Human Resources Assistant (OA)

To be eligible for a recent graduate appointment, ALL of the following requirements must be met: Recent Graduates must have obtained a qualifying associates, bachelors, master’s, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying accredited educational institution within the previous 2 years unless military service interfered with a veteran’s eligibility to apply during that two year time frame. Veterans meeting the above exclusion may apply within 2 years of discharge or 6 years from the date of receipt of the degree whichever comes first. (Go to http://www.ed.gov/accreditation?src=rn to verify accreditation status). Recent graduates must be United States citizens or owe permanent allegiance to the United States. (Currently, natives of American Samoa, Swains Island and certain inhabitants of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are the only groups that owe permanent allegiance to the United States.) You must successfully complete a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment. All recent graduates are required to sign a Pathways Recent Graduate Participant Agreement. Recent Graduates serve a trial period for the entire duration of their excepted service appointment. Qualification requirements as outlined below: GS-06 To qualify at the GS-06 level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level in federal service. Specialized Experience Is defined as providing limited and routine technical assistance and processing support to human resources specialists who provide recruitment and placement, classification, employee relations, employee benefits, personnel action processing, and other related services. Requires knowledge of federal human resources regulations, principles, policies, rules, and terminology and experience in one or more specialties including: assisting with pre-employment processing and on-boarding; security processes, background investigations, and fingerprinting; reviewing documents for completeness and obtaining additional information as required; establishing and maintaining a variety of personnel files; staffing and recruitment; classification; personnel actions; performance management; and entering information into an automated system or database. GS-07 To qualify at the GS-07 level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 level in federal service. Specialized Experience Is defined as processing complex personnel actions; processing time and attendance for employees; providing information pertaining to a variety of complex human resources matters; handling pre-employment processing and on-boarding; reviewing documents for completeness and obtaining additional information as required; establishing and maintaining a variety of personnel files. Requires knowledge of federal human resources regulations, principles, policies, rules, and terminology and experience in one or more specialties including: security processes, background investigations, and fingerprinting; staffing and recruitment; classification; personnel actions; performance management; and entering information into an automated system or database. To be qualified, you must type at least 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors. (A typing test may later be required.)
For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.