Human Resources Specialist

Human Resources Specialist

The U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO), District of Western Tennessee, is hiring a Human Resources Specialist for the Administrative Division. If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team serving as the Human Resources Specialist in the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Tennessee. At the full performance level, the Human Resources Specialist provides a variety of human resources management advisory services in the following functional areas: recruitment and placement, position classification, employee relations and performance management, employee benefits, compensation and human resources development.

Duties include:

• Processing and preparing personnel actions
• Providing guidance on and administration of benefits programs
• Advising management on HR topics
• Performing position analysis
• Overseeing the performance management process
• Administering pay and leave programs
• Identifying training and development needs

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

Qualifications:

GS-9: To be eligible at the GS 9 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized Experience, Education, OR a combination of Education and Experience.

Specialized experience: One-full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS 7 level.

Specialized experience is defined as: providing technical assistance to managers and employees on federal civilian Human Resources laws and regulations related to one of the following functional areas: recruitment and placement, position classification, employee relations and performance management, employee benefits, and pay/compensation.

Education: One of the following @types of education in a closely related field (e.g., Human Resources) a Master's or equivalent graduate degree (such as an LL.B.); OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.

Combining Education and Experience: I have a combination of specialized experience as described in A and graduate education as described in B which when combined equal 100% of the requirements.

GS-11: To be eligible at the GS 11 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized Experience, Education, OR a combination of Education and Experience.

Specialized experience: One-full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level.

Specialized Experience is defined as: advising managers on federal civilian Human Resources laws and regulations related to one or more of the following functional areas: recruitment and placement, position classification, employee relations and performance management, employee benefits, compensation and human resources development.

Education: One of the following @types of education in a closely related field (e.g., Human Resources) a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate degree; OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.

Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 2 full years.

Additional Information:

Payment of relocation expenses will not be authorized. The Department of Justice offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation; sick leave; holidays; life insurance; health benefits; and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.