Human Resources Assistant jobs in Potomac, MD

Duties

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This position is in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Information and Technology (OIT), Office of People Science (OPS), Human Resources (HR), Recruitment and Placement (R&P). The position is responsible for the integration, management, and supervision of internal/external recruitment, selection, and placement programs as well as for other personnel processes for a group of serviced organizations. Serves as a technical expert on recruitment and placement resolving difficult/unusual problems and providing technical advice to personnel specialists within the section as well as to specialists and managers in serviced organizations.

Major Duties Include:

• Approving personnel actions (SF 50) for the Human Resources Officer.
• Counseling subordinates, developing performance standards, and rating staff.
• Ensuring the adherence to delegated examining and direct hire authorities; temporary recruitment; conducting college, student, and youth recruitment (includes CO-OP and oversee summer employment program); and managing special emphasis programs.
• Knowledge in HR systems (HRSMART, USA STAFFING, PAID, DCPS, etc.) and providing oversight, direction, coordination and leadership in daily operations, projects, and initiatives.
• Providing technical advice on internal placement and staffing matters through individual contacts and conferences. Such advice includes assessment and evaluation of staffing needs and methods, impact of mission changes, technical decisions on complex or unusual actions, and interpretation of OPM and higher headquarters directive.
• Providing human resources services to organizations which are complex, subject to frequent reorganizations, and which typically include high level managerial jobs, development occupations, as well as other difficult to fill positions, requiring the employee to exercise a high degree of customer service skill with contacts.
• Reviewing administrative and technical procedures to assure maximum efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of operations.
• Ensuring reasonable equity among teams of performance standards and workload.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation
• May serve a probationary period
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

How You Will Be Evaluated

• Benefits

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• Required Documents

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  Documents Accepted:
  

  • DD-214/ Statement of Service
  • Disability Letter (VA)
  • Resume
  • Separation Notice (RIF)
  • SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
  • Transcript

  
  Documents Required:
  

  • Resume

  
  Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your application.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure that their application package includes all necessary documents to determine qualifications and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees).You will not be contacted for additional information. Applicants will be deemed ineligible if supporting documentation is not submitted.
  
  Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full consideration for this position.
  
  Applications are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.

• How to Apply

  All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
  
  To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 02/28/2024 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12326073.
  
  1. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
  
  2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
  
  NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
  
  To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.

  Agency contact information

  Cassie Noon

  Phone

  412-588-3926

  Email

  Cassandra.Noon@va.gov

  Address

  OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  810 Vermont Ave, NW
  Washington, DC 20420
  US

  Next steps

  All applicants will be notified of their status by email.

• Fair and Transparent

  The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
  • Reasonable accommodation policy
  • Financial suitability
  • Selective Service
  • New employee probationary period
  • Signature and false statements
  • Privacy Act
  • Social security number request

Required Documents

Clarification from the agency

ALL US CITIZENS DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupation.