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HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (RECRUIT/PLACEMENT)

Bureau of Naval Personnel

Department of the Navy

Fresh

Location

Salary

$89,508 - $116,362

per year

Closes

April 6, 2026

GS-11 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves helping the Navy hire and place civilian employees by managing the full recruitment process, advising on pay and benefits, and solving staffing problems.

It's ideal for someone with HR experience who enjoys guiding managers and applicants through federal hiring rules.

A good fit would be a detail-oriented professional who can handle complex personnel issues in a government setting.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent in recruitment, placement, and pay setting
  • Knowledge of federal HR laws, regulations, and policies for staffing advisory services
  • Skills in job analysis using research, interviews, observation, and analytical techniques
  • Ability to develop solutions for complex, interrelated HR problems
  • Proficiency in DoD human resources database systems for querying and analyzing data
  • Experience managing personnel actions from start to finish and advising on recruitment stages
  • Strong communication skills to respond to inquiries from employees, applicants, and managers

Full Job Description

You will serve as a HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST in the HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION (BP-051) of BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Applying recruitment, placement and pay setting principles, concepts, laws, regulation, and policies to provide authoritative staffing advisory and technical services; 2) Developing rating factors and determining ranking and selective factors of job qualifications by conducted job analyses using research, interview, observation, and analytical techniques to analyze information; 3) Developing solutions to staffing issues using human resources function to identify, investigate, and coordinate resolution of complex, interrelated HR problems; 4) Utilizing DoD human resources database systems to query, retrieve, and analyze information; 5) Manage requests for personnel action from cradle to grave and provides advice/assistance in all stage of the recruitment process; and 6) Respond to employee, applicant and manager on recruitment and placement inquiries.

NOTE: All experience must be fully demonstrated in your resume to be considered for the position.

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/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series 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 apply Federal civilian pay setting policies in order to accurately set pay for various personnel actions and advise managers and employees on pay setting issues, and flexibilities to facilitate recruitment and retention.
  • You will research and resolve individual staffing and employment issues, pay/compensation issues, Priority Placement Program issues, and overseas allowances and miscellaneous entitlements/issues, and follow through to ensure completion.
  • You will advise management on recruitment sources, special pay programs, pay administration, and use of hiring incentives.
  • You will develop and conduct formal and informal civilian personnel-related briefings and training.
  • You will monitors civilian recruitments to ensure compliance with policies and guidance.
  • You will provide advice and guidance to managers on all aspects of staffing civilian positions.
  • You will prepare and complete all required documentation for civilian recruitments.
  • You will orient new employees on civil service and personnel policies, rules, regulations, rights, benefits, services and related matters.
  • You will troubleshoot and resolve difficult problems on issues regarding staffing, recruitments, and placements.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/2/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/2/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12925575-26-CLS