Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment & Placement)

U.S.-Citizenship-and-Immigration-Services; Camp Springs (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is seeking a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment & Placement) to perform a full range of HR activities, including recruiting, screening, and referring qualified applicants to hiring officials.

The role requires interpreting and explaining HR policies, procedures, laws, and regulations to internal partners. This position is announced under Direct Hire Authority to meet a critical DHS staffing need.

Qualifications

• Experience providing guidance and policy direction on HR issues.
• Ability to research and resolve HR or customer service complaints.
• Applying fact-finding techniques to prepare guidance for partners and customers.
• Familiarity with HR systems to solve HR-related issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and policy direction on a wide variety of human resources issues.
• Identify, research, and resolve human resources or customer service complaints.
• Apply fact-finding and research techniques to prepare guidance for partners and customers.
• Utilize HR systems to problem solve and identify HR-related solutions.

Skills

HR policies

Customer service

Policy interpretation

Research skills

Education

Master's degree or two years of graduate education

J.D. or LL.B. degree

Tools

HR systems

Job description

Protect your homeland and defend your culture. Join USCIS, America's frontline defense against illegal foreign infiltration and fraud.

Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment & Placement)

As a Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment & Placement), you will perform a full range of activities in recruiting, screening, and referring qualified applicants to hiring officials; interpreting, and explaining human resources policies, procedures, laws, and regulations.

The qualifications for this position must be met by 11:59 PM (Eastern Time) on 10/13/2026.

Time in Grade does not apply to Delegated Examining Announcements, any reference to Time in Grade in the questionnaire will not apply to the rating and ranking of applicants.

This announcement is issued under the Direct Hire Authority to recruit for positions for which the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, has a critical hiring need.

GS-09

• Providing guidance and policy direction on a wide variety of human resources issues;
• Identifying, researching, and resolving human resources or customer service complaints;
• Applying fact finding and researching techniques to prepare guidance/responses for business partners and customers;
• Utilizing various HR systems to problem solve and identify solutions to HR related issues. OR
• You may substitute a Master's degree or two (2) full years of graduate education leading to such a degree in any field, or a J.D. or L.L.B. degree for experience required at the GS-09 grade level. Such education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. Check with your school to determine how many credit hours comprise two years of graduate education. If that information is not available, use 36 semester or 54 quarter hours.

GS-11

• Researching and interpreting a variety of personnel regulations to resolve staffing issues;
• Providing technical advice and assistance to management on difficult or unusual staffing problems;
• Creating recruitment strategies and providing recommendations to hiring managers;
• Developing technical guidance/material for use in training peers and business partners. OR
• You may substitute a doctoral degree (PhD or equivalent degree) or three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in any field, or L.L.M. if related for experience at the GS-11 grade level or such education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. Check with your school to determine how many credit hours comprise three years of graduate study. If that information is not available, use 54 semester or 81 quarter hours.