Staffing & Onboarding Specialist

AvantGarde, LLC Career Center; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AvantGarde, LLC Career Center in Washington, DC is seeking a Recruitment Strategy & Advisory professional to guide hiring managers on authorities, strategies, and announcements. You will lead planning discussions, define timelines, and document requirements for multiple concurrent federal recruitments.

The role involves reviewing packages for compliance with merit systems, drafting JOAs, configuring USA Staffing, and ensuring proper adherence to veterans’ preferences and EEO rules while

Responsibilities

• Advise hiring managers on hiring authorities, recruitment strategies, and announcement options.
• Lead recruitment planning discussions to define strategy, timelines, and required documentation.
• Manage multiple concurrent recruitments in a high-volume environment, identifying risks and ensuring timely progress.
• Review hiring packages for completeness, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.
• Draft and post federal JOAs, ensuring correct duties, qualifications, and hiring authority usage.
• Configure and manage vacancy case files, questionnaires, and system settings in USA Staffing.
• Ensure all announcements uphold merit system principles, veterans’ preference rules, and EEO requirements.
• Work with hiring managers and SMEs to create defensible job analyses.
• Develop or quality-check crediting plans, rating criteria, and assessments aligned to OPM guidance.
• Train SMEs on structured assessment processes and oversee resume reviews and interviews.
• Review applicant documentation and determine eligibility across all hiring authorities.
• Conduct qualifications determinations using OPM standards and agency guidance.
• Adjudicate veterans’ preference and ensure proper documentation and coding.

Job description

Recruitment Strategy & Advisory

• Advise hiring managers on hiring authorities, recruitment strategies, and announcement options.
• Lead recruitment planning discussions to define strategy, timelines, and required documentation.
• Manage multiple concurrent recruitments in a high-volume environment, identifying risks and ensuring timely progress.

Hiring Package & Announcement Development

• Review hiring packages for completeness, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.
• Draft and post federal JOAs, ensuring correct duties, qualifications, and hiring authority usage.
• Configure and manage vacancy case files, questionnaires, and system settings in USA Staffing.
• Ensure all announcements uphold merit system principles, veterans’ preference rules, and EEO requirements.

Job Analysis & Assessment

• Work with hiring managers and SMEs to create defensible job analyses.
• Develop or quality-check crediting plans, rating criteria, and assessments aligned to OPM guidance.
• Train SMEs on structured assessment processes and oversee resume reviews and interviews.

Applicant Eligibility & Qualifications

• Review applicant documentation and determine eligibility across all hiring authorities.
• Conduct qualifications determinations using OPM standards and agency guidance.
• Adjudicate veterans’ preference and ensure proper documentation and coding.