Summary ***THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.*** This position is for a HR Specialist (Employee Benefits/Compensation), Position Description Number T5018P01 in support of the Joint Force Headquarters located at Clay National Guard, Marietta, Georgia. This is a full-time, Excepted Permanent, position which DOES NOT require a Georgia Army National Guard Membership. Area of Consideration: Open to current Nationwide Federal Employees. Responsibilities As a HR Specialist (Employee Benefits/Compensation), GS-0201-12, you will: Responsible for management and administration of a variety of Federal employee programs. Advise management, and counsel employees on such programs as health, life insurance, dental, vision, leave Thrift Saving Plan (TSP), physical capability requirements, limited duty, and the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA). Provide advisory services and technical guidance to employees and supervisors on retirement programs/options to include Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), beneficiary information, and survivor benefits. Manage, administer, and provide advice and assistance on compensation/pay programs including hours of duty and premium pay. Conduct program analysis to determine activity trends and compliance with program requirements. Advise management on pre-Reduction in Force planning and potential program problems such as organizational patterns of leave usage or potential FECA abuse. Serve as the statewide functional expert on various leave programs, including but not limited to: Paid Parental Leave, Voluntary Leave Donation Program, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Advanced Leave, Sick Leave, Disabled Veterans Leave, Military Leave, Presidential Leave, Court Leave, Compensatory Time, Bereavement Leave, and Work Schedules. Provides Social Security guidance, interpretation of OPM, Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service (DCPAS), and NGB regulations. Responsible for administering the benefits program and provides advice to managers, supervisors, and individuals who perform military duty about provisions of the law covering the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Provide technical guidance to employees and supervisors on Special Provision Disability and OPM disability retirement requirements. Manage and track the USERRA Program through the collection of updated military orders and notification when the employee reaches time expiration. Responsible for the administration of the Telework, Worker's Compensation and Unemployment Programs for the state and ensures that the program objectives and goals are met. Advise, partner, and coordinate on Reasonable Accommodations (RA) requests, arranging for light duty assignments and/or details to maximize personnel resources and minimize compensation costs. Coordinate with appropriate personnel on individual placement actions. Provide guidance and policies on Mass Transit, RA, and Telework. Process request for RA, in accordance with internal agency policy and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforcement guidance for RA, specific to providing RA in the Federal Workforce. Provide guidance based on analysis of RA request, reviews case files, determining need for supporting documentation and assist management officials with implementation of approved accommodation, when appropriate. Review and analyze DoD, DA, and Command policy or regulatory issuances for applicability and consolidates into directives and supplement the documents containing interpretative guidance information for implementation by managers of subordinate elements. Answer questions regarding the program with respect to legal, moral, and ethical issues; legal rules of evidence; confidentiality; RA, etc. Responsible for the accurate and timely processing of Request for Personnel Actions (SF-52), Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) for?areas within their HR Office delegation memorandum. Ensure completion of supporting forms, records, and documents. Verify personnel actions are processed. Conduct internal audit of personnel actions processed to ensure compliance with regulatory and legal requirements. Responsible for the quality assurance, maintenance, and security of the Electronic Official Personnel Folders (eOPFs) ensuring content meets regulatory requirements and is in accordance with the Guide to Personnel Recordkeeping and is safeguarded under the Privacy Act of 1974. Generate reports using the eOPF report function. Monitor and perform Quality control functions on all eOPF's on a periodic basis and prior to transferring to OPM or to a gaining agency of former employee. Ensure benefits related information coded into the automated personnel system is accurate and timely. May have limited leader responsibilities. Distribute and balance workload among Employee Benefit- employees. Give on-the-job training to lower-graded employees. May approve emergency leave for assigned employees in extenuating circumstances. Provide input into annual performance appraisals. Resolve simple complaints and grievances, referring the more serious ones to the supervisor. Recommend training needs for employees. Provide input to the supervisor concerning selections, promotions, reassignments, and recognition of outstanding performance. Perform other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. 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. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes serving as the State Level Expert/point of contact on the State's Employee Benefits, Retirements, and Work-Life Programs. Ensuring all program activities, policies, instructions, and goals are in compliance with applicable legislation, publications, regulations, and guidance from Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Department of Defense (DoD), National Guard Bureau (NGB), Department of the Army (DA) and Air Force (DAF), and other governing agencies. Performing work for both Army (ARNG) and Air National Guard (ANG) full-time employees within the State. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Education Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience above in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualifications requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Additional Information If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx). Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.