Human Resources Specialist (Classification and Recruitment)

Human Resources Specialist (Classification and Recruitment)

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Washington, District of Columbia

Salary Range: $121785 - $158322 Per Year

Job Summary: OIG is organized into six operational units: the Immediate Office of the Inspector General, Office of the Counselor, Office of Audits and Evaluations, Office of Healthcare Inspections, Office of Investigations, and Office of Management and Administration. In addition to the Washington, DC, headquarters, OIG has offices located in more than 60 locations throughout the country.

Major Duties:

• The Human Resources Specialist (Classification & Recruitment), located in the office of Office of Management & Administration (OMA), provides expert advice and assistance on a broad range of human resources matters to executives, managers and employees of VA-OIG; serves as a technical expert in the areas of staffing, recruitment and position classification; and completes special projects involving matters of unusual technical difficulty, requiring extensive research, seasoned judgment and provides practical recommendations. As a Human Resources Specialist (Classification and Recruitment), you will: Develop or recommend policy or guidance that supports effective and efficient program operation throughout customer agencies that may involve significant agency action or require extensive changes in established agency policy and procedures. Develop recruitment files that encompass all required documents including justifications for selection or non-selection. Perform the full range of staffing services for special programs such as the Pathways, outreach, Hiring People with Targeted Disabilities, Veterans Hiring, Automated systems Functionalities, Recruitment/career Fairs, audits, reports, data calls, and conduct training on a wide range of staffing, recruitment, and classification functions. Serve as a technical expert providing the full range of support to applicants, managers and supervisor performing a variety classification and staffing related special projects.

Qualifications: You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. Specialized Experience: For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience or General experience for this position includes: Providing technical advice and guidance to management on human resource initiatives such as: recruitment and placement, classification and position management; AND Applying HR laws, policies, regulations and procedures as it pertains to the review of position descriptions, evaluation statements, job analyses, vacancy announcements, certificates of eligible and pay setting services for General Schedule (GS) employees or equivalent; AND Performing human resources staff acquisition work that includes applying Title 5 regulations and merit staffing procedures or equivalent. In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-13, you must have been at the GS-12 level for 52 weeks. Time After Competitive Appointment: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a non-temporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.

How to Apply: The following instructions outline our application process. Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online application, to include the initial online assessment and submission of the required documentation specified in the Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). The application process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside at least 2 hours to take the USA Hire assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation resources at https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us. To verify the status of your application: -Log into your USAJOBS account (USAJOBS Login) -Under "application status," click "Track this application" and you will be taken to the agency website where you can check your application status. To update your application, including supporting documentation, at any time during the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account (https://usajobs.gov). There you will find a record of your application, the application status, and an option to Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. For more information regarding the job and applicant status, please refer to USAJOBS Help Center - How to see your application and job status Please notify us if your contact information changes after the closing date of the announcement. Also, note that if you provide an email address that is inaccurate or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communication that could affect your consideration for this position. For additional information on how to apply, please visit the Partnership for Public Service's Go Government website. To preview the application questionnaire:https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12945097

Application Deadline: 2026-05-04