Total 8 Junior Executive level Human Resources job vacancies in Remote-US-Arizona

NOTE: The first 50 qualified candidates will be referred to the Selecting Official. Additional candidates will be referred based on hiring needs.

The Personnel Security Assistant serves as an Assistant to the Personnel Security Specialist and assures that all appointees have the appropriate level of security/suitability clearance commensurate with their assignment. Work assigned is of a very confidential and highly sensitive nature.

Major duties may include, but not limited to:

• Reviews information submitted by the requesting office to validate level of background required, enters appointee information into a local data base tracking system and refers appointee for fingerprinting.
• Enters appropriate data in required databases related to an appointee's suitability from a wide variety of sources.
• Performs audits of official personnel folders to assure that information related to suitability is properly recorded and filed.
• Initiates, reviews and releases appointees background investigations in the Office of Personnel Managements, National Background Investigation Service (NBIS) or in conjunction with the VA- Adjudication Center.
• Regularly monitors the status of specific pending items, compiles data to produce reports, follows up to determine status and records results.
• Takes and transmits electronic fingerprints for appointees or when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) returns fingerprints unclassifiable for various reasons.
• Assemble position descriptions and functional statements for the Personnel Security Specialist for review.
• Serves as the initial point of contact for new appointees including but not limited to paid or without compensation employees, volunteers, students, residents, and contractors.

• The responsibilities described are for the full performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope performed with less independence, and limited complexity.
• The incumbent will be assigned to one of the following branches within the Human Resources Operations Center: Recruitment and Placement, Benefits and Retirement, Processing/Records, and/or Classification.
• Responsible for the pre-employment process to include extending tentative job offers, initiating and tracking drug testing and medical reviews, establishing start dates, and responding accordingly to inquiries while providing continual HR support.
• Researches and applies laws, regulations, policies, and precedents of Federal employee retirement, group life insurance, health benefits, and Thrift Savings Plan programs to provide advice and guidance to management, employees, and beneficiaries.
• Responsible for processing personnel and payroll actions to include coding, calculation of service computation dates, within-grade increases, pay adjustments, system errors, and accessions and separations into the National Finance Center (NFC).
• Reviews requests for personnel actions for accurate information and data integrity; responsible for periodic quality reviews and ensures personnel actions are processed within established timelines.

• Use personnel computer, word processing and/or other office automation equipment and various software programs to produce correspondence, memorandum, directives, forms reports; create or maintain spreadsheets or databases, etc.
• Respond to customer inquiries on such matters as procedures for filing applications, status of recruitment announcements, kinds of vacancies in the organization serviced and hiring procedures and announcements.
• Provide recruitment and placement support services to HR Specialists including planning, coordinating, and developing facts related to problems that arise in the area of responsibility.
• Assist in recruitment activities by arranging for physical examinations, verifying veterans preference, making job offers, coordinator EOD/release dates and processing pre-appointment security checks.

• Provides technical support to HR Specialist performing centralized work in HR information systems.
• Performs information system related functions such as: resetting passwords; granting or removing system access; assigning roles; locating missing information; entering data into information systems; collecting information from the field.
• Updates and/or maintains HR information systems guidance and material maintained on internal and external websites.
• Conducts audits of existing files and data bases.
• Serves as point of contact and provide technical assistance to the field in resolving system problems as they relate to the operation of the automated HR systems, such as those pertaining to system access, account creation, activation, coding.

• Provides technical support by performing a variety of recurring assignments using practical knowledge of rules, regulations and processes related to HR systems.
• Provides information and advice on routine functions of automated HR systems.
• Performs miscellaneous clerical work in automated HR systems
• Performs a variety of routine computerized queries using automated HR systems.
• Prepares memos, reports and/or correspondence using practical knowledge of reporting and correspondence practice and procedures.

• Performs a wide variety of technical support in a generalist capacity to administer the NAF Human Resources Program.
• Receives and processes a wide variety of routine and complex personnel actions.
• Coordinates with management officials to recruit for position vacancies.
• Answers general human resources questions and inquiries.
• Uses systems to track requests for personnel actions and update status of actions.

Specific duties include (but are not limited to):

- Provides guidance and technical direction for accomplishing the work of the unit or team.
- Ensures the work assignments of employees in the unit or team are carried out.
- Works with the supervisor in the assignment of functions to team members to meet routine and unusual deadlines and priorities.
- Serves as work leader, ensuring the work assignments of employees in the unit are carried out.
- Distributes and balances workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow and/or job specialization. In case of a shortage of personnel due to scheduled or unscheduled leave, responsible for filing in and for distributing the workload to other team members to ensure smooth workflow.
- Ensures the timely accomplishment of assigned tasks and ensures that each employee has enough work to keep busy. Monitors the status and progress of work and makes day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities.
- Maintains current knowledge and answers questions about other employee's procedures, policies, and directives.
- Monitors and reports on the status and progress of work, checks on work in progress, and reviews completed work to see that the supervisor's instructions on work priorities, methods, deadlines, and quality have been met.
- Obtains assistance and/or need information from the supervisor on problems that may arise or backlogs that cannot be disposed of promptly.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. The grade progression for this position is GS-08.

Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday, 8 am - 4 pm
Compressed/Flexible: Available
Telework: Available
Virtual: Yes this is a Virtual position
Position Description/PD#: Human Resources Assistant (Recruitment and Placement); GS-07, 42030-A/GS-08, 41137-A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required