Human Resources Assistant - Transportation Security Administration - Birmingham, Alabama - EXPIRED

If selected for this position, you will serve as a Human Resources (HR) Assistant for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). You will apply your experience and knowledge of human resources policies, regulations, processes, and procedures to perform a combination of routine and varying assignments to assist managers and other employees in day-to-day operations. Duties include but may not be limited to:

• Receiving and accurately entering into appropriate personnel data base, in a timely fashion, requests for a variety of actions affecting TSA employees, such as: entry on duty, promotion, transfer, retirement, and separation.
• Submitting Requests for Personnel Action (RPA) to fill vacant positions.
• Preparing reports or other status documents as directed and following up to ensure actions are processed.
• Following guidance in relevant Standard Operating Procedures for initiating Requests for Personnel Action and entering information into the workflow system.
• Preparing personnel actions associated with the Office of Workers Compensation Program (OWCP) (e.g. termination, LWOP, light/limited duty).
• Providing support of the Office of Human Capital on initiatives such as mass promotion, debts, schedule changes or performance awards.
• Monitoring LWOP-US employees to ensure accurate and timely processing of return to duty or other appropriate personnel actions.
• Contacting the service provider to obtain guidance on processing of personnel actions.
• Providing guidance to managers and staff regarding actions required and policies to follow to properly staff positions.

To qualify for the SV-F Pay Band, (equivalent to the GS-9/10) you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-E Pay Band or GS-8 in the Federal Service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Such experience includes applying basic experience and knowledge of human resources policies, regulations, processes, and procedures to perform general HR tasks to assist managers and other employees in day-to-day operations.

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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