THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a HR SPEC (EMPLOYEE BENEFITS/COMPENSATION), Position Description Number T5018P01 and is part of the OH HRO, National Guard. The incumbent is the State Level Expert/point of contact on the State's Employee Benefits, Retirements, and Work-Life Programs.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: 1 years experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
As a HR SPEC (EMPLOYEE BENEFITS/COMPENSATION), GS-0201-12, you will perform the following duties: 1. Responsible for management and administration of a variety of Federal employee programs. Advises management, and counsels' employees on such programs as health, life insurance, dental, vision, leave Thrift Saving Plan (TSP), physical capability requirements, limited duty, and the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA). Provides advisory services and technical guidance to employees and supervisors on retirement programs/options to include Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), beneficiary information, and survivor benefits. Manages, administers, and provides advice and assistance on compensation/pay programs including hours of duty and premium pay. Conducts program analysis to determine activity trends and compliance with program requirements. Advises management on pre-Reduction in Force planning and potential program problems such as organizational patterns of leave usage or potential FECA abuse. Serves as the statewide functional expert on various leave programs, including but not limited to: Paid Parental Leave, Voluntary Leave Donation Program, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Advanced Leave, Sick Leave, Disabled Veterans Leave, Military Leave, Presidential Leave, Court Leave, Compensatory Time, Bereavement Leave, and Work Schedules. Provides Social Security guidance, interpretation of OPM, Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service (DCPAS), and NGB regulations. 2. Responsible for administering the benefits program and provides advice to managers, supervisors, and individuals who perform military duty about provisions of the law covering the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Provides technical guidance to employee's and supervisors on Special Provision Disability and OPM disability retirement requirements. Manages and tracks the USERRA Program through the collection of updated military orders and notification when the employee reaches time expiration. Responsible for the administration of the Telework, Worker's Compensation and Unemployment Programs for the state and ensures that the program objectives and goals are met. Advises, partners, and coordinates on Reasonable Accommodations (RA) requests, arranging for light duty assignments and/or details to maximize personnel resources and minimize compensation costs. Coordinates with appropriate personnel on individual placement actions. Provides guidance and policies on Mass Transit, RA, and Telework. Process request for RA, in accordance with internal agency policy and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforcement guidance for RA, specific to providing RA in the Federal Workforce. Provides guidance based on analysis of RA request, reviews case files, determining need for supporting documentation and assist management officials with implementation of approved accommodation, when appropriate. Reviews and analyzes DoD, DA, and Command policy or regulatory issuances for applicability and consolidates into directives and supplements the documents containing interpretative guidance information for implementation by managers of subordinate elements. 3. Responsible for the accurate and timely processing of Request for Personnel Actions (SF-52), Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) for?areas within their HR Office delegation memorandum. Ensures completion of supporting forms, records, and documents. Verifies personnel actions are processed. Conducts internal audit of personnel actions processed to ensure compliance with regulatory and legal requirements. Responsible for the quality assurance, maintenance, and security of the Electronic Official Personnel Folders (eOPFs) ensuring content meets regulatory requirements and is in accordance with the Guide to Personnel Recordkeeping and is safeguarded under the Privacy Act of 1974. Generates reports using the eOPF report function. Monitors and performs Quality control functions on all eOPF's on a periodic basis and prior to transferring to OPM or to a gaining agency of former employee. Ensures benefits related information coded into the automated personnel system is accurate and timely. (25%)4. May have limited leader responsibilities. Distributes and balances workload among Employee Benefit- employees. Gives on-the-job training to lower-graded employees. May approve emergency leave for assigned employees in extenuating circumstances. Provides input into annual performance appraisals. Resolves simple complaints and grievances, referring the more serious ones to the supervisor. Performs other duties as assigned. *The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description. A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by searching the position description PD#: (T5018P01). https://acpol2.army.mil/fasclass/search_fs/search_fasclass.asp