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 - Subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks IAW AR 215-3 to include non-sensitive background investigation or higher - A valid passport is required for travel between the United States and to overseas locations. - 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 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**: - The Area of Consideration for this vacancy announcement is Worldwide. **Selectee must reside within the local** **commuting area within 30 days of entrance on duty date. Local commuting area is defined as within 60 miles of Wiesbaden, Germany.** **Manual Application**: **Allowances, Incentives and PCS Costs***: - Allowances, differentials or incentives will not be paid. - Payment 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 - Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) will not be paid. - Post allowance (eligible U.S. citizen employees) will be paid post allowance. - Employment Overseas provides a lot of additional benefits & entitlements, for information click here - Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program, for information click here **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 Em