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Supervisory Human Resources Specialist

National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Agency Wide

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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$125,776 - $197,200

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GS-14 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $104,604 - $135,987

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-13. Senior expert or supervisor.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team of HR professionals to handle hiring, job classification, and staffing for NASA's various centers and projects, ensuring everything runs smoothly and follows rules while supporting the agency's space missions.

A good fit would be someone with strong leadership skills and deep experience in HR, especially in government hiring processes, who enjoys solving complex people-related challenges in a high-stakes environment.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-13 level in analyzing and resolving complex staffing and placement issues using regulations and policies
  • Expertise in providing advisory services on staffing actions, including delegated examining, merit promotion, and hiring flexibilities
  • Experience conducting quality reviews of staffing or classification actions, identifying regulatory risks, and monitoring performance metrics
  • Supervisory skills in planning, assigning, directing, and evaluating work of HR specialists and assistants
  • Knowledge of position classification, including developing position descriptions, applying OPM standards, and conducting desk audits
  • Ability to advise senior leaders on hiring strategies, workforce planning, and organizational design
  • Commitment to ensuring compliance with merit system principles, laws, regulations, and agency policies

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Supervisory Human Resources Specialist providing leadership and technical direction for enterprise Staffing and Classification operations supporting multiple Centers and Agency-level customers.

You will ensure compliant, timely, and strategic delivery of human capital services aligned with mission priorities.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

To qualify for GS-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Analyzing and providing recommendations to resolve problems or issues which directly affect the accomplishment of complex staffing and placement issues based on sound interpretation of regulations, policies, guidelines and practices.

Providing expert advisory, consultative, and technical services on a broad range of staffing actions that involve complex and controversial issues.

Conducting quality reviews of staffing or classification actions; identifying and mitigating regulatory risk; and monitoring performance metrics.

Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience.

Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting application and assessment responses.

Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of AI tools during the application process. Major Duties:

  • Plan, assign, direct, and evaluate the work of HR Specialists and Assistants performing competitive and noncompetitive staffing and position classification.
  • Provide authoritative guidance on delegated examining, merit promotion, direct hire authority, veterans’ preference, term and temporary appointments, and related hiring flexibilities.
  • Oversee position classification activities, including development of position descriptions, application of OPM classification standards, supervisory determinations, and complex desk audits.
  • Advise senior leaders on hiring strategies, workforce planning, and organizational design to meet evolving mission requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with merit system principles, applicable laws and regulations, and Agency policy, and implement quality control measures to mitigate risk.
  • Monitor performance metrics and workload trends to ensure timely, accurate, and customer-focused service delivery.
  • Partner across organizations to resolve complex staffing and classification issues impacting mission execution.
  • Perform a full range of supervisory duties which includes assigning and evaluating work; recommending personnel actions; taking disciplinary actions; and identifying training needs and developing employees.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/5/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/5/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: NSSC-26-IMP-12901499-RW