Human Resources Assistant Department of Agriculture Forest Service Summary This position is for one of the various teams within the U.S. Forest Service Human Resources Management. This position performs technical work and provides advice and assistance on basic questions in support of Human Resources Specialists for one or more specialized functional areas. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is for one of the various teams within the U.S. Forest Service Human Resources Management. This position performs technical work and provides advice and assistance on basic questions in support of Human Resources Specialists for one or more specialized functional areas. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Many vacancies in the following locion: Albuquerque, NM No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $41,178

• $59,671 per year Pay scale & grade GS 5
• 6 Promotion potential 7 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0203 Human Resources Assistance Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-WO-HRM-13055321-DP-DP Control number 884004800 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Videos Duties Help Duties listed are the full performance level. Utilize office software such as word processing, spreadsheet, presention, email and internet browsers to perform work assignments. Resolve problems associed with assigned duties. Research regulions and directives to recurring human resource questions. Provide routine human resources assistance directly to external customers. Verify da for inaccuracies and against business rules. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt. Subject to sisfactory adjudicion of background investigion and/or fingerprint check. Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, E-Verify . As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which we will evalue 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 organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probionary period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Qualificions In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualificions requirements as defined below by the closing de of the announcement. For more informion on the qualificions for this position, the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualificion Standards. Your applicion and resume must clearly show th you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualificions based on educion. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Note on

Experience :

Your resume must clearly document the following for each block of work experience; the beginning day, month and year the work assignment started and ended; the hours worked per week; position title, and series and grade if applicable; and description of duties performed. This informion must be provided for each permanent, temporary or seasonal appointment/work assignment or volunteer work and should be clearly documented as a separe block of time. Incomplete, inaccure or conflicting work history may not be credited for qualificions purposes. This can result in an applicant not being considered for the position.

Specialized Experience Requirement:

For the GS-05: Applicants must have least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to least the GS-04 grade level. Specialized experience is defined as one (1) or more of the following : Performed clerical support work and handling sensitive personnel informion in human resources, medical, legal, regulory, or retail customer focused operions; and/or Answered inquiries; and/or Entered da into automed informion systems; and/or Reviewed informion requests to ensure all required informion has been provided.

• OR•A bachelor's degree or four (4) years of successfully completed educion above high school;•OR•A combinion of successfully completed post-high school educion (in excess of the first 60 semester / 90 quarter hours) and specialized experience.

The educion must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. For the GS-06: Applicants must have least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to least the GS-05 grade level. Specialized experience is defined as two (2) or more of the following : Provided technical advice on human resources and personnel request; and/or Assisted with a variety of duties within human resources; and/or Provided guidance to customers and colleagues on assigned routine human resource request; and/or Performed any of a variety of clerical/technical support in areas such as: personnel processing, administering employee payroll, classificions, employee benefits, worker's compension, employee training and development, personnel security & performance management, recruiting & hiring, or providing human resources customer service to employees.

• OR•One (1) full year (18 semester / 27 quarter hours) of successfully completed gradue level educion if the coursework is directly reled to the work of the position (human resources, business admin, public admin, communicions, educion, informion technology, human relions, or social sciences).
• OR•A combinion of successfully completed gradue level educion and specialized experience.

The educion must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion See Qualificions section for educion th may be qualifying for the specified grade level. Additional informion The USDA Forest Service has legislive authority to recruit and fill Permanent (Career/Career-Conditional), Temporary, and Term Appointments under the USDA Demonstrion Project. Under this authority, any U.S. citizen may apply. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) : To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candides must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors.

CTAP/ICTAP

eligibles must meet the agency's definition for a quality candide as provided in the How You Will Be Evalued section of this announcement to be

PROMOTION POTENTIAL

If you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you placed under a career development plan, and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management. However, promotion is not guaranteed. Promotion Potential will vary based on position filled and either the GS-5 or GS-6 grade level. The Forest Service may use certain incentives and hiring flexibilities, currently offered by the Federal government, to tract highly qualified candides. Additional informion is available on the OPM Website . Positions filled from this announcement may be a bargaining or a non-bargaining unit position represented by NFFE, AFGE, or NAGE. Forest Service daycare facilities may be available. Government Housing may be available. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued in accordance with the cegory ring procedure as defined in the USDA Demonstrion Project Plan. Applicants who meet the basic minimum qualificion requirements established for the position placed in the Eligible cegory. You further evalued against criteria for placement in the Quality cegory. This evaluion is based on the level of your experience, educion, and/or training as determined by your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire. Individuals with veterans' preference are listed ahead of applicants who do not have veterans' preference within each cegory.

Accomplishment Record Review:

If you are found minimally qualified, a ring panel will review your resume and Accomplishment Record narrives.

Note:

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurely reflect your abilities, or you may be found ineligible. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. Providing inaccure informion on Federal documents could be grounds for non-selection or disciplinary action up to including removal from the Federal service. To view the applicion form, : https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13055321 Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required for your applicant package to be complete . Our office cannot be responsible for incompible software, illegible fax transmissions, delays in the mail service, your system failure, etc. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion. Resume th includes : 1) personal informion such as name, address, contact informion; 2) educion; 3) detailed work experience reled to this position as described in the responsibilities section including work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable); 4) supervisor's phone number and whether or not the supervisor may be contacted for a reference check; 5) other qualificions. If educion is required or you are using educion to qualify , you must submit a copy of your college transcripts. An unofficial copy is sufficient with the applicion; however, if you are selected, you required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty. Educion must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college or university. If any educion was completed a foreign institute, you must submit with your applicion evidence th the institute was appropriely accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion as equivalent to U.S. educion standards. There are prive organizions th specialize in this evaluion and a fee is normally associed with this service. All transcripts must be in English or include an English translion. If claiming veteran's preference , you must submit a DD214, Certifice of Release from Active Duty, which shows des of service and discharge under honorable conditions. If currently on active duty you must submit a certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty service under honorable conditions not ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is submitted. Veteran's preference must be verified prior to appointment. Without this documention, you will not receive veteran's preference and your applicion evalued based on the merial(s) submitted. If claiming 10-point veteran's preference you must provide the DD214 or certificion requirements (see above bullet), plus the proof of entitlement of this preference as listed on the SF-15 Applicion for 10-point Veterans' Preference. The SF-15 should be included but is not required. Failure to submit these documents could result in the determinion th there is insufficient documention to support your claim for 10-point preference. For more informion on veterans' preference

