Description:
This position is located in the Office of Civil Service Talent Management (CSTM), Executive Resources and Performance Management Division (ERPM), Bureau of Global Talent Management (GTM). GTM/CSTM/ERPM serves as a central human resources (HR) office for the Department of State, responsible for providing technical assistance and oversight to Bureaus, and for administering the Department's programs for Position Classification, Staffing, Career Development, Performance Management & HR Policy.
Requirements:
Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement.
NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement.
Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.
Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.
Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
- Experience interpreting and applying Federal laws, regulations, principles and practices in the areas of executive resource program management (e.g., executive development, performance management, SES/SL staffing and recruitment, and position management and classification);
- Experience managing and/or administering executive resources programs to include executive development, staffing and recruitment, position management and classification, and/or performance management;
- Experience providing consultation and advisory services on federal human resources policies to various audiences to include supervisors, employees, and/or executives in two or more of the following executive resources programs (i.e., SES recruitment and placement, SES performance management, position management and classification, administration of Schedule C and political appointees, and executive development); and
- Experience reviewing, evaluating, and developing human resources policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures including two or more of the following areas: executive development, performance management or recruitment and placement.
To be considered well-qualified, in addition to meeting minimum qualifications, candidates must demonstrate proficiency in some, but not all of the major aspects of the position.
There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-15 position.
In addition, applicant's experience must also demonstrate that the candidate possesses the following qualities:
- Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others;
- Objectivity and fairness in judging people on their ability, and situations on the facts and circumstances;
- Ability to adjust to change, work pressures, or difficult situations without undue stress;
- Willingness to consider new ideas or divergent points of view; and
- Capacity to "see the job through."