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Supervisory Human Resources Specialist

Department of State - Agency Wide

Department of State

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$169,279 - $197,200

per year

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February 10, 2026More State jobs →

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 that handles human resources for high-level government executives, including recruiting, performance reviews, and policy development for roles like the Senior Executive Service.

It's a supervisory position in the State Department focused on ensuring fair and effective management of top talent.

A good fit would be someone with extensive federal HR experience, strong leadership skills, and the ability to handle complex regulations and team oversight.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-14 level or equivalent in federal executive resources management
  • Knowledge of federal laws, regulations, and practices in executive development, performance management, SES/SL staffing, recruitment, and position classification
  • Experience managing or administering executive resources programs such as staffing, recruitment, position management, and performance management
  • Ability to provide consultation and advisory services on federal HR policies to supervisors, employees, and executives in at least two executive programs
  • Experience reviewing, evaluating, and developing HR policies, guidelines, and procedures in areas like executive development, performance management, or recruitment
  • Supervisory skills including assigning, reviewing, and directing staff work with objectivity and adaptability to change
  • 52 weeks of time-in-grade at the next lower grade for federal applicants

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Office of Civil Service Talent Management (CSTM), Executive Resources and Performance Management Division (ERPM), Bureau of Global Talent Management (GTM).

GTM/CSTM/ERPM serves as a central human resources (HR) office for the Department of State, responsible for providing technical assistance and oversight to Bureaus, and for administering the Department's programs for Position Classification, Staffing, Career Development, Performance Management & HR Policy.

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-14 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 interpreting and applying Federal laws, regulations, principles and practices in the areas of executive resource program management (e.g., executive development, performance management, SES/SL staffing and recruitment, and position management and classification); Experience managing and/or administering executive resources programs to include executive development, staffing and recruitment, position management and classification, and/or performance management; Experience providing consultation and advisory services on federal human resources policies to various audiences to include supervisors, employees, and/or executives in two or more of the following executive resources programs (i.e., SES recruitment and placement, SES performance management, position management and classification, administration of Schedule C and political appointees, and executive development); and Experience reviewing, evaluating, and developing human resources policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures including two or more of the following areas: executive development, performance management or recruitment and placement.

To be considered well-qualified, in addition to meeting minimum qualifications, candidates must demonstrate proficiency in some, but not all of the major aspects of the position.

There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-15 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:

  • Serves as the Chief of ERPM, with responsibility for managing, supervising, and directing the activities of the staff relating to the Senior Executive Service (SES), Senior Level (SL), and Schedule C employees.
  • Provides leadership and direction in the areas of classification, SES/SL recruitment, compensation, and performance management policy development and implementation for the Civil Service and SES/SL employees.
  • Coordinates the integration of the division's programs with other human resources management programs to ensure achievement of organizational objectives, assessing this impact, and planning short and long range goals toward program improvement.
  • Serves as a representative of the Department to the Office of Personnel Management, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Senior Executives Association and other Federal agencies in all matters under the jurisdiction of the Division.
  • Exercises managerial cognizance over and responsibility for planning, directing, and evaluating the programs of the staff.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/6/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/6/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: M/PERT-MPI-2026-0002