ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

You will serve as an ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SPECIALIST in the Corporate Operations Department, Human Resources Division, Staffing and Classification Branch (Code 1013) of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport, RI. Before applying, you're encouraged to learn more about federal human resources careers by visiting the HR Career Compass at: www.OPM.gov/HRCareerCompass.

You will serve as a Human Resources (HR) Specialist under the Demonstration Project (DEMO) personnel system. You will be required to have and utilize knowledge of Human Capital laws, Demonstration Project and General Schedule regulations, DoD, and Department of Navy regulations, personnel concepts and principles. You will perform a variety of HR tasks directly related to staffing, classification, compensation, workforce analysis, recruiting, labor and employee relations, and other related federal human resource subject matters. You will provide expert advice and counsel to all levels of management with regard to law, rules and regulations pertaining to Title 5, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Department of Defense (DoD), and Navy Regulations. You will provide advisory services regarding staffing, recruitment, and placement actions to serviced codes and interact with senior management officials and selecting officials to identify and analyze strategic staffing issues. You will provide guidance to management on recruitment, retention strategies, incentives, and special hiring programs for staffing positions such as the Direct Hire Authority (DHA), Expedited Hiring Authority (EHA), and Schedule A appointments. You will provide direction to selecting officials with regard to Prohibited Personnel Practices and Merit Systems Principles, to ensure the integrity of the hiring and merit promotion selection processes. You will utilize Warfare DEMO pay setting regulations to provide guidance and advice on pay issues for new hires, as well as promotion pay setting for active employees. You will be required to utilize the Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS), and other electronic systems to process Human Resource related actions. You will provide position classification advisory services to managers and supervisors. You will analyze and classify individual positions descriptions in the form of Level Descriptor Addendums and determine the correct classification by comparison to existing standards related to the work.