Human Resources Assistant

• Job family (Series)

  0203 Human Resources Assistance

• Requirements

  Requirements

  Conditions of Employment

  • This position requires the incumbent to complete a background investigation with favorable results.
  • Incumbent must currently reside OCONUS in Germany.

  Qualifications

  Who May Apply: Open to everyone.Applicants will be categorized by preference(s) and/or priority consideration eligibilities. An applicant’s eligibility will be determined based on eligibility claimed in the questionnaire and proof of eligibility MUST be provided with application by the closing date,08/30/2021
  
  The Area of Consideration for this vacancy announcement is US Citizens and legal US residents in Germany. US Resident Aliens must possess a valid, Permanent Resident Card (Green Card), a social security number, and be a citizen of a NATO country. Citizens of Germany (including dual citizenship if Germany is one of the countries) are not eligible for NAF employment per SOFA agreement. Must be able to provide documentation proving legal residence status overseas.
  
  

  • Business Based Action
  • Family Member Preference
  • Military Spouse Preference
  • Outside Applicant Veteran
  • Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran
  • Transition Hiring Preference

  In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
  
  Qualifying Experience:
  NF-II:
  Experience working in an office setting responsible for clerical work of any kind; experience following established rules, regulations, procedures, and program requirements of one or more areas of a personnel system; experience utilizing office automation software (MS Windows, MS Office, including PowerPoint, Word, Access, and Excel); experience providing customer service.
  
  NF-III:
  Experience interpreting/applying personnel laws, policies, regulations, procedures; utilizing automated personnel systems, software, databases; communicating information and assistance on personnel topics to customers; generating personnel reports for review of personnel stats. Experience must have been sufficiently demanding to demonstrate ability to perform at this pay band level. Knowledge of office automation software (MS Windows, MS Office, including PowerPoint, Word, Access, and Excel) is required. Best qualified would have experience that required the applicant to acquire and apply a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the rules, regulations, procedures, and program requirements of NAF personnel administration but it is not required.

  Education

  Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for education substitution in order to qualify.
  
  FOREIGN EDUCATION:Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

  Additional information

  • Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
  • All Federal NAF employees are required by PL 104-134 to have salary payments made by electronic funds transfer/direct deposit.
  • Probationary period may be required.
  • Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from hiring preferences and priority consideration eligible.
  • Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement for up to 60/90 days after the closing date.Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
  • Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government’s interest.
  • LQA is not authorized.
  • Post Allowance is authorized for Regular Full Time employment category.

  
  

  How You Will Be Evaluated

  You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

  You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.
  
  You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.
  
  To better expedite the hiring process, we recommend including full contact information (name, address, phone number, email, etc.) for professional and personal references on your resume.
  

  Background checks and security clearance

  Security clearance

  Not Required

  Drug test required

  No

  Position sensitivity and risk

  Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

  Trust determination process

  Suitability/Fitness

• Required Documents

  Required Documents

  The documents you are required to submit vary based on the eligibility you are claiming (i.e., applying as a Military Spouse Preference - MSP, applying as a veteran, applying as a current federal employee, etc.). The below documents are required and must be submitted with your application:
  

  • Resume

  
  
  Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support identified the general or specialized experience described in this announcement.
  If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
  
  Other accepted documents to support a qualification and/or claimed preference/priority eligibility may include:
  
  
  

  • Cover Letter
  • DD-214/ Statement of Service
  • Diploma/ GED
  • Disability Letter (VA)
  • License
  • Other (1)
  • Other (2)
  • PCS Orders
  • Professional Certification
  • Proof of Marriage Status
  • Resume
  • Separation Notice (RIF)
  • SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
  • Transcript

  
  
  As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and supporting documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
  
  NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person’s personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an in-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

• Benefits

  Benefits

  Review our benefits

This job is open to

• The public

  U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.