Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits)

Description:

As a Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits) at the GS-0201-12/13, you will be part of Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management. If selected, you will be responsible for delivering comprehensive, government-wide directives, facilitating staff educational initiatives, and provisioning resources to agencies for the effective administration of the Federal employee benefits program.

Requirements:

For the GS12: You must have one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the private or public sector) performing ALL of the following: 1) Researching employee benefits legislative, case law changes or regulations to provide input for guidance to agencies and other interested parties; AND 2) Translating employee benefit information into plain language through oral and written communication; AND 3) Providing input for training packages for benefits employees. Note: Your resume must fully support this experience.

For the GS13: You must have one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the private or public sector) performing ALL of the following:1)Interpreting employee benefits legislative, case law changes or regulations to provide guidance to agencies and other interested parties; AND 2)Translating complex employee benefit data into comprehensible language utilizing oral and written methodologies: AND 3) Developing training packages for benefits employees. Note: Your resume must fully support this experience.

Merit promotion applicants must meet the time-in-grade requirement as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. One year at the GS-11 grade level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-12 grade level.

Merit promotion applicants must meet the time-in-grade requirement as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. One year at the GS-12 grade level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-13 grade level.

You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

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: A full year of experience is considered to be 40 hours of work per week. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must clearly indicate their duties and responsibilities for each position and annotate the number of hours a week spent in each position. This may be reflected on the resume as either hours work or full-time.