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Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits)
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits) Team Lead position is in the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), Department of Administrative Services, Human Resources Office (HRO), Judges Compensation and Retirement Division. HRO provides human resource program leadership, services, and solutions to enable the U.S. courts and the AO to define, recruit, manage, compensate, reward, develop, and retain a highly skilled workforce.
What You'll Do
- →The Administrative Office of the U.S.
- →Courts (AO), Department of Administrative Services, Human Resources Office (HRO), Judges Compensation and Retirement Division (JCRD) is seeking a self-motivated and experienced Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits) to serve as Team Lead in the JCRD.
- →This position reports to the JCRD Assistant Chief.
- →JCRD is responsible for managing multiple unique retirement systems for retired Supreme Court justices and federal judges, and the survivor annuity system for their spouses.
- →In addition, the division coordinates with other AO divisions on personnel actions, monthly payroll processing, benefits, and other requests for retired justices, judges, and their surviving spouses.
- →The Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits) must have excellent communication, strong interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills.
- →The ideal candidate must have experience in a team environment, and the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
- →The duties of this position include, but are not limited to: Leading and overseeing the Judges Retirement and Advisory Services Team, ensuring effective operations, high performance, and alignment with organizational priorities.
- →Managing workload distribution and ensuring quality control, including reviewing work products for accuracy, consistency, and compliance with policies and procedures.
- →Overseeing and managing retirement and survivor benefit cases for justices, judges, and their spouses, including handling complex and sensitive matters requiring a high degree of expertise and discretion.
- →Ensuring accurate calculation of pay and annuities for justices, judges, and survivors, in accordance with statutes, regulations, and standard operating procedures.
- →Representing the AO in national outreach efforts, including delivering presentations on pay, benefits, and retirement planning at circuit judicial conferences, Federal Judicial Center orientations and workshops, and other judiciary-wide meetings and events.
- →Supporting the annual actuarial valuation and audit processes for the Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuities Funds, ensuring accuracy, accountability, and compliance with financial and program requirements.
- →Preparing and reviewing written communications to judges and their spouses regarding benefits, retirement, and related programs, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and consistency.
Requirements
- ✓CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT All information is subject to verification.
- ✓Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
- ✓Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO.
- ✓If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation.
- ✓Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/.
- ✓For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
- ✓All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
- ✓New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
- ✓All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
- ✓You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor.
- ✓Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
- ✓If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.
- ✓This position does not require education to qualify.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 91c16d86-5523-42af-8e53-d10fa0060462
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