HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST

Summary

You will serve as a SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST in the HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT GROUP, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.

Duties

• You will provide authoritative, senior technical guidance to team members and internal stakeholders in position classification, recruitment strategies, and pay setting under all civilian personnel systems.
• You will interpret and apply merit system principles, occupational standards, classification guides, and compensation policy to support program alignment and compliance.
• You will serve as a senior advisor to functional managers, group heads, and command stakeholders on recruitment, classification, and pay strategies.
• You will draft improved standard operating procedures and proposes changes to existing policies or business rules for leadership consideration.
• You will coordinate with workforce data analysts to support metrics development, reporting needs, and strategic planning.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or DA-04 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Independently providing comprehensive human resources advisory and consultative services across staffing, classification, and compensation; 2) Applying advanced federal pay-setting rules, compensation authorities, and incentives to resolve complex pay actions; 3) Designing and executing recruitment strategies and assessment methods for mission-critical, specialized, or hard-to-fill positions; 4) Interpreting and applying federal classification standards and position management principles to complex or unique positions; 5) Conducting technical research and data analysis to evaluate HR processes and respond to high-priority inquiries or data calls; and 6) Participating in studies or developing operational guidance/standard operating procedures (SOPs) to optimize human capital workflows and support workforce planning. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

How to apply

Click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. 2. Supporting documentation Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 09/17/2026. Applications received after 09/17/2026 will generally result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed will be reviewed. For additional information on viewing your application status, click https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/application/status. You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents are legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant.