Human Resources Specialist (Staffing & Classification)
What you'd do
The NCUA was ranked #5 for the 2024 Best Places to Work in the Federal government among mid-size agencies. This position is at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) in the Office of Human Resources. This position serves as a Human Resources Specialist managing the full range of human resources functions in recruitment, staffing and placement, position classification and position management.
Major duties
Selective Placement Factor: This position requires Delegated Examining (DE) Certification. To be considered, applicants must currently hold an active DE Certification and a copy of your DE Certification MUST be submitted at the time of application. As a Human Resources Specialist (Staffing & Classification), you will: Provide strategic HR consulting across recruitment, staffing, placement, classification, position management, and pay setting for executives, managers, and employees. Manage end-to-end recruitment and onboarding using USA Staffing, working with managers to define competencies, develop assessments, and craft effective vacancy announcements. Oversee a streamlined, comprehensive onboarding experience for new hires. Resolve highly complex and sensitive recruitment, staffing, and classification issues, applying laws, regulations, and precedents to determine effective solutions. Partner proactively with hiring managers to design recruitment strategies, develop job analyses and assessments, and attract high-quality diverse talent; manage full-cycle hiring and onboarding through USA Staffing. Perform advanced classification and position management work, including agency-wide studies, reorganizations, desk audits, and evaluation of complex positions using NCUA and OPM standards.
What you need to qualify
Specialized Experience Specialized experience is the experience that has equipped you with the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To qualify at the CU-13 grade level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the CU/GS-12 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as experience in all of the following: 1.) Providing the full range of operational federal civilian recruitment and staffing including: developing job analyses, drafting vacancy announcements, conducting qualification analysis; AND 2.) Performing classification to include writing position descriptions and advising management in the development of position descriptions; AND 3.) Conducting training related to staffing and classification topics. To qualify at the CU-12 grade level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the CU/GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as experience in all of the following: 1.) Providing the full range of operational federal civilian recruitment and staffing including: developing job analyses, drafting vacancy announcements, conducting qualification analysis; AND 2.) assisting in the classification process to include assisting managers in developing position descriptions and in the evaluation or analysis of positions to determine appropriate grade, occupational series and position title. Selective Placement Factor: This position requires Delegated Examining (DE) Certification. To be considered, applicants must currently hold an active DE Certification and a copy of your DE Certification MUST be submitted at the time of application. You must meet the qualifications for this position by the closing date of this announcement. Please note, all experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. YOUR RESUME MUST provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience and competencies described in the vacancy announcement. When describing your experience in your resume, please be specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. For qualification determination your resume must contain the dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If you are a current or former federal employee, you must provide your pay plan, series and grade (i.e. GS-0301-09) for each federal position you held. If your resume does not contain this information, you will not receive credit for the claimed experience, and your application may be marked as insufficient. Full-time employment will be assumed unless otherwise stated on your resume. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Your latest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and supersedes previous submissions. When creating your resume, please follow the instructions in the Required Documents section below as well as the guidance found here. Failure to provide adequate and required info details will result in an ineligible rating. Your experience claimed in your resume must also support your responses to any online questionnaire taken during the application process. Failure to provide support may result in a lower rating and/or you may be excluded from consideration. The last resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and will supersede any previous submissions.
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