Summary You are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of your application package. We encourage you to read the entire announcement before starting the application process. Qualifications and requirements must be met by the announcement closing date. This recruitment is subject to restrictions of the DoD referral system for displaced employees. Additional positions may be filled from this announcement up to 90 days after it closes. Responsibilities Serves as the Human Resources Assistant in the Staffing and Classification Division (HRS) in a Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) location. The primary purpose of this position is to perform a variety of staffing and classification support duties.. Position responsibilities include: Assists in researching technical issues related to staffing of DeCA commissaries worldwide. Analyzes applicable guidelines and verifies with a higher graded specialist or supervisor, the best course of action before proceeding. Compiles data for recurring and special reports. Provides specific information on how to apply for announcements and refers other inquiries to appropriate staff members. Assists specialist with classification actions, generating RPA's and gathering supporting materials. Notifies the originator if documentation is incomplete. Works with originator in ensure all supporting documentation is received and returns RPAs to the originator without action if required documents are not received. Assists in monitoring DCPDS Inbox for the Division and tracks all classification actions to ensure actions are completed in a timely manner. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications See the OPM Qualification Standards for more information. This position is covered under the Clerical and Administrative positions, applicants applying at the GS-05 grade level must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level or equivalent to at least GS-04 under other Federal service pay systems, private sector, or military, OR four years of education above high school OR a combination of experience and education that equals 100% of the qualification requirements. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Examples of Specialized experience: Compiling data for recurring and special reports. Assists in researching Civilian personnel technical issues and analyzing applicable guidelines. Reviews and routes RPAs Requests. Tracks requests for Civilian personnel actions throughout their lifecycle. Ensures that Civilian position descriptions for are scanned and posted to the electronic library. Maintains Civilian personnel files and records, uses a log to show status of correspondence. You must also meet the following requirements by the announcement closing date: Current and former federal employees in either the competitive or excepted service and current federal employees applying under VEOA eligibility are subject to time-in-grade. You must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade level to be eligible for promotion. See the Required Documents section to learn what documents are necessary to show you meet this requirement. Current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest nontemporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens." Education Education used to qualify for this position must be from an accredited school or educational institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and a copy of your transcript is required as part of your application package. For the application process, unofficial transcripts are acceptable if they contain the applicant's name, the name of the school, the date and degree that was awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. If selected, you must provide an official transcript before we set your entrance on duty date. Foreign Education. If using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign education programs has deemed the foreign education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program or show that a U.S. accredited college or university has given full credit for the foreign courses. If you are relying on education to qualify, then: Your education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See https://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/ for more information. Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. We accept unofficial transcripts for the application process, as long as they contain your name, the name of the school, the date and degree awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. Transcripts must be received by this office no later than 11:59 PM EST on the closing date in order to be considered. If selected, an official transcript MUST be received before an Entrance of Duty date is set. Additional Information We encourage you to review the Safer Federal Workplace information regarding COVID-19. To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to E.O. 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. Applicants with a Permanent Resident Card (aka Green Card) are authorized to live and work in the U.S. but are not eligible for employment in positions requiring U.S. citizenship. This position requires U.S. citizenship. The minimum age requirement is generally 18 years of age. Employing those under 18 may be possible under certain circumstances. If under 18 years of age, ensure you provide documentation showing how you are eligible. Subject to occasional overtime. Position is Non Exempt from Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Position is not covered by a bargaining unit. Position is not obligated. Financial Difficulty does not automatically remove you from consideration for a position. Position does not meet the DoD criteria for re-employing former Federal employees who retired under either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Deliberate attempts to falsify your application information, such as copying portions of this job announcement into your resume, may result in you being removed from consideration for this position. PCS IS NOT AUTHORIZED. Promotion is not guaranteed. This is a non-critical sensitive, ADP Level II position.
