SUPERVISORY HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST
What you'd do
About the Position: Join us at the United States Southern Command. We provide direct support to a four-star unified Combatant Commander, but compact enough that our staff works with senior leadership representatives of our inter-service, inter-agency and international partner organizations. Our contribution to furthering our country's relationships with South and Central American nations and peoples are substantial. We are looking for talented and enthusiastic individuals to join us.
Major duties
Serve as the Deputy Director for Manpower and Personnel (J1) Directorate of USSOUTHCOM. Serve as the primary assistant to the Director and sharing full responsibility for managerial oversight, advice, and guidance for all aspects and functional areas of US SOUTHCOM’s military and civilian personnel Human Resources programs. Oversee the staff planning processes and execution and serves as a key member of command resource planning teams that consider budget, manpower, personnel and mission aspects of management and resource issues. Serve as the Division Chief over any one of the four J1 Divisions (Manpower, Strength Management, Awards, Civilian Personnel, Operations, and Quality of Life) whenever the Division Chief is absent or the positions are vacant.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes responsibility for managerial oversight, advice, and guidance for all aspects and functional areas of military and/or civilian personnel Human Resources programs; extensive knowledge of command missions, programs, priorities and knowledge of human resource, budget, manpower management, strategic planning, and change management, with particular emphasis on human resource concepts, laws, regulations and procedures. Evaluate civilian and military human resources business processes, employment policies, and historical practices to streamline and improve quality of services. Provide administrative oversight over the Directorate's budget, manpower and personnel programs. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Accountability Customer Service Decisiveness Flexibility Interpersonal Skills Problem Solving Resilience Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-14).
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