Supervisory Human Resources Specialist
What you'd do
This position is responsible for the supervision of all technical reviewers and their functions of processing all personnel actions, resolving issues in DCIPS and REMEDY, and processing (PRO) actions in HRSmart (ER, R&P, benefits, etc.) to ensure compliance with regulations and interpretation of the organization's Personnel Accountability, HR policies and procedures to address issues that require substantial interpretation.
Major duties
NOTE: This is a temporary promotion opportunity NTE 1 year. Please gain approval for this opportunity from your supervisor prior to submitting your application. Major duties include but are not limited to: Serves as technical expert and consultant for assigned mission areas. Provides authoritative technical leadership, advice and assistance on complex matters. Responsible for reviewing, auditing, and correction of erroneous personnel actions. Leads the development of business processes, system requirements, and directives/policies to support new, enhanced workforces management capabilities. Serves as a senior advisor on VISN-wide technical review matters in HRSmart and is responsible for providing expert technical assistance and in the successful development, deployment, training and support for new automated technologies and integration of systems within VA. Consults with VISN HR leadership to identify needs and develops tools and knowledge products to meet those needs. Ensures technical reviews have the appropriate training and tools to ensure compliance and accuracy with coding and records management in e-OPF. Develops performance plans and major performance objectives and provides advice and assistance on performance. Oversees the daily operation of the Technical Review unit. Provides technical and administrative supervision to a unit of HR Specialists and administrative support staff. Responsible for the training, mentoring and coaching of staff. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, subject to change based on the needs of the facility. Telework: This position may be authorized for Ad-Hoc telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Human Resources Specialist/PD99813S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/22/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Criteria 1- Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience: Successful completion of a graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Experience serving as a technical reviewer for all personnel actions to include reviewing and releasing actions utilizing various software applications; Ensure compliance with regulations and interpretation of policies and procedures that require substantial interpretation; Experience performing complex and sensitive projects related to Personnel Actions Requests (PAR) within the HR database (HR Smart); Reviewing, auditing, and correcting various HR personnel actions utilizing various software applications Applying thorough knowledge of the Guide to Processing Personnel Actions for coding the appropriate FLSA, BUS Code, Complexity Levels, and Supervisory Codes on personnel actions. ~OR~ Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Extensive knowledge of laws regulations, Executive Orders, court decisions and issues related to the Federal HR program assigned to the position and skill to apply this knowledge to a variety of difficulty and complex work assignments regarding processing various personnel actions. Extensive Knowledge of a wide range of HR sections including Employee Relations, Labor Relations, Awards, and Staffing specialization concepts, practices, regulations, precedents and procedures; special recruiting authorities and strategies. Extensive knowledge of HR processes and procedures to perform technical reviews and management duties to identify alternative solutions to nonstandard problems and issues. Thorough knowledge of the Guide to Processing Personnel Actions for coding the appropriate FLSA, BUS Code, Complexity Levels, Supervisory Codes and remarks on Standard Form 52 actions. Comprehensive and thorough knowledge of Position Management, Compensation/Pay, Organizational structure/charts, Personnel Accountability, HR Smart, e-OPF, and issues related to the Federal recruitment and placement function, including DEU rules, regulations and procedures and skill to handle a variety of difficult and complex work assignments. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
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