Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment/Placement) at Charleston

JOB SUMMARY:

Southern charm, hospitality and history imbue Charleston, one of the most well-preserved cities in the United States. 

 

Vacancy Identification Number (VIN) VHA13-NZ915946-DS

 

OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincolns promise – "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" – by serving and honoring the men and women who are Americas Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?

 

Located in the historic part of the city of Charleston, the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center serves more than 53,000 veterans in 22 counties along the South Carolina and Georgia coastline in our main Medical Center or one of six community-based outpatient clinics.  The main Medical Center provides acute medical, surgical, and psychiatric inpatient care, as well as outpatient primary and mental health care to low country veterans who require more than 659,000 outpatient visits and approximately 4,300 inpatient stays annually.  The 117 bed hospital currently operates 96 beds and a 28 bed nursing home unit.  Charleston VAMC supports the Vet Centers in North Charleston, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia.

 

Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation.
• You must meet time in grade requirements by closing date of announcement

DUTIES:Back to top

This position is located in Human Resources Management Service at the Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina.

 

The incumbent will serve as a Human Resources Specialist in the Recruitment & Placement Section, Human Resources Management Service.  Incumbent performs recruitment and placement professional and advisory services for Title 5, Hybrid Title 38 and Title 38 occupations, fee basis and WOC programs.  Incumbent reviews and interprets regulations, standards and other guides for impact on the recruitment program for a large multi-mission organization or otherwise complex or diverse organization; troubleshoots or leads a team providing a full range of internal/external placement and recruitment duties; provides managers, supervisors, and employees with information and interpretations of the organizations HR policies, procedures and guidelines; plans, initiates, and/or conducts recruitment and placement program surveys, studies, or evaluations; and executes special recruitment programs to attract well qualified for positions where applicants are in short supply, utilizing imaginative approaches and simultaneous searches for candidates from sources outside the existing work force.

 

 

Work Schedule: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS OPEN UNTIL THE VACANCY IS FILLED.  IT MAY BE EXTENDED OR CLOSED PRIOR TO THE CURRENT CLOSING DATE. 

 

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Back to top

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

 

Time-in-grade: 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. Applicants must have held  GS-9 grade or higher for a year in order to meet this requirement for the GS-11 level of this vacancy; and GS-11 grade or higher for a year in order to meet this requirement for the GS-12 level of this vacancy. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service.

 

GS-11:  One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 level; OR a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree; OR at least three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR an equivalent combination of creditable specialized experience and education to meet the total requirements for the position.  Specialized experience is experience performing administrative, evaluative, analytical, consultative, and technical work in a wide variety of human resources management activities and programs including internal and external recruitment and staffing with limited supervisory controls.

 

GS-12:  One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level.   Education cannot be substituted for specialized experience at the GS-12 level.  Specialized experience is experience solving highly complex human resources issues, and independently performing human resources management related activities to complete staffing and recruitment assignments.

 

If you intend to use education to qualify, transcripts must be submitted with your application.

 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: No special physical exertion is required.  The work is primarily performed while sitting, though some work may require periods of standing.  The regular and recurring work of the position involves sitting at a desk, conferences, meetings, etc. and occasional visits to activity work sites.  Occasional use of automobile and public conveyances may be required.

 

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at  http://www.opm.gov/qualifications

 

You will be rated on the following Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other characteristics (KSAOs) based on your application for this position.

1.  Knowledge of recruitment and placement rules, regulations, laws and policies.

2. Ability to implement programs and projects.

3.  Skill in using automated systems.

4.  Ability to communicate both orally and in writing with people from a variety of backgrounds and with various levels of understanding.

 

If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview.

 

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE . If your resume/application does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

There is no educational substitution for the GS-12 level.

 

 

Employees must meet qualification standards and other regulatory requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

 

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements.  To determine if you are qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire.  The numeric rating you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire.  The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of this position.  If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience your score can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities.  Please follow all instructions carefully.  Errors or omissions may affect your rating.

 

Applicants responsibility:  It is the applicants responsibility to submit documentation to support his/her application for this position.  Applicant is responsible for ensuring that all experience, education, formal training, award recognition, etc. are documented in the application package.  Experience may include voluntary or other non-paid experience in the appropriate field.  If you feel that your training record contains information pertinent to your qualifications, then you must submit a printed copy of your training record with your application package.  Your training record will become a part of the specific vacancy file and will not be filed in Official Personnel Folder. 

 

This announcement is not intended to cover all aspects of the duties, responsibilities or qualifications of this position.  Request for copies, return of forms or transfer of consideration to another announcement will not be honored.

 

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS will receive a rating of IFM (ineligible due to missing forms).  Requests for reconsideration of ratings will not be considered for applicants who fail to submit a complete application package.  We cannot be held responsible for incompatible software, fax transmissions, delays in mail service, etc.

 

Interviews: Management may interview candidates for this position and may elect to use the Performance Based Interviewing (PBI) process. If PBI is used, questions will be job-related, reasonably consistent and fair to all candidates.  You can visit the following website http://www.va.gov/pbi to learn more about PBI, frequently asked questions and aids to prepare for an interview.  Additionally, printed reference material is available at each Human Resources Office.

Country: USA, State: South Carolina, City: Charleston, Company: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration.