Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits), ZA-0201-3 (MAP)
As a Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits), you will perform the following duties:
Provide guidance in administering a variety of benefits and retirements programs, such as health and life insurance, dental and vision insurance, Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS), Thrift Saving Plan (TSP), Long Term Care Insurance and Flexible Spending accounts. Perform research and interpretation of legal regulatory guidance as it relates to insurance and retirement programs. Apply knowledge of retirement and insurance laws, policies, and regulations to interpret routine and complex issues such as the Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Correction Act entitlements. Perform individual and group retirement awareness training and counsel potential retirees on all aspects of the retirement process to include calculations. Provide consultative services and in-depth guidance, both orally and in writing, to leadership, internal and external customers, employees, Human Resources (HR) staff, and survivors regarding all aspects of the federal employee benefits program. Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at:
https:
//www.opm.gov/policy.EDUCATION:
There is no positive education requirement for this position.SPECIALIZED
Experience:
Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.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. To qualify at the ZA-3 or GS-11:
SPECIALIZED
Experience:
Applicant must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-2 or GS-9 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:
Explaining Federal retirement and insurance laws and regulations to employees; and Providing individual employee counseling on Federal retirement options, eligibility requirements, Federal health and life insurance. -OR-SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION:
Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related. -OR-COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND
Experience:
A combination of education and experience. NOTE:
Only graduate education in excess of two years is qualifying for combination.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Provide guidance in administering a variety of benefits and retirements programs, such as health and life insurance, dental and vision insurance, Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS), Thrift Saving Plan (TSP), Long Term Care Insurance and Flexible Spending accounts. Perform research and interpretation of legal regulatory guidance as it relates to insurance and retirement programs. Apply knowledge of retirement and insurance laws, policies, and regulations to interpret routine and complex issues such as the Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Correction Act entitlements. Perform individual and group retirement awareness training and counsel potential retirees on all aspects of the retirement process to include calculations. Provide consultative services and in-depth guidance, both orally and in writing, to leadership, internal and external customers, employees, Human Resources (HR) staff, and survivors regarding all aspects of the federal employee benefits program. Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at:
https:
//www.opm.gov/policy.EDUCATION:
There is no positive education requirement for this position.SPECIALIZED
Experience:
Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.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. To qualify at the ZA-3 or GS-11:
SPECIALIZED
Experience:
Applicant must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-2 or GS-9 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:
Explaining Federal retirement and insurance laws and regulations to employees; and Providing individual employee counseling on Federal retirement options, eligibility requirements, Federal health and life insurance. -OR-SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION:
Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related. -OR-COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND
Experience:
A combination of education and experience. NOTE:
Only graduate education in excess of two years is qualifying for combination.
- Department:
0201 Human Resources Management - Salary Range:
$64,660 to $112,241 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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