Human Resources Assistant

Department of Homeland Security - U.S. Coast Guard โ€ข Washington, District of Columbia Washington, District of Columbia

Company

Department of Homeland Security - U.S. Coast Guard

Location

Washington, District of Columbia Washington, District of Columbia

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Summary

This vacancy is for a GS - 0203 - 5/6/7, Human Resources Assistant located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, OFFICE OF CIVILIAN WORKFORCE RELATIONS.

Promotion Potential: If this position is filled at a level below the full performance level, the selectee may be promoted without further competition. This implies no promise or guarantee of a promotion.
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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Key Requirements:

  1. Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
  2. Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service. See www.sss.gov
  3. A one-year probationary period may be required.
  4. Suitable for Federal employment determined by background investigation.
  5. Selectee must provide a valid state driver's license and safe driving record.

Qualifications

To qualify at the GS-05 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level in the federal sector. Specialized experience must includes 1. Performing administrative duties to include preparing correspondence, filing, answering and directing calls. 2. Assisting with preparation of documents, case files, entering information accurately into databases and trackers accurately. 3. Performing general office administrative support (e.g., timekeeping, scheduling meetings, maintaining office SharePoint/web page). 4. Preparing corrected documents or assisting employees with preparing corrected documents.

OR
EDUCATION:
Successfully completed four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. NOTE: You must submit a copy of official transcripts.

OR
COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
A combination of education and experience. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts.

To qualify at the GS-06 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level in the federal or private sector. Your resume must demonstrate the specialized experience. Specialized experience must ???????includes: 1. Conducting research and providing technical answers to inquiries related to ER, LR. 2. Advising employees about basic personnel matters pertaining to ER, LR, performance management and awards. 3. Providing information to employee on status and explains computations and regulatory provisions that pertain to the special conditions and circumstances of the individual's case. 4. Assisting specialists in case management by researching case law to identify precedents for current ER, LR, performance management, awards, and employee engagement problems or search similar cases or complaints.
5. Assisting with honorary award solicitations, review of nominations, and other administrative support for honorary awards programs and ceremonies.
6. Processing personnel actions in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations

OR
EDUCATION:
Successfully completed graduate level of education in a field directly related to the work of the position. NOTE: You must submit a copy of official transcripts.

OR
COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
A combination of education and experience. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts.

To qualify at the GS-07 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level in the federal or private sector. Specialized experience must includes: 1. Applying, a large body of Human Resources rules, regulations, procedures, and troubleshooting instructions concerning ER, LR, performance management, awards, and employee engagement sufficient to perform a wide variety of interrelated and/or non-standard HR support work. 2. Coordinating, developing facts and resolving support problems related to employee and labor relations issues and performance and awards procedures. 3. Ability to utilize industry-standard office applications to perform operations and prepare complex documents containing tables or graphs. 4. Assisting customers with routine honorary award and recognition requests and templates. 5. Processing personnel actions in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. 6. Explaining employee rights, management rights, procedures for filing grievances, and the distinction between the union contract and established Human Resources policies

OR
EDUCATION:
Successfully completed graduate level of education in a field directly related to the work of the position. NOTE: You must submit a copy of official transcripts.

OR
COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
A combination of education and experience. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts.

Your resume must demonstrate the specialized experience

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.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Additional information

Any Offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Personnel Management guidance and U.S. Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change.

E-Verify
DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.

Fair Chance Act
The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Homeland Security and its Components from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before that individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code ยง 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R ยง 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violation of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to [email protected].

Suitability Statement
If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment.

Shared Certificates Statement
Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.

Special Employment Consideration
The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

Recruitment incentives may be authorized.

If selection is made below the full performance level, the incumbent may be promoted up to the target grade without further competition, if all legal and regulatory requirements are met and when recommended by the supervisor. However, promotion to the full performance level is not guaranteed and is dependent on successful performance at the lower grade level(s).All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application and hiring process, please contact [email protected]. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Visit Reasonable Accommodation

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09/30/2024

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