HR Specialist - Current DEU Certified

Business Management Associates, Inc. (BMA) is guided by its mission, "What's Humanly Possible." BMA integrates people and processes through service, supported by a strategic focus on people and process, a proven project management methodology, and disciplined internal and external management with financial accountability.

BMA is committed to fostering a respectful workplace where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, or military status. BMA believes diversity and inclusion are essential to its success and seeks to recruit, develop, and retain talented individuals from a diverse candidate pool.

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Business Management Associates (BMA) is seeking an experienced HR Staffing Specialist/Classification – DEU Certified. The contractor(s) will provide positions at agency to include General Schedule (GS), Administratively Determined (AD), Senior Executive Service (SES), and Excepted Service at various grades.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

Serve as an HR Specialist for assigned organizations. Provide staffing and classification advisory management services affecting highly complex organizations with a wide variety of complicated positions and personnel actions, which are often sensitive and extremely difficult in nature. Independently resolve difficult issues or problems requiring consideration of the total HRM program.

Apply a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of recruitment and placement principles and concepts (Merit Staffing and Delegated Examining), and broad HRM knowledge, to identify, analyze and resolve problems that require the interpretation and adaptation of guides, which are frequently only partially applicable, and few precedents exist.

Administer the merit promotion plan for assigned organizations. Meet with managers to discuss advertising options; write vacancy announcements; review applications for qualifications; conduct evaluation panels; prepare merit promotion and delegated examining certificates; facilitate the needed personnel actions to include coding in accordance with the Guide to Processing Personnel Actions (GPPA); and monitor the complete process for adherence to policies. Provide assistance to managers on all matters such as recruitments, reassignments, details, career promotions, competitive promotions, etc., and notify managers of needed documentation.

Review, completion and documentation of selections and candidates for positions, annotating SF-52 (Request for Personnel Action). Evaluating and processing personnel action requests such as promotions, reassignments, and separations utilizing various human resources information technology systems (Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), automated on-boarding systems , personnel action processing systems, electronic SF-52 systems, personnel reporting systems (staffing plans, FTE reports, recruitment tracking systems)

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

• Staffing Support Services (Specialist) must have a current Delegated Examining (DEU) certification
• Must have extensive background in staffing and placement and classification in the Federal Government
• Must have demonstrated experience performing responsibilities and duties
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government background investigation and must meet eligibility and suitability requirements.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree required and seven (7)  years' federal Human Resources experience

At BMA, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. BMA complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which BMA has facilities. BMA believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.