Supervisory Human Resources Specialist

About the Position: Serve as a senior staff member of a civilian human resources team responsible for providing policy advice and assistance in various civilian HR program areas to all levels of management officials within the United States Army Japan Headquarters (USARJ HQ).

Major duties

• Develops guidance, procedures, and standards for new and/or changing program areas and informs management and workforce accordingly.
• Assures that all policy, regulatory and program issuances are properly integrated with other staff actions ad are thereby fully supportive if USARJ HQ's mission requirements and federal merit system.
• Reviews issuances from OPM. DoD, HA DA. and USARPAC and develops implementing instructions and policies for use by the command.
• Plans and carries out projects and studies to identify and resolve problems pertaining to various HR program areas.
• Serves as Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for US Army Japan's foreign labor relations program.
• Plans and directs the Japanese Employment and Services Office (JESO) which provides personnel services for the Army's foreign National work force in Japan.
• Advises on recruitment and placement strategies, local training/development needs, labor and management-employee relations, classification and position management, worker compensation and other HR programs.
• Analyzes, develops, tests, and implements assigned segments of human resources automated systems.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. If you are currently stationed in the overseas area, all your overseas time will be credited toward your current overseas tour end date. Your overseas time served will not reset upon accepting this assignment. If you have returned from OCONUS within the past 2 years or less, your time previously served in the OCONUS area will be credited to your 5-year overseas rotation upon accepting this assignment. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to OCONUS Positions Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Excepted Service Overseas Family Member Appointment Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the Experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) applying civilian human resources laws, regulations, policies, and procedures across multiple functional human resources areas such as; staffing, classification, employee relations, labor relations, training, and workforce development; 2) administering or advising on labor agreements, labor contract requirements, grievances, disciplinary matters, and management-employee relations; 3) using and improving automated HR systems; validating personnel data; developing reports, metrics, dashboards, or visualizations; and translating data findings into recommendations for senior leaders; and 4) advising senior managers on complex or sensitive workforce issues, developing policy or implementing guidance, leading cross-functional problem resolution, and supervising or leading geographically dispersed staff. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Data Management HR Information Systems Influencing/Negotiating Managing Human Resources Personnel and Human Resources Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12). Separated Military Members: Resumes will be accepted from members of the Armed Forces who indicate in their applications that they are available for appointment within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement. Military members may be appointed while on terminal/transitional leave before the effective date of their military retirement/separation. Military Retirees: Within the DoD (Department of Defense), including non-appropriated fund positions, the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following the retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326 or 5 U.S.C. 5305. Selecting officials may select or not select from a certificate of best-qualified candidates OR from a list of applicants eligible for noncompetitive placement (5 CFR 335). This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.