Federal HR Advisor: Staffing, Benefits & Training

DFAS; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 51,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

DFAS in the United States seeks an experienced HR advisory specialist at GS-7/9/11 level to support staffing, classification, benefits, and HR information systems. This role involves working with government managers to analyze requirements and deliver compliant HR solutions.

The position emphasizes recruitment, position management, and employee learning and development, with developmental duties at lower grades and a focus on delivering high-quality advisory services to federal clients.

Qualifications

• GS-7 Specialized Experience is one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-5) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position.
• GS-7 Specialized Experience is defined as assisting in the application of HR laws, regulations, principles, systems, policies, methods, and practices to analyze routine facts; research customer inquiries or problems and support the operation of an HR functional area.
• GS-9 Specialized Experience is one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade (GS-7) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position.
• GS-9 Specialized Experience is defined as researching, interpreting and adapting HR regulations to provide substantive recommendations and advice to customers related to HR processes, procedures and systems.
• GS-11 Specialized Experience is defined as applying HR concepts, principles, regulations and practices in delivering advisory services to customers; researching regulation and policy to resolve complex HR issues.

Responsibilities

• Provides advisory services to customers, resolves complex issues regarding HR functional areas to include staffing, classification and position management, benefits, learning and development, information systems or labor/employee relations.
• Recruitment and Placement: Advises managers on recruitment options and strategies. Work involves recruiting, examining, selecting and placing employees and performing job analysis to develop effective selection tools for specific positions.
• Position Management and Classification: Advises managers and supervisors regarding position management and the efficient use of civilian positions. Performs position audits and writes position descriptions and evaluation statements.
• Benefits/Workers' Compensation: Advises management and customers on federal benefits programs to include health, life, retirement, Thrift Savings Program (TSP), and Workers' Compensation Program.
• Learning and Development: Works with agency customers to assess the training needs of the agency. Participate in the design, development, delivery and evaluation of employee training and development initiatives.
• Labor and Management Employee Relations: Advises and counsels managers and supervisors regarding employee relations, labor relations, performance management, leave administration and incentive and performance award programs.
• HR Information Systems: Works with functional end-users to ensure the efficient use of HR Information systems; supports data management and retrieval, and development and implementation of system upgrades to support mission requirements.

Job description

DFAS in the United States seeks an experienced HR advisory specialist at GS-7/9/11 level to support staffing, classification, benefits, and HR information systems. This role involves working with government managers to analyze requirements and deliver compliant HR solutions.

The position emphasizes recruitment, position management, and employee learning and development, with developmental duties at lower grades and a focus on delivering high-quality advisory services to federal clients.