Summary THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This position is for a HR Specialist (Compensation/Recruitment/Placement), Position Description Number T5032P01 located in the Joint Force Headquarters, Marietta, Georgia. This is a full-time, Excepted Permanent position that DOES NOT require Army National Guard Membership. Area of Consideration: Open to current on-board Federal Employees within the State of Georgia.. Responsibilities As a Human Resources Specialist , GS-0201-11, you will: Advise and support State managers, supervisors, and the Human Resources Officer on recruitment and placement matters for a variety of professional, administrative, technical, and clerical occupations. Plan for and administers the merit promotion and recruitment/placement program. Educate commanders, managers, and supervisors on a wide range of programs, regulations, and policies regarding hiring of federal employees. Respond to inquiries and provides recommendations to resolve complex interrelated HR issues regarding recruitment and placement matters from the serviced workforce and coordinates with NGB-J1-Functional as required. Attends national recruitment and placement workshops. Review and verify determinations made by lower graded staffing specialists, processing requests for personnel actions and recruit to fill actions. Evaluate work processes, provide training, and ensures accuracy and applicability according to regulatory and statutory guidance. Recommend effective and alternative actions where needed. May create and publish new and recurring vacancy announcements using automated system. Provide oversight and expertise to ensure candidate eligibility determinations are within program and policy standards. Perform the full scope of HR staffing work related to hiring, advertisement, qualification, selection, and onboarding actions. Perform qualification analysis of eligible applicants and adjudication of qualification appeals. Maintain documents associated with hiring actions. Review and analyze statistical data concerning recruitment and placement functions, end strength and man-hour utilization and makes recommendations to supervisors for improvements. Conduct long-range planning for projected mission and/or organizational changes to formulate a placement plan. Coordinate with other HR specialties to meet organizational staffing needs to ensure that all regulatory requirements are met. Administer and provide oversight for the use of special employment programs (e.g., Upward Mobility, or DoD Priority Referral System) to ensure the continuance of a balanced placement program. Interpret reviews and applies state pay setting actions such as highest previous rate rule and recruiting and retention incentives. Analyze technician and payroll information to identify and resolve complex pay-setting errors or discrepancies. Sets rates of pay for General Schedule (GS) and Federal Wage System (FWS) technicians for appointments, transfers, promotions, changes to lower grade, and changes between GS and FWS pay systems. Administer and provide oversight for technician permanent change of station/relocation actions. Initiate process for the most complex transportation agreements and reviews agreements drafted by lower graded specialists. Complete travel orders authorizing various entitlements. Obtain necessary funds from NGB or state Comptroller as appropriate. Provide counseling to employees on entitlements, rights, and obligations. Review requests for extension of temporary quarters and makes recommendations for approval. Perform other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/12/2025. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. A non-award SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. 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. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as serving as the state Human Resources Specialist for recruitment and placement, military technician compatibility, permanent change of station (PCS) moves, pay setting, recruitment and retention allowances, and reduction in force. Responsible for the development and implementation of plans to accomplish a statewide technician recruitment and recruitment program. Accomplishes work through the use of a variety of automated personnel systems and programs. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualifications for this position. Please use this checklist to make sure you have included other documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), documentation to support Veterans Preference claims, or ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional information. DD-214 Other Other Veterans Document Resume SF-15 SF-50 Transcript RESUME REMINDER- Your resume must include the following information for each job listed: Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible) Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008) Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week) Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions in the assessment by addressing your work experience in detail. Recommended: Even though we do not require a specific resume format, your resume must be clear so that we are able to fully evaluate your qualifications. To ensure you receive appropriate consideration, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to match your experiences with the positions held, you may lose consideration for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualifications. A non-award SF-50: Notification of Personnel Action is required for all current and former Federal employees. The SF-50(s) MUST reflect the highest grade and step held in Federal Service that demonstrates one year time in grade AND your most recent non-award SF-50. Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) (Member 4 or Service 2 copies) which shows dates and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documentation related to your active duty service which reflects the dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and dates of impending separation. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Application for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as stated on the form. Documentation is required to award preference. For more information on Veterans' Preference, please visit http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx. Education To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work. If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in any field leading to a bachelor's degree, in an accredited college or university, meets the GS-5 level requirements. Additional Information If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx). Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.