FEDSHIREVETS

. Surplus or displaced employees eligible for CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP priority must provide: proof of eligibility (RIF separion notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment to another commuting area, notice of disability annuity terminion), SF-50 documenting separion (as applicable), and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with your applicion per 5 CFR 330. How to Apply Help Please view Tips for Applicants

• a guide to the Forest Service applicion process. Read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this applicion process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (8:00a.m.
• 4:00p.m. (MST), Monday
• Friday.

If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing de for an alterne method. All hardship applicion packages must be returned to Human Resources no ler than noon ET on the closing de of the announcement in order for it to be entered into the system prior to the closing de. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Contact the Agency Contact to request this. To begin, in USAJOBS click "Apply" and follow the instructions to tach your resume and required documents, complete the assessment questionnaire, and submit your applicion.

NOTE :

Please verify th documents you are uploading from USAJOBS transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limition to the number of documents th can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document forms: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Agency contact informion HRM Contact Center Phone 1-877-372-7248 X2 HRM_Contact_Center@usda.gov Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center

DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

Albuquerque, NM 87109 US Next steps Your applicion reviewed to verify th you meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements for the position prior to issuing referral lists to the selecting official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. Log in to your USAJOBS account to check your applicion stus. You must choose to turn on email notificions in your USAJOBS profile if you want to receive important email notificions th may impact your applicant experience (e.g. If you start an applicion and do not submit it prior to the closing de, USAJOBS will send an email reminder th the closing de is approaching and your applicion is in an incomplete stus). Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required for your applicant package to be complete . Our office cannot be responsible for incompible software, illegible fax transmissions, delays in the mail service, your system failure, etc. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion. Resume th includes : 1) personal informion such as name, address, contact informion; 2) educion; 3) detailed work experience reled to this position as described in the responsibilities section including work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable); 4) supervisor's phone number and whether or not the supervisor may be contacted for a reference check; 5) other qualificions. If educion is required or you are using educion to qualify , you must submit a copy of your college transcripts. An unofficial copy is sufficient with the applicion; however, if you are selected, you required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty. Educion must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college or university. If any educion was completed a foreign institute, you must submit with your applicion evidence th the institute was appropriely accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion as equivalent to U.S. educion standards. There are prive organizions th specialize in this evaluion and a fee is normally associed with this service. All transcripts must be in English or include an English translion. If claiming veteran's preference , you must submit a DD214, Certifice of Release from Active Duty, which shows des of service and discharge under honorable conditions. If currently on active duty you must submit a certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty service under honorable conditions not ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is submitted. Veteran's preference must be verified prior to appointment. Without this documention, you will not receive veteran's preference and your applicion evalued based on the merial(s) submitted. If claiming 10-point veteran's preference you must provide the DD214 or certificion requirements (see above bullet), plus the proof of entitlement of this preference as listed on the SF-15 Applicion for 10-point Veterans' Preference. The SF-15 should be included but is not required. Failure to submit these documents could result in the determinion th there is insufficient documention to support your claim for 10-point preference. For more informion on veterans' preference

FEDSHIREVETS

. Surplus or displaced employees eligible for CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP priority must provide: proof of eligibility (RIF separion notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment to another commuting area, notice of disability annuity terminion), SF-50 documenting separion (as applicable), and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with your applicion per 5 CFR 330. How to Apply Help Please view Tips for Applicants

• a guide to the Forest Service applicion process. Read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this applicion process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (8:00a.m.
• 4:00p.m. (MST), Monday
• Friday.

If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing de for an alterne method. All hardship applicion packages must be returned to Human Resources no ler than noon ET on the closing de of the announcement in order for it to be entered into the system prior to the closing de. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Contact the Agency Contact to request this. To begin, in USAJOBS click "Apply" and follow the instructions to tach your resume and required documents, complete the assessment questionnaire, and submit your applicion.

NOTE :

Please verify th documents you are uploading from USAJOBS transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limition to the number of documents th can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document forms: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion HRM Contact Center Phone 1-877-372-7248 X2 HRM_Contact_Center@usda.gov Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center

DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

Albuquerque, NM 87109 US Next steps Your applicion reviewed to verify th you meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements for the position prior to issuing referral lists to the selecting official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. Log in to your USAJOBS account to check your applicion stus. You must choose to turn on email notificions in your USAJOBS profile if you want to receive important email notificions th may impact your applicant experience (e.g. If you start an applicion and do not submit it prior to the closing de, USAJOBS will send an email reminder th the closing de is approaching and your applicion is in an incomplete stus). Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Many vacancies in the following locion: Albuquerque, NM No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $41,178

• $59,671 per year Pay scale & grade GS 5
• 6 Promotion potential 7 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-WO-HRM-13055321-DP-DP Control number 884004800