Job Summary

The purpose of this position is to provide HR Services including leadership consulting and advisory functions in employee relations and labor relations. It includes an emphasis on providing leaders and employees with quality customer service, program accountability, and problem resolution.

Job Description

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/22/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. The BASIC REQUIREMENT for the HR Specialist GS-0201 series is presumed met if found qualified at the GS-0201-7 level and above. To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria: Criteria 1: Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience: Successful completion of a graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Provides consultation on associated program areas, advises management officials at all levels of the network, including senior leaders, about appropriate disciplinary or other corrective techniques in response to a range of conduct and performance problems, resolves disputes and evaluates events and/or identifies aggravating or mitigating factors relevant to the case. ~OR~ Criteria 2: Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Provides technical guidance, advice and counseling to management officials and supervisors to address issues with workforce-related conduct and performance, resolves disputes and evaluates events and/or identifies aggravating or mitigating factors relevant to the case, conducts and Advises on ER matters, all proposed adverse actions, coordination. and oversight. Creditable Experience: Creditable experience is specialized experience that demonstrates the application of HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. This experience may be obtained in the public sector, private sector or military (see Quality of Experience section below). This experience must be equivalent to Federal service in terms of difficulty and complexity of duties. Skills obtained from these experiences are cumulative, which means that as an employee progresses in their career, skills acquired at lower levels remain applicable as new skills are added. Impact of Time-in-Grade Restrictions: Unless excluded from coverage under 5 C.F.R. Part 300, Subpart F, current (and some former) Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements to qualify for the grade level through Criteria 1: graduate degree and specialized experience. .