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Summary You will serve as a HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT (EMPLOYEE BENEFITS/OA) in the Department of Navy Civilian Benefits Center of OCHR NORFOLK OPERATIONS CENTER. This Job Opportunity Announcement is using an additional online assessment tool to evaluate applicants. Please review the HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED, HOW TO APPLY, and WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT sections below for instructions. Responsibilities You will serve as the senior Human Resources Assistant (Employee Benefits/Office Automation) and coordinate the administrative support functions performed by junior Human Resources Assistant (Employee Benefits/OA) employees within the Branch. You will process incoming mail and faxes, prepare outgoing mail, maintain centralized supplies, central point of contact for copy/fax machine and building issues. You will maintain productivity reports to be used by the supervisor in assessing workload and in identifying trends or problem areas that may need to be addressed. You will route retirement Request for Personnel Actions (RPAs) from general inbox in Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS) to individual inbox for assigned retirement specialists. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-04 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience with initiating or adding HR related information into documents, reports and/or automated personnel systems for employee benefits Experience with performing data entry and reconciliation in an automated personnel system to process various types of personnel actions, retrieve and analyze information, generate documents, records, and/or reports for benefits programs and/or Experience with electronically maintaining and filing personnel records to support employee benefits operations Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Education Education may be substituted for specialized experience as follows: Successful completion of four years of education above high school level. -OR- A combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience. The percentage of the required education plus the percentage of the required experience must equal one hundred percent. A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information. Additional Information This announcement uses the Defense Industrial Base, Major Range and Test Facilities direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service. This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. This position is eligible for part time, substantial or ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.