Supervisory HR Specialist (HR Development)

Summary

Are you looking to join an agency that celebrates, supports, and thrives on building the bridge that ensures intellectual property (IP) rights are accessible to everyone? Our Supervisory HR Specialists (Human Resource Development) are able to make meaningful change within the IP Community by providing training to a diverse workforce.

Duties

The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia. Presence at the Alexandria, VA campus is required for this role, as it includes on site functions that must be performed in person. Position may be eligible for situational telework in accordance with agency policy/business unit discretion. The agency currently allows for 52 hours of telework per leave year. This position is for you if: You have strong management and interpersonal skills to include exercising the full range of supervisory responsibilities for a subordinate staff of HR Specialists to include assigning work to subordinates based on policies, consideration of the difficulty and requirements of the assignment, and capabilities of employees to include evaluating subordinates' work performance; advising, counseling, and instructing employees on work and administrative matters. You'd enjoy interviewing candidates for positions in the unit and recommending appointments, promotions, or reassignments to such positions. You can serve as a subject matter expert implementing employee development programs which achieve the Enterprise Training Division/Office of Human Resources/Chief Administrative Officer and agency's strategic goals. You have in-depth knowledge of and can conduct overall evaluations of employee development and training programs and integrate these programs with the agency's overall strategic direction. You have great oral and written communication skills sufficient to develop policies, instructions, and manuals for the effective and consistent accomplishment of human resources development activities/programs for the USPTO. You're a collaborative business partner who can develop effective relationships with top agency managers and acts as an advocate for Enterprise Training Division (ETD) programs. You have strong leadership skills to assist with overseeing agency employee development and human capital initiatives. You can provide highly skilled analytical assistance to the training centers for Corporate, Patents and Trademarks organizations in developing strategies for meeting long term goals and objectives in a changing technological environment. You can work closely with vendors to customize existing products to meet agency needs. Recommends purchases of training technologies and follows through to implement these technologies successfully. You would enjoy representing the USPTO at meetings and conferences involving high-level human capital managers from industry and government, and making presentations on agency human capital development. If selected for an interview, applicants are encouraged to discuss telework options and eligibility specific to the position in which they applied with the hiring manager. Qualifications

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. OPM Qualifications Standards for this position are available at OPM Qualification Standards. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be qualified, you must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-13) in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience serving as a manager in an organization providing interpretative guidance to lower graded specialists, managers, supervisors, and executives; Experience developing, implementing, and evaluating training and employee development programs to achieve goals and objectives (e.g. identifying training needs, designing program components, researching/recommending potential providers, managing program logistics, applying adult learning principles and incorporating a variety of technologies and techniques); Experience managing the process for procuring training and development program vendors, (e.g. developing statements of work, coordinating with a resource management or procurement office to ensure training proposals meet the needs of the agency, and ensuring procurement processes comply with Federal regulations or company policies, working with vendors and/or task order managers to ensure proper delivery of services); and/or Experience interpreting and developing policies for accomplishment of human resources development activities/programs for an agency. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Education may not be substituted for specialized experience at this grade level. If this position requires proof of higher education, or you are substituting education for experience, you must submit an unofficial transcript or a list of courses that includes the following information: name of accredited institution, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. Please refer to General Schedule Qualifications Policies for more information. You are not required to submit official documents at this time; copies are sufficient. Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. A listing of these accredited organizations can be found on the Department of Education's website - US Department of Education. Another listing of services that can perform this evaluation is available at the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) website. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course-by-course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation when requested will result in lost consideration. NOTE: Only education and experience acquired before the filing deadline will be considered. Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. How You Will Be Evaluated

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. Your resume will be evaluated based on evidence of your ability to demonstrate possession of any specialized experience and how well your background and experience relates to the job announcement. Any experience claimed in a cover letter should be substantiated by information contained in your resume. You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Accountability Customer Service Decisiveness Employee Development Flexibility Human Resources Development Program and Policies Interpersonal Skills Oral and Written Communication Problem Solving Resilience Supervision as well as Integrity/Honesty. The USA Hire Assessments include a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be considered. You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can reuse your unique assessment link. The best qualified candidates will be identified for referral to the hiring manager and may be invited for an interview. If referred all relevant documents submitted with your application package will be forwarded to the selecting official, due weight shall be given to performance appraisals and awards in accordance with 5 CFR § 335.103(b)(3), during the interview/selection process conducted by the hiring manager. Falsifying your background, education, and/or experience is cause for not hiring you or for changing your scored responses to questions you've answered, which may affect your overall final score. Please click the link below to preview the Assessment Questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13064220 If you are invited for an interview, you will be asked to bring a copy of your most recent performance appraisal. Please note that a complete application is required for consideration. (Please review the "Required Documents" section of this job announcement to see what must be included in a complete application.) Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request an RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access it if you receive the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the procedures for requesting a reasonable accommodation for online assessments. Other Information

Time-in-grade/band requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement unless eligible for special hiring authority, reinstatement eligible, non-current Federal employee applying as a VEOA eligible which do not require time-in-grade/band. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System. If you are exempt from registration under Selective Service Law, you must provide appropriate proof of exemption. Please visit the Selective Service System website for more information. This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position. This is a Public Trust position and has a risk level designation of "moderate". Background Investigation - If selected for this position, you may be required to complete a Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306), which includes a fingerprint and credit check, to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation. The USPTO participates in E-Verify. For more information on E-Verify, please visit the Department of Homeland Security Website. Supervisory Probationary Period-If selected, you may be required to complete an initial one-year supervisory probationary period. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice. Relocation Expenses are not authorized and will not be paid. CTAP and ICTAP candidates will be eligible for selection priority if it is determined that they have exceeded the minimum qualifications for the position by attaining at least a "well qualified" rating of 85 out of 100. Information about CTAP and ICTAP eligibility is on the Office of Personnel Management's Career Transition Resources website at: OPM CTAP/ICTAP. CTAP/ICTAP documentation requirements are listed in the 'Required Documents' section of this announcement. More than one selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 90 days from the date the certificate was issued. All application materials become the property of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. USPTO Job Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should request accommodation(s) from the USPTO at USPTO Reasonable Accommodations. The United States Patent and Trademark Office is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation), national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, retaliation for engaging in protected activity, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors. If you believe that you have been discriminated against and would like to file an EEO complaint, you must do so within 45 days of the date of the alleged discriminatory act. Claims of employment discrimination must be submitted to the attention of the USPTO's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity via email ([email protected]) or phone (571-272-8292).