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Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits)
Citizenship and Immigration Services · Posted 8 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 Specialist (Employee Benefits), you will evaluate employee benefit plans, manage varying eligibility requirements, conduct retirement counseling, process retirement applications, lead presentations, and inform employees regarding available benefits.
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.
- →Provide support, counsel, and advise employees and managers regarding employee benefits.
- →Conduct audit of electronic official personnel records, resolve discrepancies, and determine creditability of verified service for service computation dates (Retirement and Thrift Savings Plan (TSP).
- →Research and stay current on policy, regulations, and law relating to employee benefits programs.
- →Conduct in-house retirement planning programs, one-on-one retirement counseling including estimate/calculations, and evaluate employee retirement options and advise accordingly.
- →Process Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) applications.
- →Analyze the operational effectiveness of new or existing regulations on benefits programs and develop or revise internal policy and procedures as necessary.
Requirements
- ✓Conditions of Employment: You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or U.S.
- ✓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-07, GS-09, and GS-11 levels 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.
- ✓Basic Education or Experience Requirement: This position has a basic requirement that can be met by either education or experience.
- ✓If you meet this requirement via education, you must submit a copy of your college transcript(s) (unofficial is acceptable) to support the basic educational requirement or a list of coursework with hours completed.
- ✓For verification purposes, the transcript submitted must include your name and educational institution.
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
Job ID: 9bf59330-ae60-41c5-9d9e-303ec0cbc352
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