MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL PROGRAM SPECIALIST

About this role

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administration and Management Positions. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-11, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes: (1) Working with Alternative Work Schedules/Arrangements, Telework, Military and Civilian Fitness/Wellness, Military and Civilian Awards & Recognition, Civilian Personnel Actions, Civilian Recruitment, Sponsorship and Placement, Military Performance Reports, Military/Civilian Urinalysis, Off-duty Employment, and interrelationships among such programs and other programs; (2) Working with regulations, instructions, practices and procedures common to the organization and assigned programs; particularly knowledge of analytical and investigative techniques to conduct staffing requirements and utilization as well as comprehensive knowledge of a wide range of administrative laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the administration of a number of support functions; and (3) Working with federal statues, regulations, instructions and guidelines governing military and civilian personnel management and administration and special programs.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-11 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-12 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Knowledge of federal statues, regulations, instructions and guidelines governing military and civilian personnel management and administration and special programs. Knowledge of agency and directorate missions, functions, goals, objectives, planning, funding, work processes, and sources of funding: the sequence and timing of key operational events and milestones, and methods of evaluating effectiveness of planning actions as related to actual events.