Lead HR Classification Specialist

Department of State; South Carolina; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of State, within the Bureau of Human Resources, Office of Talent Services, Client Services Division, Classification Branch (HR/TS/CLI/C), seeks a Classification Specialist at the GS-14 level to advise senior leadership on position management, organizational design, and grade determinations.

You will interpret federal classification laws, respond to inquiries, and lead complex classification actions to ensure alignment with mission requirements and audit readiness.

Qualifications

• Experience advising and collaborating with senior leadership, and HR partners on classification and position management, including organizational design, position structuring, and grade determinations, and producing comprehensive written analyses to support management decisions.
• Experience interpreting and applying Federal classification laws, regulations, and OPM guidance to conduct classification reviews; resolve disputes or challenges; respond to formal inquiries; and prepare legally defensible evaluation statements.
• Experience leading and adjudicating complex classification actions, involving positions with emerging or novel duties, sensitive workforce impact to ensure alignment with mission requirements, workforce planning objectives, organizational changes, internal controls, and audit readiness requirements.

Responsibilities

• There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-14 position.

Skills

Advising senior leadership

Classification expertise

Position management

Organizational design

Policy interpretation

Job description

Department of State, within the Bureau of Human Resources, Office of Talent Services, Client Services Division, Classification Branch (HR/TS/CLI/C), seeks a Classification Specialist at the GS-14 level to advise senior leadership on position management, organizational design, and grade determinations.

You will interpret federal classification laws, respond to inquiries, and lead complex classification actions to ensure alignment with mission requirements and audit readiness.