain Federal HR recruitment and staffing regulations, procedures, and determinations to inquiring employees and supervisors.
15.
Provide advice and assistance on the personnel actions processing.
16.
Identify sources of potential applicants to include current Federal appointment requirements and procedures.
17.
Develop and advise on staffing strategies.
18.
Advise management on a wide range of staffing issues such as workforce shaping/reduction-in-force, and special placement programs.
19.
Review past recruitment practices and local labor market conditions to advise on future staffing strategies.
20.
Research and interpret multiple federal staffing guidelines, regulations, and directives.
21.
If you fail to answer this question, you will be disqualified from consideration for this program.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.
I understand a comprehensive background investigation, including a check of my credit history and a pre-employment drug screening, is required for this position.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.
I understand a comprehensive background investigation, including a check of my credit history and a pre-employment drug screening, is required for this position.