NHS Human Services, Inc.

Summary This position is located in the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Office of the Executive Director, Human Resources Division (CA/EX/HRD). This position is responsible for enacting recruitment and staffing strategies to best attract, hire, and retain a skilled, diverse, and motivated workforce; this position will provide comprehensive recruitment and staffing advice to hiring officials, develop hiring tools, execute hiring strategies, and fulfill services to complete the employee life cycle. Responsibilities Advising management on recruitment strategies to hire and retain a motivated workforce; preparing recruitment requests and information for job opportunity announcements Promotes internal HR training; provides advice to junior staff on the development of effective recruitment packages and strategies Tracking the progress of recruitment actions by using applicable HR systems Serving as initial point of contact and source of information on benefits Maintaining liaison with the Department central HR offices on HR functions within the scope of related duties by providing statistics, justifications, and other related data as required Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F. Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience in consulting on a wide range of HR concepts, practices, laws, regulations, policies, and precedents to provide HR advisory and technical services; Experience in developing job announcements, developing job analyses, and crediting plans; Experience in determining job applicants' basic eligibility, and developing "certificates of eligibles"; Experience tracking the progress of recruitment actions by using HR systems in a timely manner as prescribed by the agency standard operating procedures; Experience processing HR actions in accordance with the Guide to Processing Personnel Actions Experience applying new methods to resolve complex, intricate, and/or controversial problems There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-13 position. Education Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement. Additional Information For reasonable accommodation at the U.S. Department of State, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations at (202) 663-3474 or OAA@state.gov. If eligible, situational telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other similar positions in other Bureaus/Offices in the Department for up to 240 days. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions.