Military Personnel and Administrative Specialist
U.S. Army Reserve Command
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HR SPECIALIST (COMPENSATION/RECRUITMENT/PLACEMENT)
Army National Guard Units
Department of the Army
Location
Latham, New York
Salary
$63,678 - $82,787
per year
Type
Full Time
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GS-2 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $24,729 - $31,093
Typical requirements: No experience required. High school diploma or equivalent.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves helping with hiring new people, setting fair pay, and managing employee moves or changes within the Army National Guard's human resources team in New York.
It's a temporary role for up to two years that could become permanent, focused on straightforward HR tasks for full-time staff.
A good fit would be someone with a year of HR experience who enjoys organizing recruitment and advising on pay and placement issues without dealing with highly complex problems.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-7 level in HR, focusing on recruitment, placement, or compensation
- Knowledge of fundamental HR methods for simple to moderately complex tasks in staffing
- Experience performing general recruitment, placement, and compensation duties
- Ability to provide advice to management and employees on HR issues
- Familiarity with DoD, U.S. Army, or National Guard HR programs and processes
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility for National Guard Title 5 Excepted Service
- Ability to handle tasks like pay setting, incentives, and reduction-in-force actions
Full Job Description
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This National Guard position is for a HR SPECIALIST (COMPENSATION/RECRUITMENT/PLACEMENT), Position Description Number T5042P01 and is part of the HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE- ARMY, National Guard.
Veterans' preference does not apply to this vacancy due to internal merit promotion. This is a temporary promotion NTE 2 years with possibility to convert to permanent without competition.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: 1-year specialized experience must be equivalent to at least the next lower grade.
Must have sufficient knowledge and skill to apply fundamental HR methods and practices to perform simple to moderately complex, non-controversial, reoccurring work where multiple solutions may exist.
Experience making informed determinations and judgements on processes and problems of limited scope within the HR staffing specialization.
Experience performing general recruitment, placement and compensation duties and responsibilities and to provide advice to both management and employees regarding moderately complex HR issues and questions.
An applicant must demonstrate the specialized experience competencies (skills, knowledge, abilities and behaviors) to qualify for a position identified by its position grade and career level.
Specialized experience factors encompass human resources program's business competencies, familiarity with the subject matter or processes used in human resources programs associated with DoD, U.S.
Army, or U.S. Air Force. "Applicants who meet the DoD Priority Placement Program Retained Grade category are eligible to apply with this preference." Major Duties:
As a HR Specialist (Compensation/Recruitment/Placement), GS-0201-09, you will provide support for recruitment and placement, military technician compatibility, permanent change of station moves, pay setting, recruitment/retention/relocation (3R) incentives, advanced in-hire rates, and reduction-in-force actions.
Work is performed for either Army (ARNG) or Air National Guard (ANG) full-time employees within the State.
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