Description:
The length of this temporary promotion is NTE 1 year, with the possibility of becoming permanent without further competition.Area of Consideration: Open to current, permanent VISN 12 ER/LR Service line employee's only.
Location may vary based on the selected candidate's current reporting location.
Requirements:
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/03/2026.Time-In-Grade Requirement : Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
The BASIC REQUIREMENT for the HR Specialist GS-0201 series is presumed met if found qualified at the GS-0201-7 level and above.
To qualify for this position at the GS-14 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria:
Criteria 1- Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience: Successful completion of a graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Skill in providing employee relations, labor relations, performance management, and other special programs to a large, highly customized, innovative and complex, multi-mission VISN and its subordinate facilities; assuring that all policy, regulatory and program issuances are properly integrated with other staff actions and are thereby fully supportive of the mission requirements, equal employment opportunity objectives, and the Federal merit system; advising management on a range of employee and labor law issues such as disciplinary and adverse actions, settlement agreements, congressional correspondence, OAWP, DAB, AIB, fact findings, grievance examiners, state licensure reviews, suitability, Drug Free Workplace, Workplace Violence Prevention Program, and third-party hearing representation; planning work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities and prepare schedules for completion of work.
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Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Skill in providing employee relations, labor relations, performance management, and other special programs to a large, highly customized, innovative and complex, multi-mission VISN and its subordinate facilities; assuring that all policy, regulatory and program issuances are properly integrated with other staff actions and are thereby fully supportive of the mission requirements, equal employment opportunity objectives, and the Federal merit system; advising management on a range of employee and labor law issues such as disciplinary and adverse actions, settlement agreements, congressional correspondence, OAWP, DAB, AIB, fact findings, grievance examiners, state licensure reviews, suitability, Drug Free Workplace, Workplace Violence Prevention Program, and third-party hearing representation; planning work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities and prepare schedules for completion of work.
Jan 29, 2026;
from:
usajobs.gov