Supervisory Human Resources Specialist

The Supervisory Human Resources Specialist (Associate HR Officer) is a senior advisor and consultant to the VISN senior leadership and executives in the VISN office as well as top management at facilities regarding all assigned HR functional area. Assigned functional areas include Recruitment and Placement (R&P), Compensation, HR Info Systems (HRIS), Technical Review (TR), and Manpower. Acts as a senior liaison between the Shared Services Units and the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).

**Qualifications:**
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/24/2026. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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. he 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-14 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-12 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: Expert knowledge of and ability to apply a wide range of HR concepts, principles, laws, regulations, and practices, to include OPM requirements, VHA specific policy and labor organization agreements for Title 5, Hybrid T38 and full Title 38 positions. Resolving difficult and controversial internal and external staffing and placement problems building coalitions and consensus through persuasion. Utilizing current HR database systems to query, retrieve, and analyze information to complete and monitor routine and special assignments. Providing consultative services to HR staff and Service Chiefs across Network facilities on technical matters which involve recruitment decisions. Knowledge of veterans' preference regulations, and Special Hiring Authorities (VRA, CPS, Schedule A, etc.) and flexibilities. Knowledge of Title 5, Title 38 and Hybrid Title 38 appointment requirements. Providing oral and written reports or correspondence outlining recommendations and results and coordinates results with local and regional stakeholders. ~OR~ Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 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: ???????Possess in-depth federal HR system knowledge applicable to local, regional, and national federal healthcare delivery to provide expert advisory service and/or authoritative policy interpretations on highly complex VISN-wide or equivalent issues (e.g., organizational reengineering and continuous improvement of HR processes); Develop, implement, and assess the effectiveness of varying HR systems to solve problems of extensive difficulty and complexity. Expert knowledge of the full spectrum of applicable HR functions (e.g., recruitment and placement, position classification, compensation, HR information systems, manpower, etc.).