HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (CLASSIFICATION)

Human Resources Specialist (Classification)

This is a National Guard Title 5 Excepted Service position. This National Guard position is for a Human Resources Specialist (Classification), Position Description Number T5938000 and is part of the Kansas National Guard. Responsibilities As a Human Resources Specialist (Classifications), GS-0201-09 / 11, you will perform developmental assignments of moderately difficult and complex nature consisting of well-precedented tasks designed to orient the employee in the application of Human Resource programs and activities. Assignments are combined with training to develop analytical skills and techniques used to resolve issues or problems of a procedural or factual nature. Individual projects can be performed utilizing established, commonly applied methods. Work includes various duties involving different and unrelated tasks. Independently plans and carries out successive steps and handles problems and deviations in work assignments in accordance with instructions, policies, previous training, or accepted practices. Decisions are made based on subject analysis, phase, or issues involved for each assignment, and may be selected from multiple alternatives. Incumbent uses judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines, such as agency policies, regulations, precedents, and work directions for application to specific cases or issues. Incumbent analyzes results and recommends changes. Completed work is evaluated for technical soundness, appropriateness, and conformity to policy and requirements. Supervisor or a higher-graded specialist assists in problem solving when necessary. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule : This position works on a 5 / 4 / 9 compressed work schedule that consists of a 5 day workweek, then a 4 day workweek (8 nine-hour days and 1 eight-hour day and an SDO, Scheduled Day Off) to complete the 80 hour pay period. Work schedule is subject to change based on mission requirements.

Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications

General Experience

General experience is 3 years of progressively responsible experience in the following : Analyze problems to identify significant factors, gather pertinent data, and recognize solutions; Plan and organize work; and Communicate effectively orally and in writing. Such experience may have been gained in administrative, professional, technical, investigative, or other responsible work.

Specialized Experience

GS 09 : Must have the experience that equips the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position such as recommending solutions or a course of action for problems not covered by instructions, policies, or accepted practices as a Human Resource Specialist in a developmental position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least one year at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

GS 11 : Must have experience that equips the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Duties include performing assignments of moderately difficult and complex nature consisting of well-precedented tasks designed to orient the employee in the application of Human Resource programs and activities. Use of software such as word processing, spreadsheets, program language, plotting software, etc., to facilitate work. Use of automated system to effectively process personnel actions in accordance with the Guide to Processing Personnel Actions and local personnel systems checklists as required. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been for at least one year and equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Education Combining Education and Experience : Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the grade levels specified in the table, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-9 and GS-11. (When crediting education that requires specific course work, prorate the number of hours of related courses required as a proportion of the total education to be used.) GS-9 master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related GS-11 Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related

Additional Information If you are a male applicant who was born after 12 / 31 / 1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.