HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (RECRUITMENT & PLACEMENT/COMP)

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THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (RECRUITMENT & PLACEMENT/COMP), Position Description Number D2191P01 and is part of the ME HRO, National Guard.

Military Grades: NA Compatible Military Assignments: NA GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience, education or training which involves the exercise of analytical ability, judgment, discretion, and personal responsibility, and application of a substantial body of knowledge of principles, concepts and practices applicable to one or more fields of administration or management.

Experience using computer and automation systems. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In order to Qualify at the GS-12, incumbent must have 1 -year experience at the GS-11.

Work involves independently providing expertise on staffing programs, pay setting, recruitment/retention/relocation incentives, military technician compatibility, reduction-in-force, permanent change of station, placement and promotion issues, and other special interest programs.

Provides advice to management on the potential impact of proposed reorganizations on current employees and future recruitment efforts. Major Duties:

This position is a single incumbency. This position is located in the JFHQ-State Human Resources Office (HRO).

The incumbent is the State Level Expert/point of contact on the State's Recruitment, Placement and Compensation Program.

The incumbent ensures all program activities, policies, instructions, and goals are in compliance with legislation, publications, regulations, and guidance from Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Department of Defense (DoD), National Guard Bureau (NGB), Department of the Army (DA) and Air Force (DAF), and other governing agencies.

Work is performed for both Army (ARNG) and Air National Guard (ANG) full-time employees within the State. MAJOR DUTIES :1.

Serves as the state's principal Recruitment and Placement advisor and technical consultant to management involving a wide variety of complex issues impacting the full range of staffing options and recruitment strategies for a variety of professional, administrative, technical, trades and labor occupations.

Provides expertise on staffing programs, pay setting, recruitment/retention/relocation incentives, military technician compatibility, reduction-in-force, permanent change of station, placement and promotion issues, and other special interest programs.

Provides advice to management on the potential impact of proposed reorganizations on current employees and future recruitment efforts.

Reviews organizational progress toward achieving objectives; provides feedback to management regarding positive or negative trends and recommends long-term and short-term strategies for overcoming employment and promotion barriers.

Analyzes, evaluates, and reports on the state's current civilian employee staffing situation including turnover, vacancies, and current recruiting strategies to identify and forecast staffing problems.

2.

Processes SF-52 actions, sets pay, determines benefits and incentives, coordinates with personnel representatives in the HRO to obtain management information and/or advise on recruitment or placement requirements, and resolves issues or problems as they arise.

Qualifies applications and determines qualified candidates. Creates and issues referral lists to supervisors/managers. Notifies selectee and prepares formal offer letters.

Using the automated staffing programs, such as OPM USASTAFFING, screens applicants for positions to be filled at Directorates and/or units. Issues referral lists to selection managers.

Assists selection managers in the selection process and renders guidance and advice as needed.

Makes offer to selectee and provides employee with information concerning pay-setting, time-in-grade requirements, etc.

initiates recruitment actions and flow through proper Command channels to insure approval.

Input and monitors Request for Personnel Action (RPA) submissions upon approval and request from supervisor utilizing the automated system.

Determines nature of action and legal authority under which action is to be processed and is considered the technical expert on RPAs such as appointments, conversions, agency transfers, reassignments, etc.

Establishes and certifies accuracy of rates of pay for all placement actions in accordance with federal law, OPM and NGB regulations.

Ensures required selection documentation and information is correct. Verifies medical certificates and reports from references and checks security requirements. Initiates select/non-select letters. 3.

Develops, recommends, maintains, and applies policy/guidance involving the state Merit Placement and Promotion Plan such as highest previous rate and the recruitment, relocation, and retention (3R) incentive programs.

Utilizes expert level written and oral communication techniques to develop and deliver briefings, project papers, status/staff reports, and correspondence to managers to foster understanding and acceptance of HRO findings and recommendations.

Validates pay-setting actions for General Schedule (GS) and Federal Wage System (FWS) appointments, transfers, promotions, changes to lower grade, and changes between GS and FWS pay systems.

Determines the need for and processes supervisory differential pay, in concert with the state classification specialist.

Serves as the state senior staffing specialist and consultant on military technician compatibility issues and delegated personnel authorities (e.g. pay flexibilities).

Advisory services include, but no limited to, recruitment strategies, selection process, automated tools, pay, incentives, travel, and entitlements. 4.

Explains merit principles and the various recruitment and placement methods, with emphasis on special interest programs such as Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), employment of the physically handicapped, etc.

Initiates correspondence and/or contacts concerning recruitment and placement of applicants with OPM, DoD, NGB, Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service (DCPAS), and other Federal agencies.