Human Resources Assistant

Human Resources Assistant

Department: Legislative Branch

Location(s): Washington, District of Columbia

Salary Range: $63940 - $83119 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is located in the Talent Recruitment and Outreach (TRO) Division of the Human Capital Directorate (HCD). HCD manages HR and human capital programs and initiatives designed to build and sustain an engaged workforce and facilitate a high-performance culture. HCD develops and implements policies, procedures, and systems that optimize organizational effectiveness and enable achievement of the Library of Congress mission and strategic priorities through collaborative leadership.

Major Duties:

• This announcement has an APPLICATION LIMIT of 200 applications. Therefore, applicants should apply as soon as possible. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT WILL AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE AT 11:59PM EST ON THE DATE THAT 200 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED UNDER THIS POSTING. If the 200 application limit is not met, the job announcement will close at 11:59 pm, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Applicants need to ensure they provide all supporting documentation at the time they apply to the vacancy announcement. TRO provides program management for Library-wide internship and fellowship programs and promotes the Library's brand as an employer-of-choice through recruitment and outreach. The team balances a portfolio of programs, projects and events by working effectively both as a team and individually in their various leadership and support roles. Provides technical support for supervisors and staff administering a range of programs, projects, operations, and initiatives. Applies professional competence and extensive knowledge of relevant HR and human capital management policies, theories, and principles. Maintains pertinent operating procedures and resource materials. Independently performs routine technical assignments, prioritizing workload in coordination with supervisor and colleagues. Assists in training lower-graded employees. Compiles, reviews, reconciles, enters, updates, reports on, and maintains personnel, financial, programmatic, survey, and evaluation data and information in various systems. Extracts and manipulates data and information to analyze technical issues and problems, determine their interrelationships, and resolve them using the appropriate methods and techniques. Uses standard software to prepare documents containing tables, graphs, and other data visualizations, and to complete routine writing assignments and prepare periodic and special reports. Serves as a liaison with HCD customers to acquire, clarify, or exchange facts or information needed to complete assignments. Provides guidance on policies and procedures. Conducts research and provides technical answers to inquiries from HCD customers. Acts to resolve problems or delays relative to HCD programs, projects, and initiatives. Keeps supervisor and designated staff informed of the status of problems or issues that require intervention or correction. Performs general clerical and administrative support duties as assigned, including receiving visitors and telephone inquiries, determining nature of call or business questions, and answering questions based on knowledge of HCD programs, projects, or initiatives or forwarding inquiries to the appropriate HCD employee; assisting with classroom setup and management; and maintaining administrative records. Devises efficiency improvements such as streamlining cumbersome or time-consuming administrative processes for gathering and processing information, organizing records and files and manipulating data and information. Participates in planning and conducting quality assurance and control activities to ensure accuracy and authoritativeness of HCD data and information across multiple systems and formats. This may include using specified systems and workflows to track data and information, check for discrepancies, and correct complex problems and inconsistencies; conducting periodic audits of data and information for quality issues; and reviewing documents to ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with HCD standards. Develops solutions that eliminate or reduce data discrepancies. Provides guidance to colleagues in addressing difficult questions related to quality assurance and control. Develops or modifies quality assurance and control-related policies, procedures, and resource materials; recommends new standards and guidelines, as well as new methods, approaches, and procedures to ensure continuous quality assurance and control. Other duties as assigned The position description number for this position is 393567. The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustment for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area. This is a non-supervisory, non-bargaining unit position. Relocation expenses will not be authorized for the person(s) selected under this vacancy announcement.

Qualifications: Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision. Ability to perform program support and administration for a career development program.** Ability to provide liaison services.** Ability to utilize computer technology.** Ability to communicate in writing and copyedit documents.** Ability to interact collaboratively with others in a career development program. Ability to plan, organize and learn continuously. Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.

How to Apply: Please carefully follow all instructions under the How to Apply tab to ensure you are considered for the position. Please note, there is no page restriction to your resume, and you are allowed to upload a resume longer than two pages in the resume section within the application process. When the application system prompts, please proceed to the agency site to complete your application. You are required to apply online for this announcement. We are unable to accept mailed or emailed documents. You must complete the entire application process, including submission of all documents BEFORE this announcement closes. To do so, complete the following steps. Step 1: If you do not already have one, create a resume and upload it to your profile in the "Resume" section. Although you must enter your Social Security Number for USAJOBS, this information will not be provided to the Library of Congress. Step 2: Review the Job Announcement. We recommend you go to the end of the Qualification and Evaluation section of the job announcement to preview the online questions that you will answer in Step 4. You may wish to customize your resume to ensure that it supports your responses to these questions. Step 3: Click on the "APPLY ONLINE" button to the right of this announcement. Follow USAJOBS' instructions to access your account. You will be redirected to the Hiring Management website to complete the application process. If this is your first time in Hiring Management, you will be asked to answer questions related to your eligibility for Federal employment. You will be able to update this information and save it to our account for future announcements. Step 4: Once you have completed the eligibility questions, you will be taken directly to the vacancy application questions. Answer all questions honestly and thoroughly. Step 5: Hiring Management offers one option that will electronically attach your documentation to your online application once you finish answering the questions in the job announcement. You may electronically upload a document directly from your computer to your application. Be certain to review your complete application for confirmation of the document uploaded and click on "Finished" to be returned to USAJOBS. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have multiple documents of the same kind, e.g. 2 undergraduate transcripts from different schools or 2 SF-50s, etc., be sure that they are all in the same file on your computer. If you try uploading them individually, only the last one sent will be visible in our system. If you have any questions about this information, please contact the person on this announcement BEFORE the closing date. Step 6: Click on "Finish" after you have completed your application. Once you have submitted your application, you can check your status online through your Hiring Management or MY USAJOBS account. Your complete online application and any required supplemental documentation (e.g., SF-50, etc.) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the closing date of the announcement. It is your responsibility to ensure that all documents are received on time and that the materials are readable. Failure to do so will result in your application being excluded from consideration for this announcement. If you are experiencing any technical difficulty with the online process, you MUST CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE. For all technical issues please contact jobhelp@loc.gov , no later than 4:00pm EST of the Closing Date. REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS WILL NOT BE GRANTED.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-03