Human Resources Specialist

**Duties**: - Provides a full range of HR services for managers and employees; advises management and employees on complex personnel issues. - Performs extensive technical and specialized work in the areas of staffing, pay administration, training, incentive awards, performance administration, employee benefits, portability of benefits, management employee relations and labor relations. - Monitors, directs, trains and oversees a team of lower graded HR staff when required. **Requirements**: **Conditions of Employment**: - Direct Deposit and Social Security Card is required - Meet qualification/eligibility/background requirements for this position - A one year probationary period may be required - Occasional travel for training purposes to off post locations is required - This is a CHRA NAF Career Path II position. Incumbent must complete the requirements for CHRA NAF Career Path II within twenty-four (24) months of placement into the position **Qualifications**: - 1. Possess eighteen (18) months or more of work experience in a human resources office which demonstrates knowledge of at least two of the following functional human resources competencies: Staffing, Recruitment, Position Classification, Management Employee Relations, Labor Relations, or Training. - 2. Experience analyzing, evaluating and recommending appropriate resolutions to complex interrelated Human Resources problems and issues. - 3. Possess prior experience using Microsoft Office Programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and the ability to work with a variety of human resources information systems. - **The related work experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower pay band (NF-03).** **Highly Preferred**: In addition to above minimum qualification requirements, applicants will possess twelve (12) months of prior work experience in a NAF Human Resources Office and have successfully completed of training in Basic Staffing, Customer Service, Organizational Structure, Basic Writing, and Time Management.**Note for Applicants**: - In order to receive full consideration for "highly preferred" criteria, _the applicant must provide the following support documentation: Course Title, Course Description, Duration of course (i.e. 3 hours or 3 days), Certificate of Completion and/or Training History or transcript - _._ **Education**: This job does not have an education qualification requirement. **Additional information**: **Area of Consideration**: **Manual Application**: **Allowances, Incentives and PCS Costs***: - Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) will not be paid. - Post allowance (eligible U.S. citizen employees) may be paid post allowance. - Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs are not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government's interest. - Any relocation costs will be borne by the selectee. **Please check out our Applicant Information Kit***: **Other**: - Due to COVID-19, the agency is currently in an expanded telework posture. If selected, you may be expected to temporarily telework, even if your home is located outside the local commuting area. Once employees are permitted to return to the office, you will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this announcement within a designated time frame identified by the organization. At that time, you may be eligible to request to continue to telework one or more days a pay period depending upon the terms of the agency's telework policy. - Additional referrals may be made from this vacancy announcement for up to 90 days after the closing date. - Eligible for situational telework as described by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) examples: not being allowed in the office due to a Pandemic, post closure due to inclement weather, etc. - Benefits Review our benefits **How You Will Be Evaluated**: You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. Applicants can claim the following eligibilities: - NAF Preference - Family Member Preference (OCONUS ONLY) - NAF Priority Consideration - Business Based Action - NAF Priority Consideration - Current Appropriated Funds Employee CNE (APF) - NAF Priority Consideration - Current/Former NAF Employee (CNE/FNE) - NAF Priority Consideration - Outside Applicant Veteran (OAV) - NAF Priority Consideration - Parent of a Veteran (OAV) - NAF Priority Consideration - Spouse/Widow(er) of a Veteran (OAV) Eligibilities are listed above in the consideration order in accordance with the AR 215-3. Applicants will only be awarded the highest preference/priority consideration found eligible. By claiming the "Current/Former NAF Employee (CNE/FNE)" or "Current APF Employee (CAE)" priority consideration eligibility, applicants are self-certifying that they may not be eligible for other priority considerations. Failure to provide supporting documentation to validate preference or priority consideration claims could adversely impact the applicant