Supervisory Human Resources Specialist - Placement

Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System is seeking candidates for a human resources/hiring operations role focused on improving hiring efficiency and compliance. The position emphasizes using automated systems to track status, generate leadership insights, and standardize processes across multiple locations.

The role requires experience in high-volume hiring, workflow design, and supervision of HR staff, with adherence to federal merit system principles and audit-ready documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience using automated hiring systems to track candidate status, generate dashboards and reports, and provide analyses to leadership.
• Experience leading hiring process improvements and designing workflow enhancements using change management principles.
• Experience managing post-referral hiring workflows across multiple locations with audit-ready case files.
• Experience supervising HR or hiring specialists, assigning work, evaluating performance, and guiding teams in high-volume hiring environments.

Responsibilities

• Track candidate status using automated hiring systems and generate dashboards/reports.
• Analyze operational trends and design workflow improvements for hiring processes.
• Coordinate post-referral hiring, offers, and onboarding across locations while ensuring merit-system compliance.
• Supervise HR staff and provide guidance on priorities, performance, and resources.

Skills

Hiring systems

Dashboards & reporting

Data quality controls

Leadership analyses

Change management

Workforce coordination

Supervising HR staff

Job description

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements:

• Education: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this position.
• Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled. Some examples of this qualifying experience are: Experience using automated hiring systems to track candidate status, generate operational dashboards and reports, implement data quality controls, and provide analyses to leadership for resource allocation and process improvements.
• Experience leading hiring process improvements, analyzing operational trends, designing workflow enhancements, developing training materials and desk guides, and implementing standardized practices across teams using change management principles.
• Experience managing post-referral hiring workflows, including selection documentation, tentative offers, and onboarding coordination across multiple locations while ensuring compliance with federal merit system principles and maintaining audit-ready case files.
• Experience supervising human resources or hiring specialists, including assigning and reviewing work, establishing priorities, evaluating performance, providing technical guidance, and managing resources in a high-volume hiring environment.
• If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.