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Human Resources Assistant
Citizenship and Immigration Services · Posted 17 days ago
About the Role
Protect your homeland and defend your culture. Join USCIS, America's frontline defense against illegal foreign infiltration and fraud. As a Human Resources Assistant, you will perform a variety of HR Administrative tasks and services in support of one of the following branches: Benefits and Retirement; Classification; Processing, Records, and Timekeeping; and/or Recruitment and Placement.
What You'll Do
- →The responsibilities described are for the full performance level.
- →At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope performed with less independence, and limited complexity.
- →The incumbent will be assigned to one of the following branches within the Human Resources Operations Center: Recruitment and Placement, Benefits and Retirement, Processing/Records/Time and Attendance, and/or Classification.
- →Responsible for the pre-employment process to include extending tentative job offers, initiating and tracking drug testing and medical reviews, establishing start dates, and responding accordingly to inquiries while providing continual HR support.
- →Researches and applies laws, regulations, policies, and precedents of Federal employee retirement, group life insurance, health benefits, and Thrift Savings Plan programs to provide advice and guidance to management, employees, and beneficiaries.
- →Responsible for processing personnel and payroll actions to include coding, calculation of service computation dates, within-grade increases, pay adjustments, system errors, and accessions and separations into the National Finance Center (NFC).
- →Reviews requests for personnel actions for accurate information and data integrity; responsible for periodic quality reviews and ensures personnel actions are processed within established timelines.
- →Provides expert technical guidance to employees on rules, regulations, and procedures related to time and attendance matters.
Requirements
- ✓Conditions of Employment: You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or U.S.
- ✓LOCAL COMMUTING AREA: This job is for individuals who currently reside within the local commuting area or, if selected, are willing to establish their permanent residence within the local commuting area of the announced duty location(s) you are applying for.
- ✓Residency Requirement: There is a residency requirement for all applicants not currently employed by U.S.
- ✓Citizenship and Immigration Services.
- ✓This residency requirement states that candidates must have, for three of the last five years immediately prior to applying for this position; (1) resided in the United States; OR (2) worked for the United States Government as an employee overseas in a Federal or Military capacity, OR (3) been a dependent of a U.S.
- ✓Federal or Military employee serving overseas.
- ✓Probationary Period: You may be required to serve a probationary period of 1 year.
- ✓COMBINING QUALIFYING EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION (at the GS-05 level only): If you do not qualify based on experience or education alone, you may be able to qualify based on a combination of your experience and education.
- ✓For more information on combining education and experience, visit the following website: General Schedule Qualification Standards.
- ✓Transcript required: If you don't submit a transcript, we will not use your education when deciding if you're qualified for the job.
- ✓For verification purposes, the transcript submitted must include your name and educational institution.
- ✓Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S.
- ✓Office of Personnel Management guidance and U.S.
Benefits
- ★DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays.
- ★Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; telework; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers.
- ★DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities.
- ★For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any Federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
- ★The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Homeland Security and its Components from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before that individual receives a conditional offer of employment.
- ★In accordance with 5 U.S.
- ★Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act.
- ★Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violation of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to our Staffing Helpdesk.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
Job ID: 665dce5b-4aa2-4d6c-9ec7-4197eaac6a2d
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