Civilian Personnel Program Specialist

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized.

Federal employees in Alaska are currently entitled to receive a 1.49% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) in addition to the base salary. This is subject to change.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes advising on personnel policies, coordinating personnel actions, providing guidance to management officials or supervisors on the performance management of subordinates, and preparing reports or analysis of workforce data.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Major Duties:

• Provide guidance as the functional expert for commanders, supervisors, and managers on a broad scope of civilian personnel management issues.
• Coordinate with Defense Health Agency (DHA) Human Resources, legal office, and union representatives.
• Provide civilian employee management assistance for assigned organizations where work processes are conceptual, judgmental, involve public contact, or are coordinative in nature.
• Refer managers to appropriate organizations on a wide range of complex challenges, such as leave and absences, hours of work, honorary and incentive awards, supervisory records, Worker’s Compensation, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), etc.
• Provide guidance to management officials and supervisors on procedural requirements for annual ratings; developing/modifying performance plans; preparing performance improvement plans; and initiating performance-based actions.
• Collaborate with Manpower manager to ensure civilian authorizations are accurately identified and resourced in response to the Planning, Programming and Budget cycle.
• Compile and evaluate data in areas concerning civilian assignments, manning, training, awards, and related issues to provide appropriate information for inclusion into a variety of reports and documents.
• Conduct training and/or informational briefings on civilian personnel programs and processes for supervisors and management teams on an as needed and continual basis.
• Work closely with Manpower and Resource Management personnel and the Defense Health Agency Human Resources Office in effecting a variety of civilian personnel actions.