Human Resource Specialist (Employee Benefits)

About this role

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. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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: One year of specialized experience includes work that involves 1) Experience analyzing and/or resolving complex HR federal benefits cases such as retirement, disability retirement, Special Retirement Coverage (SRC) retirement cases, death notifications and personnel issues 2) Utilize a variety of automated systems such as Government Retirement Benefits (GRB), Benefits Automated Tracking System (BATS), and Centralized Enrollment Clearinghouse (CLER) to perform various benefits work 3) Develop reports, SOPs, recommendations, or technical guidance in support of health benefits, retirement, or survivor benefits 4) Support various projects by coordinating documentation process improvement reviews, increasing efficiencies, better business practices and developing external customer partnerships.