Supervisory HR Specialist (chief R&P) (temp Prom / Detail - NTE 1 Yr)

Supervisory HR Specialist

This position serves as the Supervisory HR Specialist of the Recruitment and Placement (R&P) Division of the Network's Human Resources Management Office. In collaboration with the VISN Human Resources Officer (HRO), the VISN Deputy HRO, and the Associate HRO, the position is responsible for the planning, developing, and implementing of the goals and objectives of the R&P Division, for a designated group of facilities within VISN 6.

Major Duties include:

• Supervises multiple Recruitment and Placement (R&P) sections performing R&P, quality assurance and onboarding functions.
• Exercises significant supervisory responsibilities in dealing with officials of other sections or organizations.
• Promotes sound management principles and programs within the division.
• Plans, leads, and/or carries out projects and studies to identify and resolve problems.
• Implements effective programs related to R&P, quality assurance, and onboarding.
• Provides technical advice, assistance, and consultation to customers on a broad range of ongoing cases, problems and policy questions.
• Analyzes the R&P SSU and overall national trends and changes to the R&P concepts and philosophies.
• Uses workforce assessments (such as demographic, skill/gap, and trend analysis) to develop succession, placement, and recruitment strategies and subsequently integrates these into the long-range planning and budgeting processes.
• Develops personnel strategic areas and objectives to achieve the VISN's goals for workforce planning necessary to get the right number of people with the right skills, experience, and competencies in the right jobs at the right time.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: May be available at the discretion of the Service Chief. Telework: ADHOC-May be authorized (Employees who Telework on an occasional, episodic, or short-term, and have completed required telework training and telework agreement). Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements. Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/06/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. The BASIC REQUIREMENT for the HR Specialist GS-0201 series is presumed met if found qualified at the GS-0201-7 level and above. To qualify for this position at the GS-14 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria:

• Criteria 1- Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience: Successful completion of a graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level.
• OR
• Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas.

Qualifying education for the GS-0201 series includes courses and programs in HR, HR development, HR management, business, business management/administration, industrial relations, labor relations, industrial psychology, organizational psychology, organizational development, management, organizational behavior, pre-law/law, legal studies, health care management/administration, public administration, public policy, human services, leadership and/or humanities. A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.