Summary This position is located at the consolidated Network and has the delegated authority from CHRO to sign and release personnel actions. Incumbent performs duties as team leader over a group of Technical Review Human Resources Specialists. Responsibilities The length of this temporary promotion is NTE 1 year, with the possibility of becoming permanent without further competition. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: HR Specialist Total Rewards Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Full Time, 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: This position may be authorized for Ad Hoc telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Lead Human Resources Specialist (Technical Review) (Temp Prom/Detail NTE- 1 year)/PD99852A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required. Duties include but are not limited to the following: Serves as team leader over a group of Technical Reviewer Human Resources Specialists. Responsible for assigning, monitoring, and reviewing the work performed by subordinate team members. Ensures that the organization's mission and vision are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's goals, work plans, and work products. Articulates and communicates to the team the assignment, project, problem to be solved, actionable events, milestones, and deadlines. Identifies, distributes and balances workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level and/or occupational specialization and adjusting to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely accomplishment of assigned team tasks. Provides advice on work methods, practices and procedures, and assists the team and/or individual members in identifying the parameters of a viable solution. Trains or arranges for the training of team members in methods and techniques of technical skills and team building and working in teams to accomplish tasks or projects. Coaches team members in the selection of problem-solving methods and techniques, provides advice on work methods and procedures and assists team members in identifying factors needed to resolve problems. Provides independent and sound judgement to perform complex, sensitive, project work characterized by a high degree of difficulty related to the Technical Review Management of Personnel Actions Request (PAR) within the Human Resources Management Service applicable database (HRSmart). Reviews all facets of work for all areas of HR including Staffing, ER/LR, Benefits, etc. across all medical centers within the region. Serves as a technical reviewer for all personnel actions to include reviewing and releasing actions. Conduct a thorough review on personnel actions as assigned to ensure the actions are in adherence with all regulatory and legal requirements. Ensures data fields on personnel actions are coded appropriately, to include verifying the correct nature of action and legal authority codes are being utilized. Will review personnel actions to ensure employee data is accurately captured, e.g. Veteran's preference, tenure, FEGLI, annuitant indicator, pay rate determinate, retirement plan, service computation date, work schedule, etc. Will review personnel actions to ensure position data is accurately captured, e.g. position @type, FLSA eligibility, appropriation code, bargaining unit status, duty station, etc. Incumbent will review grade, step, and salary on personnel actions to ensure all pay setting laws and regulations are adhered to for a variety of Title 5, Title 38, and Title 38 Hybrid positions. Develops reporting procedures, trending analysis, and measurements at various points in processes to identify problem areas or inherent weaknesses in work processes, procedures, and information systems. Communicates observations and findings to leadership, the Quality SSU, and the Training & Development SSU to aid in the competency development and overall compliance of the Network. Preferred Experience: Experience with mentoring/leading individuals. Experience on Technical Review team, or at minimum very strong Recruitment and Placement experience along with strong HR Smart Processing experience Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/23/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. The BASIC REQUIREMENT for the HR Specialist GS-0201 series is presumed met if found qualified at the GS-0201-7 level and above. To qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria: Criteria 1- Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience: Successful completion of a graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: : technical/quality review of personnel actions, utilizes reports to ensure data accuracy, performs employee record audits, resolves issues through DCIPS and REMEDY, processes corrections and cancellations, processes complex record reviews/corrections, and conducts research through VA Handbooks, laws and regulations to ensure proper processing of personnel actions and data accuracy. ~OR~ Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Technical/quality review of personnel actions, utilizes reports to ensure data accuracy, performs employee record audits, resolves issues through DCIPS and REMEDY, processes corrections and cancellations, processes complex record reviews/corrections, and conducts research through VA Handbooks, laws and regulations to ensure proper processing of personnel actions and data accuracy. Education Qualifying education for the GS-0201 series includes courses and programs in HR, HR development, HR management, business, business management/administration, industrial relations, labor relations, industrial psychology, organizational psychology, organizational development, management, organizational behavior, pre-law/law, legal studies, health care management/administration, public administration, public policy, human services, leadership and/or humanities. A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. Additional Information Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.
