Human Resources Specialist
What you'd do
This position serves as a Human Resources (HR) Specialist responsible for providing a full range of consultative, operational, and policy-related services. These services include recruitment and staffing, position management and classification, compensation, workforce planning, and general human resources management functions for customers served by Human Capital Talent Management.
Major duties
This Human Resources Specialist position is located within TSA Human Capital (HC) Talent Management. HC Talent Management is responsible for managing and providing consultative, operational, and policy-related HR advice and service to Program Offices, Airports, and Field Offices, on all recruitment and hiring, position management, and position classification activities across TSA Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Areas of service include Security Operations (SO) Hiring Services; SO Field/Headquarters Management, Administrative, and Professional (MAP) Hiring Services; Transportation Security Officer (TSO) Hiring, Law Enforcement Hiring Services; Direct Reports/Administrator Hiring Services; and Executive Hiring Services. Duties include but are not limited to: Leading the development and execution of strategic staffing and workforce plans to meet agency-wide goals and objectives. Facilitating and leading planning sessions with executive leadership, managers, and HR liaisons to address critical workforce challenges, including skills gaps, and organizational restructuring. Providing expert guidance on complex staffing and recruitment strategies, including the use of special hiring authorities, workforce shaping, and organizational design. Leveraging HR staffing and processing systems to systematically input, update, and validate personnel and position data, ensuring accuracy and adherence to regulatory and organizational standards. Prepare, analyze, and interpret system-generated reports to monitor workforce metrics, identify discrepancies, and support compliance audits. Collaborating with HR team members and stakeholders to facilitate staffing actions, resolve data issues, and provide actionable insights that inform strategic workforce planning and operational decision-making. Utilizing advanced data analytics to assess program effectiveness, forecast workforce needs, and recommend innovative solutions to improve recruitment and retention. Leading or serving as senior advisor on major projects and studies impacting HR programs, policies, and systems across the agency. Serving as a principal HR advisor to agency executives, senior managers, and program directors, HR support staff, and other stakeholders on highly complex and sensitive HR matters. Interpreting and providing authoritative guidance on Federal HR laws, regulations, and policies, and ensures consistent application across the agency. The major duties described above reflect the full performance level of this position. Typically, the lower Pay Band (Pay Band G and H) performs the same duties but will receive more guidance and training; and/or projects/work assignments may be less complex.
What you need to qualify
To qualify for the SV-G Pay Band (equivalent to GS-11), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-F or GS-9 Pay Band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as: Working in a human resource setting performing at least 3 of the following functions recruitment strategy; recruitment and placement; recruitment event planning and support; posting job opportunity announcements; conducting eligibility and qualification reviews; issuing selection certificates; updating candidate or new hire records in various electronic systems (e.g., USA Staffing, Automated Processing Tool, National Background Investigation Services, DHSiD, Integrated Security Management System); reviewing candidate or new hire forms (e.g., SF-86, OF-306, SF-61) for accuracy and completeness; extending tentative and final job offers; responding to candidate inquiries; resolving candidate issues; coordinating candidate assessment activities; researching human capital policy; providing guidance on human capital policy; responding to inquiries from employees and managers; or resolving employee issues related to personnel transactions or payroll. OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR A combination of education and experience. To qualify for the SV-H Pay Band (equivalent to GS-12), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-G or GS-11 Pay Band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as: Working in a human resource setting performing at least 4 of the following functions: recruitment strategy; recruitment and placement; recruitment event planning and support; posting job opportunity announcements; conducting eligibility and qualification reviews; issuing selection certificates; updating candidate or new hire records in various electronic systems (e.g., USA Staffing, Automated Processing Tool, National Background Investigation Services, DHSiD, Integrated Security Management System); reviewing candidate or new hire forms (e.g., SF-86, OF-306, SF-61) for accuracy and completeness; extending tentative and final job offers; responding to candidate inquiries; resolving candidate issues; coordinating candidate assessment activities; researching human capital policy; providing guidance on human capital policy; responding to inquiries from employees and managers; or resolving employee issues related to personnel transactions or payroll. To qualify for the SV-I Pay Band (equivalent to GS-13), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-H or GS-12 Pay Band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as: Briefing management and communicating with various audiences on human resources issues; and Working in a human resource setting performing at least 4 of the following functions: recruitment strategy; recruitment and placement; recruitment event planning and support; posting job opportunity announcements; conducting eligibility and qualification reviews; issuing selection certificates; updating candidate or new hire records in various electronic systems (e.g., USA Staffing, Automated Processing Tool, National Background Investigation Services, DHSiD, Integrated Security Management System); reviewing candidate or new hire forms (e.g., SF-86, OF-306, SF-61) for accuracy and completeness; extending tentative and final job offers; responding to candidate inquiries; resolving candidate issues; coordinating candidate assessment activities; researching human capital policy; providing guidance on human capital policy; responding to inquiries from employees and managers; or resolving employee issues related to personnel transactions or payroll. Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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). 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. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
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