Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement)

Summary

Organizational Location: These positions are located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Human Capital (OHC), Human Resources Operations Center (HROC), Staffing Unit, in Anywhere in the U.S. (remote job).

This job is open to
? Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees who meet the definition of a 'surplus' or 'displaced' employee.
? Family of overseas employees

Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas.
? Federal employees - Competitive service

Current or former competitive service federal employees.
? Individuals with disabilities
? Land & base management

Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.
? Military spouses
? Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista
? Special authorities

Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.
?... Veterans

Clarification from the agency

Current Federal employees in the competitive service who hold or previously held a non-temporary career or career-conditional appointment; Persons eligible for reinstatement, for non-competitive appointment, under an Interchange Agreement, Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), under the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA), or under the Veterans' Recruitment Authority (VRA).

Duties

We are re-advertising this position to reflect a change in the ranking criteria, qualification requirements, and certification conditions of employment. As such, all previous applicants must reapply to receive consideration.

This announcement closes on 8/12/2024 for receipt of applications. Due to high volume of applicants, the first 50 applicants will receive first consideration. Additional applicants, beyond the first 50, may be considered, upon management's request.

The incumbent must be a customer service professional who can work in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment. Things happen quickly and continuously in this position, and the incumbent will find the need to move from one task to another without much time in between or juggling multiple duties at the same time.

This position is located within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Human Capital (OHC), Human Resources Operations Center (HROC), Staffing Unit. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a Human Resources (HR) Specialist (Recruitment & Placement) and serves as a member of a team with assigned responsibility for providing the full range of recruitment and staffing services. Provides guidance and assistance to employees, managers and supervisors on the HR Recruitment & Placement actions, procedures, and requirements. As a Human Resources Specialist, at the full performance level, you will perform the following duties:
? Provide technical advice and assistance in recruitment and placement activities, which includes reviewing position descriptions, conducting job analysis, developing vacancy announcements, performing applicant reviews to determine basic qualifications and eligibilities, adjudicating veterans' preference, preparing selection certificates, setting pay for various positions, validating selections prior to extending job offers and processing personnel actions for a wide variety of external or internal recruitment actions;
? Explain regulations, procedures, and determinations to inquiring employees, candidates, and supervisors;
? Perform analysis of a variety of facts and issues, research complex problems or complaints, identifying the cause of problems or complaints, and initiate action to resolve;
? Provide technical recruitment and placement advisory services to hiring managers and supervisors on use of various hiring strategies to attract and place highly qualified candidates, e.g. Delegating Examining, Merit Promotion, Temporary Promotions, Reassignment, Pathways Intern Programs, Veteran's Employment Programs, and other Special Hiring Authorities to include Non-Competitive Hiring Authorities;
? Deliver high level customer service and responds to actions in a timely manner and in accordance with hiring procedures and timelines;
? Serve as a team member on special assignments/projects;
? Conduct formal and informal training to internal OHC staff, hiring managers and customers on recruitment and placement processes, procedures, and requirements.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment
? You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
? You must successfully pass a background investigation.
? You must successfully pass a drug screen.
? Males born after 12/31/59 must certify registration with Selective Service.
? Complete the initial online assessment and USAHire Assessment, if required
? Requirements by Closing Date: Unless otherwise noted, you must meet all requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
? Time in Grade: Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the Federal service. Time in grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
? Probationary Period: This is a full-time permanent position (Career/Career-Conditional appointment). Upon appointment to this position, you may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
? GS-11: The incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Delegated Examining (DE) certification. The certification must be obtained within one year.
? GS-12: The incumbent must possess and maintain the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Delegated Examining (DE) certification.

Qualifications

Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

GS-11: You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess one of the following:

Experience: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level in the Federal service performing these duties:
? Assist higher level specialists with recruitment and placement activities such as developing vacancy announcements, performing applicant reviews to determine basic qualifications and eligibilities, adjudicating veterans' preference, preparing selection certificates, and processing personnel actions;
? Provide advice to hiring managers on recruitment and placement activities;
? Review and complete various requests for personnel actions and ensure they are consistent with legal and regulatory requirements; AND
? Deliver high level customer service and respond to actions in a timely manner and in accordance with hiring procedures and timelines. OR

Education: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.M., if related. Graduate education must be from an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. OR

Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of successfully completed graduate education and experience maybe used to meet the total qualification requirements for the GS-11 position. Combinations are computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. Only graduate education beyond the second year may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-11 for the combination. Graduate education must be from an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

GS-12: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service performing these duties:
? Research complex recruitment and placement problems or complaints to identify the cause and initiate actions to resolve;
? Provide technical advice to hiring managers and agency leadership on recruitment and placement activities;
? Explain regulations, procedures, and determinations to inquiring employees, candidates, and supervisors; AND
? Conduct end to end hiring actions, including but not limited to reviewing position descriptions, conducting job analysis, developing vacancy announcements, performing applicant reviews to determine basic qualifications and eligibilities, adjudicating veterans' preference, preparing selection certificates, setting pay for various positions, validating selections prior to extending job offers and processing personnel actions.

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Delegated Examining (DE) certification:

GS-11: The incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain the OPM Delegated Examining certification. The certification must be obtained within one year. Advancement to the GS-12 is contingent upon receipt of certification.

GS-12: The incumbent must possess and maintain the OPM Delegated Examining certification.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

Pursuant to Executive Order 12564, and the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan, ICE is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and, therefore, personnel in safety- or security-sensitive positions (testing designated positions) are subject to random drug testing. Moreover, other drug testing of employees (e.g., reasonable suspicion drug test) may be conducted in order to ensure a safe and healthy work environment. All applicants tentatively selected for employment at ICE are subject to pre-employment drug testing and a final offer of employment is contingent upon a negative drug test result.

Additional information

Promotion Potential: When promotion potential is shown, the agency is not making a commitment and is not obligated to provide future promotions to you if you are selected. Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.

View Common Definitions of terms found in this announcement.

These are non-bargaining unit positions.

One or more positions may be filled using this vacancy announcement.

Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.

Salary: The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the lowest and highest potential salaries for this position. The actual salary range will be based on the applicable locality pay for the selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.

E-Verify: DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.

Suitability: If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment.

Background Investigation: To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet these standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully obtain and maintain a background