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Supervisory Human Resources Specialist (Staffing Chief)

Department of State - Agency Wide

Department of State

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$143,913 - $187,093

per year

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March 27, 2026More State jobs →

GS-13 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team that handles key human resources tasks like hiring, onboarding new employees, managing pay and benefits, and improving HR programs within the Department of State's Inspector General office.

It's a supervisory role focused on overseeing daily operations, developing policies, and advising on efficient HR practices.

A good fit would be an experienced HR professional with federal government background who enjoys managing teams, solving problems under pressure, and staying adaptable to changes.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at the GS-13 level or equivalent in federal service, including consulting on at least two HR functions such as recruitment/staffing, classification, pay-setting, onboarding/offboarding, or benefits/retirement
  • Experience developing and implementing recommendations to improve human capital programs, policies, or practices
  • Experience managing multiple HR programs or projects to ensure daily operations
  • Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others
  • Demonstrated objectivity, fairness, adaptability to change and stress, openness to new ideas, and commitment to completing tasks
  • Meet time-in-grade requirements: 52 weeks at the next lower grade (GS-12) for federal applicants

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Human Capital (HC) Division in the Office of the Executive Director (EX), Office of the Inspector General (OIG).

HC is responsible for the full range of human resources services and consultation to support the goals, objectives, and mission of the OIG, including onboarding and offboarding, classification, recruitment and staffing, foreign services personnel management, performance management, training, employee relations, and executive resources.

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement.

NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement.

Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience consulting with hiring managers and employees to provide advice and guidance on at least two of the following human resources functions: Recruitment/Staffing, Classification/Position Management, Pay-setting/Compensation, Onboarding/Offboarding, Benefits/Retirement.

Experience developing and implementing recommendations to improve human capital programs, policies, or practices.

Experience managing multiple programs or projects to ensure the daily delivery of human resources operations. There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-14 position.

In addition, applicant's experience must also demonstrate that the candidate possesses the following qualities: Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others; Objectivity and fairness in judging people on their ability, and situations on the facts and circumstances; Ability to adjust to change, work pressures, or difficult situations without undue stress; Willingness to consider new ideas or divergent points of view; and Capacity to "see the job through." Major Duties:

  • Provides oversight of staff responsible for the implementation of various human capital programs including recruitment/placement and staffing as well as classification, onboarding and offboarding, pay setting, benefits, and retirement.
  • Develops and implements human capital program policies and procedures consistent with pertinent legislation, Executive Orders, as well as regulations and policies of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
  • Advises on the continual evaluation and improvement of assigned HR areas from a programmatic and cost-effective perspective.
  • Serves as the liaison to third parties, including OPM, to conduct audits of OIG's human capital programs, creating processes and procedures for impacted stakeholders and human capital staff.
  • Represents EX/HC in Department and interagency meetings and conferences concerned with human capital matters, resolving sensitive issues as needed.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/19/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/19/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: S/OIG-MPI-2026-0001