Human Resources Administrative Officer (Talent Acquisition)

HR Administrative Officer

Work is on-site 100%:

Department of Commerce (DOC) Herbert C. Hoover Building (HCHB)

1401 Constitution Avenue NW

Washington, D.C., Washington, DC 20230

Work Hours: Standard business hours, M-F - 8am - 4:30pm.

Objective: The Federal Human Resources Specialist will provide human resources and workforce-management support to the Department of Commerce Office of Security, Insider Risk and Continuity (OSIRC) within its Administrative and Management Office (AMO).

The position will focus primarily on talent acquisition, staffing, and hiring initiatives. The specialist will work with AMO management, hiring managers, senior leaders, and Office of Human Resources Management (OHRM) talent acquisition professionals to ensure staffing actions are timely, accurate, organized, and aligned with OSIRC needs and priorities.

The specialist will also provide broader human resources and workforce-management support throughout the employee lifecycle as organizational requirements arise.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree OR equivalent training/experience/certifications
• 6 years of demonstrated hands-on experience supporting Federal Government talent acquisition, staffing, or hiring actions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Federal Government human resources management regulations, guidelines, principles, practices, and processes.
• Experience reviewing or coordinating job announcements, position descriptions, job codes, specialized-experience requirements, staffing forms, and related hiring documentation.
• Experience coordinating with hiring managers, senior leadership, Federal human resources professionals, employees, and other organizational stakeholders.
• Experience working with OHRM, OPM, or a comparable Federal human resources organization is strongly preferred.
• Experience tracking multiple staffing actions, hiring requirements, deadlines, and employee cases simultaneously.
• Experience supporting additional aspects of the employee lifecycle, such as onboarding, workforce administration, training and development, performance management, awards, or offboarding.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate professionally with personnel at all organizational levels, including senior leadership.
• Strong customer-service skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to appropriately handle sensitive personnel information and personally identifiable information.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Experience using Adobe Acrobat Professional.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting human resources within a Federal Government environment.
• Experience working with OPM, OHRM, or another federal human capital or talent acquisition organization.
• Experience reviewing position descriptions, specialized experience requirements, job codes, vacancy announcements, and federal staffing documentation.
• Experience supporting federal recruiting, hiring, or talent acquisition activities.
• Experience tracking background investigations, fingerprints, suitability determinations, medical requirements, or other pre-employment actions.
• Experience supporting employee onboarding, orientation, offboarding, or out-processing.
• Experience supporting training, Individual Development Plans, performance plans, awards, or other workforce-management programs.
• Experience maintaining HR records and tracking multiple personnel actions simultaneously.