Supervisory Human Resources Specialist - SV-0201-K - Transportation Security Administration - Arlington, Virginia - EXPIRED

This Supervisory Human Resources Specialist position is located in the Office of Human Capital (OHC), Policy Division, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will serve as the Division Director of the Policy Division. You will oversee and guide the development and issuance of all TSA directives and policies relating to employment and workforce programs including unique programs that are not normally available in other Federal agencies. Typical assignments will include:

• Overseeing and guiding the development and issuance of directives and policies governing workforce programs such as hiring, classification, reorganization, executive resources, and retention; pay programs, pay claims/disputes, special salary issues, incentives, employee recognition, and pay for performance; leave programs, hours of duty, employee standards of conduct, performance and misconduct problems, and grievance/appeal procedures.
• Ensuring that flexibilities afforded to TSA under the Aviation Transportation Security Act (ATSA) are fully utilized.
• Coordinating and developing comments regarding proposed legislation that might impact TSA’s human resources system and statutory authority; keeping current on proposed legislation that might impact TSA’s human resources system and statutory authority.
• Providing expert advice, guidance, and assistance in solving unique or extremely difficult policy issues, and understanding the impact of policy decisions across TSA.
• Providing briefings to Congressional staffers, other Federal and state agencies, and TSA senior leadership regarding TSA’s statutory authorities impacting human resources management.
• Collaborating with other internal Division Directors under the Policy and Management Directorate as well as external colleagues in customer organizations.

To qualify for the SV-K Pay Band (equivalent to GS-15), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-J Pay Band or GS-14 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience includes serving as a technical expert advising on, and applying human resources (HR) laws, regulations, policies, and procedures to develop and interpret policy guidance; establishing organizational performance measures and metrics; and communicating program goals and requirements to a variety of audiences in meetings, training presentations, or briefings.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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). 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.

NOTE: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.

You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

You will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or related education as reflected in your resume and supporting documentation. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the competencies required for this position. We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your category placement may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.

When completing the assessment questionnaire for this position, you will be prompted to elect if you wish for your application to be considered as External (where Veterans’ Preference applies), as Status (current or former Federal Employees), and/or Internal to TSA as a current permanent or competitive temporary employee. At that time, please select the answer(s) that apply to you and your application to this position.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Grouping procedures. Under Category Grouping, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;

Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceed the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job; and

Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.
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