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ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST

Commander, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWARSYSCOM)

Department of the Navy

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$121,585 - $158,062

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GS-12 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves advising managers on handling tough employee issues like discipline, misconduct, and performance problems in a Navy human resources office.

You'll analyze situations, recommend solutions, and lead training to keep things fair and consistent.

It's a good fit for someone with strong people skills, attention to detail, and experience in HR who can stay calm under pressure.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent in federal, private, or public sector
  • Expertise in advising on complex disciplinary and adverse actions
  • Ability to recommend alternatives to formal discipline and support ADR efforts
  • Skills in analyzing misconduct, performance issues, and identifying mitigating factors
  • Experience evaluating disciplinary trends for consistent penalties
  • Proficiency in providing policy guidance on sensitive issues like discrimination and fraud
  • Capability to lead and conduct employee relations training

Full Job Description

You will serve as a ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST in the HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE of NAVWARSYSCEN PACIFIC SAN DIEGO CA. This is a RE-ADVERTISEMENT of Announcement Number: ST-12876291-26-BCH.

Applicants that have previously applied NEED to re-apply to this announcement.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band NO-04 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Serve as a technical expert advising management on complex disciplinary and adverse actions; recommending alternatives to formal discipline; ADR efforts; analyzing misconduct and performance issues; identifying mitigating factors; and evaluating disciplinary trends to ensure consistent penalties.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0200/human-resources-management-series-0201/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:

  • You will advise and consult on issues that are often sensitive, complex and/or controversial. Problems involve issues such as morals, discrimination and fraud that require special treatment due to the sensitivity of the issues and time constraints.
  • You will provide advice, technical assistance, and policy guidance to management concerning the most difficult and sensitive disciplinary and adverse actions at the Center as well as recommending the appropriate alternatives.
  • You will gather background information, interpret facts and events, and/or identify aggravating or mitigating factors relevant to the case; and does extensive probing and analysis to identify obscure.
  • You will collaborate with management to define the issues associated with the most complex, difficult problems, determining applicable precedents, laws or regulations, identifying the most effective approach, and creating innovative methods.
  • You will lead, prepare, plan and conduct Employee Relations training on various topics for the command.
  • You will maintain and encourage objectively insinuations that may be charged with emotion and involve assumptions.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/26/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/27/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12898835-26-BCH