This vacancy is for a GS-0201-14, Supervisory Human Resources Specialist located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, HUMAN RESOURCES SERVICE CENTER SOUTHEAST.
To qualify at the GS-14 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the federal sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Specialized experience must include the following: Providing expert-level advisory services and technical oversight in federal HR areas such as staffing, classification, compensation, and personnel action processing. Managing the day-to-day operations of a multidisciplinary HR staff, including workload balancing, quality control, and performance evaluations. Interpreting and applying federal HR regulations, laws, and policies to develop guidance and resolve complex or controversial personnel issues. Designing and conducting HR operational studies to improve efficiency, customer service, or compliance with federal policy. Supervising employees and executing full range of human capital responsibilities including hiring, discipline, development, and equal opportunity compliance. NOTE: Education can not be substituted for experience at this grade level. 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. 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.
You will serve as a Supervisory Human Resources Specialist and be responsible for serving as a technical authority providing authoritative HR advisory services in staffing, classification, compensation, and personnel action processing; and ensuring region-wide program compliance with laws, regulations, and policies. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Supervises Center Operations directing day-to-day operations of a multi-graded HR team, ensuring timely and accurate workload distribution, production tracking, and quality assurance of personnel actions and advisory services. Monitors and Improves Program Effectiveness evaluating operational effectiveness by conducting internal audits, workload analyses, and quality reviews. Identifies systemic problems and implements corrective action plans. Execute supervisory duties including hiring, performance management, training, and disciplinary actions for staff across multiple HR functional areas. Develops policy and guidance creating local procedures, customer service standards, and workflow tools to align with enterprise-wide guidance. Coordinates with other HRSCs to ensure consistency across programs. Leads special projects and congressional inquiries, FOIA requests, and Commandant taskers and ensures legal and regulatory accuracy.