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Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment/Placement)

Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers | North Charleston, SC

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Posted Date 2/06/2025
Description "The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC), through strategic partnerships, prepares the federal law enforcement community to safeguard America's people, property, and institutions." We are a unique inter-agency organization preparing the next generation of law enforcement officers to meet our Nation's most pressing security challenges." Click here to learn more.

This is an open continuous announcement. The initial cutoff date for this position will be February 20th, 2025.Serving as a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment/Placement) GS-0201-11/12 makes you a valuable member of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) team and mission. These positions are within the Workforce Management Branch (WMB), Human Capital Office (HCO), under the Mission and Readiness Support Directorate (MRSD) and located as assigned.

Typical assignments include:

  • Preparing certificates of eligibles after performing eligibility reviews under various appointing authorities, qualifications reviews, rating and ranking and applying time-in-grade restrictions.
  • Adjudicating veterans' preference and utilizing category rating procedures for professional and non-professional occupations.
  • Completing and reviewing various personnel actions to include pay setting, nature of action, legal authority, and applicable remarks for permanent, term and temporary appointments, extensions, promotions, reassignments, changes to lower grade and details.
  • Supporting management with resolving issues with turnover, workforce planning, downsizing and other HR initiatives.
  • Researching, analyzing, and interpreting regulations and policies.
  • Developing responses to management's inquiries for data and information.
  • Conducting training in various program areas to management and staff.
View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. Please visit www.fletc.gov/site-page/employment-faqs website for further guidance regarding this page limit.

Any applications received AFTER 2/20/2025, will be kept in a hold status and will only be reviewed if the hiring manager request additional applications or if other vacancies become available.

You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess one of the following:

  1. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level developing job analyses and creating vacancy announcements; determining the eligibility and qualifications of applicants; and drafting merit promotion or delegated examining certificates. OR
  2. Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR
  3. Successful completion of three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a doctorate or an LL.M that is related to this position. OR
  4. A combination of graduate education and specialized experience. (Note: only graduate education beyond the first 36 semester hours can be combined with specialized experience).

If qualifying for this position based on education, you must submit college transcripts.

Time-in-Grade: Current and former GS federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09 grade level in the federal service. The time-in-grade requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level advising management on appropriate recruitment and classification strategies; developing job analyses and creating vacancy announcements; determining the eligibility and qualifications of applicants; and issuing merit promotion or delegated examining certificates.

This position may be filled at the GS-11 or GS-12 level. If selection is made at the GS-11 level, promotion to the GS-12 level may occur without further competition.

Time-in-grade: Current General Schedule (GS) federal employees, and those that have served in GS positions within the last 52 weeks, must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade, or a combination of the next lower grade level and an equivalent band in the federal service by the closing of this announcement.

Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary. If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job). If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CONSIDERATION AS A STATUS CANDIDATE.

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.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP/ICTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not CTAP/ICTAP eligible. View information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. To be considered eligible under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be placed in the well-qualified category for this position, as described above. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

Physical Demands:
The work is sedentary. Some work may require walking in offices, garages, and warehouses for meetings and to conduct HR work. Work may also require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to and attendance at meetings, conferences, and recruitment events away from the main duty station. Travel to conferences and recruitments events may require the position to carry lights items and drive a vehicle. The work does not require any special physical effort.

Work Environment:
The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions. May be exposed to uncomfortable conditions when conducting business in garages and warehouses as well as traveling to and from conferences and recruitment events.

This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies during the next 90 days. This could result in a few or many vacancies being filled from this announcement.

Background Investigation: To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, FLETC requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation for Suitability/Fitness as a condition of placement in this position. This review may include financial issues such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.

The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Homeland Security and its Components from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before that individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violation of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to fletc-jobinfo@fletc.dhs.gov.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/homeYou must submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) from an accredited institution listing the college/university, degree confirmation date(s) and applicable courses for the position you are applying to.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organization's interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S. Department of Education webpage on the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.
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