Job Description
Title: Federal Staffing Specialist
Location: Washington DC (Onsite)
Terms: FullTime/Permanent
- Inputs and verifies documents for employment in the USA Staffing system required to onboard new hires.
- Creates and/or updates personnel reports based on program auditing or special project needs.
- Researches complex pay and personnel policy questions.
- Explains Human Capital Transactions program requirements and reasons for decisions. Assists managers supervisors and administrative staff on the daytoday use of a variety of automated data processing equipment and systems ((i.e. EVerify GRB USA Staffing EmpowHR NFC IT Service Hub)
- Briefs Team Lead and Branch Chief on status of projects and identifies areas of concern.
- Provides guidance to selectees during the initial onboarding process ensuring the forms are issued and complete.
- Answer questions regarding employment requirements and identifies/determines potential problem areas.
- Conducts the review of personnel forms for completeness and accuracy followingup on missing items or the need for additional information.
- Ensures actions are entered into the National Finance Center (NFC) database by established timeframes.
- Provides advisory services on recruitment/staffing as it relates to the processing personnel actions and hiring of new employees.
- Determines benefits eligibility creditable service (e.g. computing SCDs) and follow up on suspense actions (e.g. probationary and trial periods unapplied NTE WIGI Determinations etc.).
- Verifies Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) assessments associated with PDs and personnel files. In addition confirms and verifies veterans preference eligibility from the employee records reviews and confirms the accuracy of routine pay adjustments.
- Processes documents associated with inputting SF52s (Request for Personnel Actions) and SFS0s (Notification of Personnel Action) such as inprocessing selectees promotions details within grades name changes reassignments summer appointments student and special emphasis programs term and temporary appointments death benefits Thrift Savings Plan options and retirements in the appropriate automated systems. Ensures documents comply with OPM guidelines and are correct. Review personnel actions for accuracy (e.g. appropriateness for regulatory authority and remarks) resolves discrepancies and completes forms and verifies missing information.
- Coordinates EOD dates for new hires and followsup with all candidates. Obtains and coordinates release dates needed to complete Standard Form (SF) 75 information from losing and gaining Federal
- Personnel agencies. Prepares offer letters creating and distributing employmentrelated correspondence and orientation materials. Researches and resolves a variety of human resource problems relating to pay performance incorrect data on the Notification of Personnel Action. Prepares security packages medial packages.
- Fully participates in conducting new employee orientation includes presenting of information completion of new hire paperwork and follow up with oneonone counseling with new hires.
- Responsible oneonone counseling sessions.
- Provides advice to GPO employees on grade retention and/or pay retention determinations for affected
- PG and WG employees advising on payment of supervisory differentials promotions and step increases.
- Ensures personnel documents for nonhire actions; (i.e. promotion actions WGls set pay pay plan series grade and step) are scanned in eOPFs and are up to date.
- Updates HC Dashboard Tracker with timely accurate and concise information.
- Codes actions for inputs into the National Finance Centers (NFC) automated payroll/personnel systems and reviews and followsup on error listings and computer edits from data input to ensure personnel actions are submitted and input on a timely basis.
- Reviews certificate and selection package to determine all documents are accurate prior to making Final Job Offer.
- Works with HC Talent Acquisitions Specialists to recruit for a full range of commonly filled positions; provides input and guidance on a range of hiring authorities.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of coding and processing personnel actions this includes being able to correctly code Standard Form personnel actions with Nature of Action codes tenure probationary period legal authority etc.
- The Contractor should be experienced with USA Staffing including Selection Manager and Onboarding modules.
- Skill and working knowledge of NFC/EPIC web.
- Skill and working knowledge of GRB.
- Basic knowledge of the full range of recruitment placement position management classification compensation performance management and personnel support services.
- Skill and working knowledge of National Finance Center s EmpowHR system.
- Skill and working knowledge of OPM s eOPF system.
- Skilled in using Windows Operating Systems.
- Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Suite including MS Outlook MS Word MS Excel and Power Point.
- Strong working knowledge of Adobe Acrobat.
Strong knowledge of coding and processing personnel actions this includes being able to correctly code Standard Form personnel actions with Nature of Action codes, tenure, probationary period, legal authority, etc. The Contractor should be experienced with USA Staffing including Selection Manager and Onboarding modules. Skill and working knowledge of NFC/EPIC web. Skill and working knowledge of GRB. Basic knowledge of the full range of recruitment, placement, position management, classification, compensation, performance management, and personnel support services. Skill and working knowledge of National Finance Center s EmpowHR system. Skill and working knowledge of OPM s eOPF system. Skilled in using Windows Operating Systems. Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Suite including MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, and Power Point. Strong working knowledge of Adobe Acrobat.
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Full time, Temporary work, For contractors, Summer work, Trial period,