Senior DEU Staffing Specialist - FYI For Your Information Inc

FYI-For Your Information, Inc. seeks to engage a Senior Human Resources (HR) Staffing Specialist to provide expert level comprehensive staffing, recruitment, and placement services to the Human Capital Office of the IRS. The Specialist will work closely with the Federal HR team in a variety of functional areas including, but not limited to, advisory services, some tangential personnel action processing, and related human resources operational work. The Senior Specialist may work in tandem with Federal Specialist(s), other FYI HR Specialist(s) team members remotely. The Senior Specialist will also provide guidance for Journeyman Specialists as applicable/relevant.

** Please note that this position will be 100% remote based. **

Day to Day Responsibilities include:

• Provide expert level consultative services on the full range of recruitment activities from beginning to end (full hiring life cycle) to include recruitment, staffing, job analysis, applicant assessment questionnaire, vacancy announcement posting, qualifications determination, application of Veterans preference, pay setting, onboarding, and separation. Advise on available special appointing authorities or other hiring flexibilities.
• Collaborate with the hiring manager to determine the proper source of candidates such as all sources (delegated examining, merit promotion, and other excepted appointing authorities), special hiring programs such as the Pathways Program, or other staffing avenues.
• Develop and gain approval for valid, defensible candidate assessment questionnaires that will distinguish best qualified candidates.
• Use USA Staffing to score assessment questionnaires and post vacancy announcements ensuring that all required elements are included in accordance with IRS and OPM requirements.
• Review and validate candidate basic eligibility and make minimum qualifications determinations for all vacancy announcements; evaluate candidates for details or intern/extern opportunities based on minimum criteria as found in the opportunity posting.
• Adjudicate veterans' preference eligibility for delegated examining cases and non-competitive veterans' appointment authorities.
• Manage applicant pools in accordance with IRS policy and guidance to ensure that candidates are viable and current, including removing candidates who decline, ask to be removed from consideration, or are otherwise ineligible.
• Issue selection certificates for all hiring authorities and ensure that certificates are accurate, contain best qualified/minimally qualified candidates, and for delegated examining certificates, that veterans receive preference in the appropriate category.
• Provide guidance to hiring managers on IRS policy regarding interviews and selection procedures; follow up with hiring managers to ensure that actions are completed prior to certificate expiration dates.
• Support supplemental candidate review (SME) evaluation processes, issue offers of employment, and perform quality review of other team members' staffing actions.
• Code and process staffing- and placement-related personnel action requests (PAR) using relevant systems (e.g., HR Connect/NFC) to ensure that they are coded accurately in accordance with relevant regulations (e.g., the OPM Guide to Processing Personnel Actions).
• Provide expert level staffing guidance to federal hiring managers, employees, and job applicants regarding recruitment and placement practices, procedures, policies, and guidelines.
• Analyze and respond to difficult staffing and placement inquiries/issues and propose appropriate solutions.
• Maintain and close out vacancy case files for filled positions in accordance with record retention requirements.
• Conduct case file audits in preparation for external, third-party audits of delegated examining or merit promotion

Required skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of relevant technical knowledge, training, and expert experience in federal staffing, relevant rules and regulations, laws, pay setting, and processing the full range of personnel actions is strongly preferred.
• Current Delegated Examining (DE) certification required.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience supporting a federal agency including federal recruitment and staffing equivalent to the Client-12 level or higher.
• Competency using a variety of automated personnel systems (e.g., USA Staffing, National Finance Center (NFC)).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Advanced oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of an organization.
• Detail orientation to ensure that staffing documents including vacancy announcements, selection certificates, offer letters and other case file documentation are accurate, thorough and technically accurate.
• Exceptional organizational skills, excellent writing skills with specific attention to detail, and strong customer service skills.
• Excellent analytical, time management, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to multi-task effectively and prioritize and re-prioritize as needed in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexibility in the approach to delivering work.

Other Specifications*

• Must be effective working in a fully remote work environment and have current experience using collaboration and communication tools.
• Must be able to report for work M-F, 5 days a week. Alternative flex schedule is allowed within normal work hours (i.e., between the hours of 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.).
• Must have a current Public Trust Clearance following Agency fingerprint/criminal background check process.

Why FYI?

FYI - For Your Information, Inc. (FYI) continues to be one of the fastest growing and most successful woman-owned Federal contractors in the country. For three years in a row, we have been on Inc. Magazine's 5000 list and was recently named one of Inc's 2024 Mid-Atlantic Fasted Growing companies. FYI offers a collaborative and inclusive work environment. We offer professional development and career growth opportunities to all employees. As we continue to grow so will you and your career.

What is in it for you?

• Opportunity to work remotely, based on contract or position.
• Team building and innovation in a collaborative environment.
• A competitive base salary with a loaded benefits package.
• Tuition/Education Assistance.
• Personal computer device allowance.
• Pet Insurance.

At FYI, inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and our core value of "People First". All people matter at FYI. We believe that our inclusive environment and the diversity of our people drives our innovation and growth and allows us to better serve our clients and communities.

FYI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identify), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, martial status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employment organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor.