Supervisory Human Resources Specialist (Chief Recruitment & Placement) - Detail/Temporary Promotion
What you'd do
This announcement is to solicit applicants for a detail/temporary promotion to the position of Supervisory Human Resources Specialist (Chief Recruitment and Placement), GS-0201-14 within VISN 21 Human Resources Management service. This detail/temporary promotion is not to exceed 1 year but may be extended as needed.
Major duties
This position is organizationally located in the VISN's Human Resources Management's Recruitment and Placement Section (R&P) reporting to the VISN's Deputy HR Officer. This position functions as a Section Chief responsible for managing the Network R&P Section comprised of R&P Shared Services Units (SSU) providing services, support, and advice in support of any, and all VISN 21 medical centers and community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC) as well as the Veteran's Canteen service. These SSUs administer the VISN's Federal recruitment, placement, and staffing programs. This position typically is the subject matter expert for matters involving complex staffing topics and can be counted on to provide expert advice in recruitment, manning, position accountability, pay setting, policy analysis and implementation, official correspondence, as well as provide sound guidance to Senior Leadership in matters involving all staffing manpower concerns. Duties for the position may include but are not limited to: Advises managers on ways to improve productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency of program operations and recommends changes to work assignments. Recommends/makes selections for subordinate nonsupervisory work/group leaders and other staff members. Counsels subordinates, develops performance standards, and rates staff. Uses workforce assessments to develop succession, placement, and recruitment strategies and subsequently integrates these into the long-range planning and budgeting processes. Develops program strategies and associated goals and objectives for effecting and managing positive change. Advises on advertising tactics and provides guidance for targeting areas of concentration for outreach, based on critical VISN needs. Evaluates and determines impact, direct and indirect, on the total program of new legislation, executive and regulatory issuances. Keeps aprised of staffing issues and of frequent and rapid fluctuations in today's healthcare industry: evaluates known problems, deficiencies, and inadequacies. Resolves complex matters involving higher echelons, particularly with respect to the interpretation of R&P and Staffing policies. Presents findings in meetings and/or formal briefings to Network Director and Staff. Provides comprehensive and direct advice and guidance to the VISN's Medical Centers through special on-site visits and by telephone or written correspondence on all facets of the R&P and staffing program. Develops and issues guidance in the form of policy ad program objectives based on unique and/or specialized situations. Keeps abreast of trends and changes in R&P and staffing concepts and philosophies, and of changes developing in procedures, techniques, implementation and administration as emerging in Office of Personnel Management, and VACO/VHA. Serves as VISN's focal point for R&P program enhancement. Provides a central focus for strategic initiatives to meet current and future missions' staffing needs. Develops personnel strategic areas and objectives to achieve the VISN's goals for workforce planning necessary to get the right number of people with the right skills, experience, and competencies in the right jobs at the right time. Other duties as assigned. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: HR Specialist Total Rewards Work Schedule: Full-time; Monday - Friday; Must work VISN 21 core hours; Subject to change to meet the needs of the Agency Telework: Ad-hoc telework authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Human Resources Specialist (Chief Recruitment & Placement) - Detail/Temporary Promotion/PD99972S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/27/2026. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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. The BASIC REQUIREMENT for the HR Specialist GS-0201 series is presumed met if found qualified at the GS-0201-7 level and above. To qualify for this position at the GS-14 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria: 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-12 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 in a full range of human resources recruitment and placement programs including job analysis, merit promotion procedures and requirements, qualification determinations, pay administration, appointment procedures, special hiring authorities, and alternative candidate sourcing methods. Additionally, this experience includes analyzing personnel procedures, guidelines, regulations and policy reference materials and developing recommendations and solutions based on research and providing guidance and training to peers and lower grade HR specialists. *A transcript must be included if you are qualifying via education and specialized experience. ~OR~ Criteria 2: Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 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: applies a wide range of advanced recruitment & placement (R&P) staffing principles, concepts, and practices to provide management consultative service and to perform a key role in rendering expert advisory service and/or authoritative policy interpretations on highly complex facility wide or VISN wide issues - to include: OPM requirements, VHA specific policy and labor organization agreements for Title 5, Hybrid T38, and full Title 38 requirements and flexibilities; skill in applying supervisory techniques and methods necessary to effectively supervise others by setting priorities, assigning work, evaluating work of subordinates and developing subordinates for increased responsibility and succession planning; expresses information in a succinct and organized manner to all levels of the organization; and makes clear and convincing oral presentations and written reports to support conclusions and recommendations which are appropriate for the intended audience.. Creditable Experience: Creditable experience is specialized experience that demonstrates the application of HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. This experience may be obtained in the public sector, private sector or military (see Quality of Experience section below). This experience must be equivalent to Federal service in terms of difficulty and complexity of duties. Skills obtained from these experiences are cumulative, which means that as an employee progresses in their career, skills acquired at lower levels remain applicable as new skills are added. Impact of Time-in-Grade Restrictions: Unless excluded from coverage under 5 C.F.R. Part 300, Subpart F, current (and some former) Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements to qualify for the grade level through Criteria 1: graduate degree and specialized experience.
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