Supervisory Human Resources Specialist
What you'd do
The Branch Chief oversees the HR professionals across the JSC Human Capital Office, providing leadership for human capital functions supporting one of NASA's largest and most complex Centers. This role will advise senior leadership on workforce strategy, talent acquisition, employee and labor relations, organizational effectiveness, and other human capital initiatives while ensuring consistent application of Agency policy and supporting NASA's human spaceflight mission.
Major duties
Direct human capital initiatives by partnering with Center executives and leaders to align workforce strategies, organizational priorities, and talent management with NASA and Johnson Space Center mission objectives. Supervise, develop, and evaluate subordinate employees; establish priorities and performance expectations; allocate resources; and foster a high-performing, customer-focused organization committed to continuous improvement. Monitor branch performance metrics, identify trends, and recommend process improvements to maintain effective operations. Collaborate across OCHCO in support of the strategic plan, mission, vision. Ensure organizational values are communicated and integrated into functional area strategies, goals, objectives, and work; communicates milestones. Provide advice and guidance to senior level management on key HR program areas and topics such as organizational effectiveness, strategic planning, and implementation of HR policy/procedures that align to the Center’s strategic priorities and goals. Perform a full range of supervisory duties which includes assigning and evaluating work; recommending personnel actions; taking disciplinary actions; and identifying training needs and developing employees.
What you need to qualify
Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. To qualify for GS-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: Providing strategic HR advisory services to senior leadership and internal/external stakeholders; Leading and/or overseeing complex human resources programs, projects, or initiatives involving multiple organizations or stakeholders; Formulating objectives and recommendations across various human resources functions to effectively meet current and long-range workforce goals. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of artificial intelligent (AI) or AI-assisted tools during the application process.
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