Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement)

Created at: October 18, 2025 00:08

Company: Department of Energy - Agency Wide

Location: Folsom, CA, 95630

Job Description:

This position is part of the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer - Power Marketing Administration HR Shared Service Center, Department of Energy. As a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement), you will represent the PMA HR SSC as an expert advisor and technical service provider. This position authoritatively interprets Federal and DOE-wide policy, legislative, and regulatory guidance, or equivalent issues (e.g., reengineering and improving HR processes).
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Specialized experience is 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. A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting ALL of the following: Performing staffing and recruitment placement functions under Delegated Examining, Merit Promotion, and other hiring authorities. Utilizing HR automated systems to prepare vacancy announcements, process personnel actions and analyzing data. Researching, analyzing, and interpreting applicable HR laws, regulations, and regulations to advise customers pertaining to recruitments strategies, pay setting, staffing, and personnel actions. Education cannot be substituted for specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level. Limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, only the first two pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications. Your full resume will be made available to the hiring manager if you are referred. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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. Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration. CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must (1) meet all of the requirements as described in this section; and 2) be rated "well-qualified", which is defined as having a score of 85 or better. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
As a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment and Placement), you will: Advise customers and colleagues on how to resolve the most difficult and controversial recruitment and placement problems, define issues, determine applicable precedents, laws, or regulations, and identify the most effective approach and techniques to validate the correctness and propriety of actions taken. Apprise management of actions, activities, and issues. Exercise initiative in monitoring and managing assigned workload, and initiate discussions with managers about assignments, projects, problems to solve, actionable events, milestones, program issues under review, deadlines and timeframes for completion of actions, and performance expectations. Develop appropriate management interventions for significant HR issues and concerns through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. Establish priorities for filling positions, considering the importance of vacancies to missions, and the availability of qualified internal and/or external candidates to fill positions. Represent the value of PMA HR SSC services through effective and proactive communication, utilization of data visualizations and analysis tools, and provisions of reliable and accurate information. Represent the PMA HR SSC, independently coordinate and resolve highly complex issues, situations, and cases with PMA clients, the Department of Energy, Office of Human Capital, and the Office of Personnel Management. Identify, analyze, and evaluate risks of alternative courses of action, and advise management on risk mitigation.


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