HR Specialist (Military)

About the Position: The primary function of this position is to carry out personnel, administrative, and finance functions for the 35-50 officers and soldiers assigned to the USACE Northwestern Division Districts (Kansas City, Omaha, Seattle, Walla Walla, Portland) including those at the Division HQ. Prepare or ensure the preparation of military personnel actions or the requests for actions such as Officer Evaluation Reports and Enlisted Evaluation Reports. Provide technical advice and guidance regarding the establishment and maintenance of pay accounts for all supported soldiers to include the processes, audits and edits of the complex pay actions. Review incoming regulations and directives relating to administration, military personnel and finance programs, functions and procedures. Prepare reports and/or briefings to inform management of analysis results for use in the decision making process or for in-progress status information. Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Reinstatement In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience GS-09: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Reviewing, assembling, verifying, and processing routine military personnel actions and records; 2) Reviewing, calculating, and inputting basic military pay and entitlement transactions; and 3) Entering, updating, and extracting service member records using automated military personnel and readiness systems. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Human Resources Management, Business Administration, etc. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. Specialized Experience GS-11: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Processing and reviewing a variety of military personnel actions, records, and requests (e.g., evaluations/OERs/NCOERs, officer and enlisted promotions, appointment packages, military orders, etc.); 2) Auditing, editing, and troubleshooting military pay accounts and specialty entitlements (e.g., special pays, bonuses, incapacitation pay, student loan repayments, severance pay, back pay, or debt adjustments) ; and 3) Utilizing automated military personnel and pay databases (such as eMILPO, EDAS, TOPMIS, MEDPROS, IWRS, or equivalent systems) to track strength accountability, extract personnel metrics, compile reports, and identify administrative trends or deficiencies. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Human Resources Management, Business Administration, etc. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09). Time in Grade Requirement GS-09: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07). FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.