Human Resources Assistant (Office Automation)

Full Job Description

For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/.

As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. This position is also being announced to applicants eligible to apply through Merit Staffing procedures under 26-GAM-12850712-MS.

GS-7: To qualify at the GS-7 grade level, applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 grade level in Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as using human resources automated systems to process a variety of personnel and payroll actions for recruitment, staffing, benefits, or compensations; assist in conducting initial reviews for security packages; explain basic federal employment policies and procedures to applicants and employees; and receive incoming requests for new classification actions and screen requests, documents and reports for completeness and accuracy.

To be qualified, you must type at least 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors.

(A typing test may later be required.) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) - The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy.

To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria.

You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form.

Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) - The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy.

To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria.

You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application.

Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Major Duties:

The position is located in the United States Attorney's Office (USAO) in the Middle District of Georgia.

The work involves providing technical assistance and processing support to human resources specialists who provide recruitment and placement, classification, employee relations, employee benefits, personnel action processing and other related services.

Duties will include, but are not limited to: Perform a wide variety of technical support duties in the following human resources management programs such as Position Management and Classification, Recruitment and Placement, Employee Benefits, and Performance Management; Process requests for personnel actions; Conduct initial reviews for security packages and ensures proper documentation; Initiate fingerprints and background investigations; Provide office automation support by using various software programs to create, copy, edit, store, retrieve and print a variety of documents; produce correspondence, memoranda, directives, forms reports; and create or maintain spreadsheets or databases; Review personnel action requests for accuracy, resolve discrepancies and complete missing information; Utilize current knowledge of personnel and payroll automated systems to research case-oriented processing problems that include those of an especially difficult and complex nature.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.