Supervisory Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment & Placement) - Staffing Chief

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The Supervisory HR Specialist (Recruitment & Placement) - Staffing Chief is the subject matter expert for matters involving complex staffing topics & can be counted on to provide expert advice in recruitment, manning, position accountability, pay setting, policy analysis and implementation, official correspondence, as well as provide sound guidance to Senior Leadership in matters involving all staffing manpower concerns. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/22/2026. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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. 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-14 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria: Criteria 1: I have a graduate level degree or higher in one of the below programs and three (3) years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in federal service. **Educational Programs: HR, HR development, HR management, business, business management/administration, industrial relations, labor relations, industrial psychology, organizational psychology, organizational development, management, organizational behavior, pre-law/law, legal studies, health care management/administration, public administration, public policy, human services, leadership and/or humanities. **Specialized experience includes: resolving complex and controversial human resources administration problems; application of a wide range of HR concepts, principles, laws, regulations, and practices; providing custom recruitment strategies and consultative services based upon occupational knowledge of current local and regional market area; application of veterans' preference regulations, Special Hiring Authorities (VRA, CPS, Schedule A, etc.), and flexibilities; and performing various lead and/or supervisory duties such as assigning or redistributing workload, providing advice to subordinate staff, and providing training to supervisors/managers. Criteria 2: I have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level as described in this announcement. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Applying Human Resource Management administration skills; analyzing trends to develop changes in procedures; planning, designing, integrating, implementing, modifying, and/or facilitating Human Resource policies and practices; persuading others to accept change to policies and procedures; advising staff on difficult and unusual recruitment, placement and pay issues or problems; and performing various lead and/or supervisory duties such as assigning or redistributing workload, providing advice to subordinate staff, and providing training to supervisors/managers. Preferred Experience: Complex recruitment and placement experience and previous supervisory experience. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

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