Human Resources Specialist

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. This position is also being announced to applicants eligible to apply through Merit Staffing procedures under 26-MD-13041271-MS.

If selected for this position, you will serve as a Human Resources Specialist in the United States Attorney's Office, District of Maryland, located either in Baltimore or Greenbelt, MD. You will provide a variety of human resources management services in two or more of the following functional areas: recruitment and placement, position classification, employee relations and performance management, employee benefits, labor relations, and human development. You will serve as a consultant to management on personnel management matters with independent responsibility for resolving controversial, complex, and difficult cases. Servicing areas include numerous support roles classified in different occupational series, which include clerical, technical, administrative, and professional positions. Assignments include both day-to-day case processing, advice and assistance to management and staff, and special projects and studies. You will be expected to obtain/maintain delegated examining unit certification. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov OR Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials. More information may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.