This position is part of the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer - Power Marketing Administration HR Shared Service Center. As a HR 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: 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: Performing staffing and recruitment placement functions under Delegated Examining, Merit Promotion, and other hiring authorities; Utilizing various HR related automated software programs (i.e. USA Staffing, Workday, etc.) to gather and evaluate data; AND Researching, analyzing and applying Federal human resources (HR) law, rule, regulation and policy to advise clients on a wide range of HR strategies (such as recruitment, staffing, pay setting, position management, incentives, etc.). Time-in-Grade: Current career or career-conditional GS employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional GS employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current career or career-conditional federal employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. 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.
As a HR Specialist (Recruitment and Placement), you will: Represent PMA HR SSC rendering expert and authoritative recruitment and placement advisory and technical services. Perform broad reaching, innovative, cross-functional analyses to develop human resources (HR) recommendations responding proactively to specific HR challenges. Manage and/or accomplish the most complex recruitment and placement work assignments, complete extremely difficult and/or complicated projects, regularly requiring identification and resolution of precedent-setting and/or highly controversial operational problems. Complete pre-announcement duties. Conduct recruitment conversations with hiring managers. Work with hiring managers on refining and/or developing recruitment/placement criteria to recruit for hard-to-fill highly technical, professional and/or specialized positions in areas where a shortage of qualified personnel exists. Consult with and expertly advise managers about internal Merit Promotion and external Delegated Examining (DE) vacancy announcements. 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. Expertly advise customers about recruitment and placement regulatory guidance and its applicability to hiring efforts (e.g., Veterans Preference, USERRA, SME utilization, DHA, etc.). Lead or participate in identification, design, development, and implementation of more efficient ways to deliver recruitment and staffing products and services to assigned organization managers and staff through automated information systems.