Bureau of Land Management Hiring for HR Specialist (Recruitment & Placement) at United States Full Time

Summary Explore a new career with the BLM – where our people are our greatest natural resource. This position is located in the Bureau of Land Management, OR/WA State Office in Portland, OR. Information about the area can be found at Portland Chamber of Commerce Guide. The final duty location may be negotiable upon selection. We expect to fill 1 vacancy at this time. Additional positions may be filled from this announcement if they become available. Responsibilities Provides advice to managers, supervisors, and employees regarding difficult and complex recruitment and placement actions. Collaborates with managers in determining short- and long-term recruitment needs and in developing effective recruitment methods and strategies. Announces vacancies under the merit promotion program, through direct hire, or delegated examining authority. Makes qualification determinations, rates, and ranks applicants, prepares certificates of eligible applicants for referral. Assists management in the preparation of position descriptions and submits classification requests. Processes personnel actions including various types of appointments, terminations, extensions, within grade increases, and other actions in an automated system. Maintains employee personnel files and recruitment case files to include uploading, filing, and reviewing documents. Creates reports using automated HR System and maintain system access profiles and permissions. Creates vacancy announcements and builds jobs assessments in an automated recruitment system. Provides technical expertise in determining rates of pay and on using compensation flexibilities to help recruit, manage, and retain employees. Trains and advises managers, supervisors, and employees regarding various HR management topics. Provides guidance and training to managers on HR systems, policy, and procedures. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the qualification requirements – please be sure to include this information in your resume. No assumptions will be made about your experience. To qualify for the GS-09, applicants must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level. Examples of specialized experience may include: Applying a wide variety of HR rules, procedures, and operations to deliver staffing and placement activities; preparing vacancy announcements; developing and/or reviewing job analysis and assessment questions; utilizing automated recruitment systems to recruit applicants; screening applications for qualifications and eligibility determinations; coding and processing personnel actions or using personnel systems to process employee actions; researching and interpreting a variety of HR regulations to resolve basic staffing issues; providing advice and guidance to managers/supervisors, employees and applicants. OR Education: Master’s or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR A combination of education and experience. A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Then add the two percentages. To qualify for the GS-11 applicants must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level. Examples of specialized experience may include: Applying laws, rules, and regulations related to recruitment and placement. Consulting with managers to identify their recruitment and staffing needs and deals with recruiting complex positions. recommending strategies for overcoming staffing and recruitment employment barriers. Developing job analysis, assessment questionnaires, and creating vacancy announcements in an automated recruitment system. Responding to employee inquiries regarding employment status, opportunities, and pay. Researching and interpreting regulations, policies, and procedures. Coding personnel actions in accordance with The Guide to Processing Personnel Actions. OR Completion of three full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education OR a LL.M if related, PhD or equivalent doctoral degree from an accredited college or university with a major in human resources, public administration, political science, business administration, psychology, or education. OR A combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described above. Only graduate education in excess of the first 36 semester hours may be used when combining education and experience for this specialty and grade. You MUST submit supporting academic transcripts. 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. You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement. Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade requirement in accordance with 5 CFR 300.604. If you are a current Federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks at the next lower grade level Education If using education to qualify, you must submit copies of all transcripts or a list of college courses that include hours and grades from an accredited U.S. college/university. See Required Documents section for more information. Additional Information DOI uses E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit E-Verify. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/lnteragency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority, you must: 1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well qualified for the position with a score of 90 or above; and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more information: CTAP or ICTAP Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered for Selective Service Tax Law Impact for PCS: Moving expenses reimbursement is a taxable benefit. However, the Federal Travel Regulation 18-05 issued by General Services Administration has authorized agencies to use the Withholding Tax Allowance and Relocation Income Tax Allowance to pay for “substantially all” of the increased tax liability resulting from the “2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” for certain eligible individuals. The official worksite for the selectee is the duty station identified in this vacancy announcement. The selectee will typically report to this duty location on a regular and recurring weekly basis. The selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval. The COVID-19 vaccination requirement for federal employees pursuant to Executive Order 14043 does not currently apply. Click here for more information. To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to Executive Order 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. This announcement is being advertised concurrently under number CADE-22-11455145-JB, which is open to all qualified persons. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods. BLM may use certain incentives, currently offered by the Federal government, to attract high quality applicants. If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document, you do not have in electronic form; view the following link for information regarding an Alternative Application