Human Resources Specialist

Human Resources Specialist

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Plans strategies and completes actions related to executive recruiting, examining, selecting, and placing employees; completion of job analyses and workforce planning activities; and providing advice for identifying, attracting, and retaining a high-quality and diverse workforce.
• Advises management on legal or regulatory requirements or entitlements related to performance management matters. Provides advisory services to managers and employees on performance management policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Provides program management functions relating to Senior Executives, Senior Level, Experts and Consultants, and Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignments.
• Coordinates executive resources evaluation and interview panels, personnel actions; noncompetitive actions in accordance with applicable rules and regulations; and ensuring that management and employees are kept informed of new changes in Human Resources policies, procedures, and programs.
• Advises VHA leadership in developing accurate position descriptions and assuming responsibility for their technical adequacy for classification purposes; and consulting with management on proposed reorganizations and advising on potential effects on positions, career progression, and maximum utilization of skills.
• Establishes partnerships with serviced organizations and field office units to develop strategic long-range recruitment and retention plans.
• Works with the Executive Resources Manager and other staff members in integrating human capital planning into the overall strategic objectives for VHA/VA.
• Reviews and develops new or proposed recruitment and placement policies, procedures, and guidelines for agency-wide use.
• Works with hiring officials in developing recruitment and placement component of VHA/VA strategies and plans to deal with significant staffing initiatives, such as reorganizations, downsizing, reductions-in-force, and transfers of function.
• Provides advisory services on recruitment and placement issues. Identifies and addresses difficult recruitment issues surrounding workforce planning and analysis, applicant recruitment, candidate referrals, qualification dispute resolution, and/or use of various placement options.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 08:00-04:30pm

Compressed/Flexible: Available

Telework: This position may be authorized for ADHOC telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Human Resources Specialist/ PD028500

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized