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Job Description
HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST
(HUMAN
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
) Department of the Army Army Nional Guard Units
JFHQ- HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE
Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a
HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST
(HUMAN
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
), Position Description Number T5924000 and is part of the KS Joint Forces Headquarters, Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a
HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST
(HUMAN
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
), Position Description Number T5924000 and is part of the KS Joint Forces Headquarters, Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply in 2 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 24, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Topeka, KS 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $75,897 - $98,671 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential 11 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 0201 Human Resources Management Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret 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
KS-12983107-AR-26-154
Control number 872597300 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Current on-board indefinite or permanent federal employees and technicians within the Kansas Nional Guard. Includes AGRs with reemployment rights Duties Help As a
HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST
(HUMAN
RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
), GS-0201-11, you will serve as the Ste's Training and Development Program Manager and advisor to key management on the full range of Human Resource Development (HRD) options for the workforce (Title 32/5 and Active Guard Reserve (AGR)). Provide HRD management advisory services to the senior leadership of the organizion, including designing, developing, and evaluing major portions of the organizion's HRD program. Provide direct guidance to managers and supervisors on employee development. Has frequent contact with supervisors, managers, and employees regarding short- and long-range training objectives. May provide guidance for Continuion in Service Agreements, and available funding for training fees and travel. Identifies courses, by evaluing mission requirements and cost considerions as they pertain to training objectives. Develop policy and procedures the ste level for identifying organizional and individual training needs, training opportunities, and sources. May be a Training Government Purchase Card (GPC) holder. Maintain good standing by following GPC Program policy and guidelines. Other duties as assigned.
Telework:
ELIGIBLE FOR SITUATIONAL TELEWORK ONLY, INCLUDING EMERGENCY AND PRESCRIBED
"
UNSCHEDULED TELEWORK
"
Work Schedule:
This position works on a 5/4/9 compressed work schedule th consists of a 5 day workweek, then a 4 day workweek ( 8 nine-hour days and 1 eight-hour day and an SDO, Scheduled Day Off) to complete the 80 hour pay period. Work schedule is subject to change based on mission requirements. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. The work may require the incumbent to drive a motor vehicle; if so, and an approprie valid driver's license is mandory. Ability to establish effective professional working relionships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperive working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission. May be require travel in military and/or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments. Qualificions
GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Must have general experience to demonstre you have the ability to: Analyze problems to identify significant factors, gher pertinent da, and recognize solutions; Plan and organize work; and Communice effectively orally and in writing. Such experience may have been gained in administrive, professional, technical, investigive, or other responsible work.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
Must have least1-year specialized experience, equivalent to least the next lower grade with expert knowledge of HR laws, regulions, principles, policies, and concepts reled to the assigned functional area sufficient to plan and coordine activities, provide HR management advisory services, and serve as a stregic and technical resource to management and HR Specialists on difficult issues, skilled in making clear and convincing oral presentions to individuals or groups, listening effectively, and clarifying informion as needed.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The work is sedentary. Some work may require walking in offices and similar areas for meetings and to conduct HR work. Work may also require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to and tendance meetings and conferences away from the worksite. The work does not require any special physical effort.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work area is adequely lighted, heed, and ventiled. The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts th require normal safety precautions. During emergency operions, may be working in an area th is not an established office environment. Travel to emergency operions centers required and may be for extended periods of time. Applicants who meet the DoD Retained Grade Priority Placement Program cegory are eligible to apply with this preference. Educion Educion is not required, but If Combining Educion and Experienc e: For GS 11: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to such a degree or LL.M., if reled, may be used to meet total qualificion requirements for the grade level GS 11 and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level. Additional informion 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 Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ). Applicants hired into this position may qualify for a recruiting or relocion incentive. 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 . Review our 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.
PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC WHEN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. 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 . Review our 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 If you fail to properly upload ANY required document, your applicion will not be Please carefully review which documents are required. Preview all uploaded documents to ensure you uploaded the CORRECT document.1. To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1.
Resume:
Resumes must be no longer than two-pages in length. The resume must address minimum qualificions and other requirements listed in the job announcement. Your resume must show relevant work experience descriptions th demonstre your ability to perform the tasks the required level as sted in the job announcement. Resume must include job title and employer, detailed duties and accomplishments written in your own words (do not plagiarize), employer's name and address, supervisor's name and phone number, starting and ending des with month/year, hours per week and salary. For current Federal employees or previous Federal employees, provide your position title, pay plan, series and grade. Resume must show applicants name and contact informion. 2.
For current Federal employees:
Provide the lest SF50, Personnel Action reflecting your current pay and position. 3.
Official Transcripts:
For any educion claims if substituting Educion for Specialized experience. 4. DoD Retained Grade preference must submit the following documention: Retained Grade PPP Self Certificion Checklist (DD3145-1), SF-50 effecting the placement in retained grade stus, and a copy of the notificion letter received (RIF or classificion downgrade)
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DOCUMENT, IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKAGE, EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS YOUR ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATION CLAIMS.
You must upload the applicable documents with your applicion package. These documents will assist the staffing specialist in determining your eligibility and competency qualificions. . . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12983107 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion Jamie Jackson Phone 785-646-0510 jamie.m.jackson29.civ@army.mil Address KS Joint Forces Headquarters 2722 SW Topeka Blvd Topeka, KS 66611-1287 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. 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 If you fail to properly upload ANY required document, your applicion will not be Please carefully review which documents are required. Preview all uploaded documents to ensure you uploaded the CORRECT document.1. To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1.
Resume:
Resumes must be no longer than two-pages in length. The resume must address minimum qualificions and other requirements listed in the job announcement. Your resume must show relevant work experience descriptions th demonstre your ability to perform the tasks the required level as sted in the job announcement. Resume must include job title and employer, detailed duties and accomplishments written in your own words (do not plagiarize), employer's name and address, supervisor's name and phone number, starting and ending des with month/year, hours per week and salary. For current Federal employees or previous Federal employees, provide your position title, pay plan, series and grade. Resume must show applicants name and contact informion. 2.
For current Federal employees:
Provide the lest SF50, Personnel Action reflecting your current pay and position. 3.
Official Transcripts:
For any educion claims if substituting Educion for Specialized experience. 4. DoD Retained Grade preference must submit the following documention: Retained Grade PPP Self Certificion Checklist (DD3145-1), SF-50 effecting the placement in retained grade stus, and a copy of the notificion letter received (RIF or classificion downgrade)
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DOCUMENT, IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKAGE, EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS YOUR ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATION CLAIMS.
You must upload the applicable documents with your applicion package. These documents will assist the staffing specialist in determining your eligibility and competency qualificions. . . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12983107 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Jamie Jackson Phone 785-646-0510 jamie.m.jackson29.civ@army.mil Address KS Joint Forces Headquarters 2722 SW Topeka Blvd Topeka, KS 66611-1287 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. 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 Posted this month • Apply in 2 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 24, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Topeka, KS 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $75,897 - $98,671 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential 11 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 Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret 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
