Human Resources Specialist (Military)

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Summary

About the Position:

These positions may be filled in multiple branches of the 88th Readiness Division, Director, Human Resources Office located at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin to include Officer Management, Full Time Support-Military, Enlisted Management, Health Services, Orders, Casualty Operations, Programs & Services and the Reserve Personnel Action Center.

These positions require active membership as a Soldier in the Army Reserve. For more information visit

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Responsibilities

* Provide administrative and management support for the accomplishment of military personnel functions for assigned programs.
* Review personnel action requests to ensure compliance with policies and regulations.
* Maintain liaison and make periodic and special visits and inspections.
* Provide military personnel management support to Army Reserve units within the Readiness Support Command area of operations.
* Interpret regulations and policies, and advise on appropriate action.

Travel Required

Occasional travel - The business travel requirement is 5%.

Supervisory status

No

Promotion Potential

None

* Job family (Series)

0201 Human Resources Management

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Conditions of Employment

* THESE POSITIONS REQUIRES ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP AS A SOLDIER IN THE U.S. ARMY RESERVE (USAR).
* Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

* 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
* Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
* Current Permanent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
* Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
* Executive Order (E.O.) 12721
* Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
* Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
* Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
* Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)
* Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
* Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible
* People with Disabilities, Schedule A
* Postal Service/Peace Corps and Other Unique Authorities
* Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
* Reinstatement
* Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
* Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes reviewing and evaluating proposed military personnel policies and practices; processing personnel actions; and establishing personnel records. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the Federal service (GS-07).

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Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as Human Resources.

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Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

* Administration and Management
* Manages and Organizes Information
* Personnel and Human Resources

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: