[Hiring] HR Specialist - Program Manager @Crowned Grace, Inc

Role Description

Crowned Grace International (CGINTL) seeks an HR Classification Specialist with project management experience and federal agency experience. The HR Classification Specialist classifies positions ranging from entry-level to senior level across engineering, scientific, specialist, and administrative occupations. Key responsibilities include:

• Classifying positions from entry level to senior level, including engineers, scientists, specialists, and administrative positions.
• Determining the appropriate pay plan, occupational series, official title, and grade.
• Reviewing existing position descriptions and updating them as needed to reflect current duties, organizational structure, and classification standards.
• Drafting, updating, and standardizing Position Descriptions in collaboration with hiring managers and subject matter experts.
• Conducting thorough job analyses to capture major duties, responsibilities, knowledge requirements, and supervisory relationships.
• Analyzing position descriptions against applicable classification standards.
• Evaluating position factors and assigning factor levels and point values under the Factor Evaluation System.
• Conducting desk audits and structured job interviews with incumbent staff and supervisors.
• Preparing detailed Evaluation Statements justifying each classification decision.
• Providing advisory services during organizational restructures.
• Identifying potential classification impact areas arising from reorganization.
• Maintaining the central repository and library of active position descriptions.
• Ensuring compliance with Federal law governing classification and compensation.
• Providing guidance and assistance to HR Specialists and supervisors on classification matters.
• Reviewing vacancy announcements for accuracy, legality, and consistency.
• Enforcing the Privacy Act and PII safeguards when handling position, incumbent, and organizational data.

Qualifications

• A minimum of ten (10) years of Federal human resources experience classifying various positions, including engineers.
• At least five years of experience overseeing the management of HR services and administrative support personnel.
• Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent combination of education and directly related Federal classification experience.
• Demonstrated independent application of the Factor Evaluation System and OPM classification standards.
• Experience advising leadership on organizational design and reorganization impact.
• Experience managing a federal services contract or task order.
• Experience recruiting and onboarding professional staff against a firm deadline.
• A track record of supervising people directly.
• Experience conducting desk audits and preparing written Evaluation Statements.
• Citizenship or lawful permanent residence/employment authorization as evidenced by USCIS documentation.

Requirements

• Eligibility to obtain a favorable Public Trust suitability determination under DOT Order 1632.2B.

Preferred Qualifications and Certifications

• Project Management (PMP) Certification.
• Prior classification experience within a federal Operating Administration or another Federal agency.
• Experience with Federal Wage System classification.
• Experience serving as an agency representative in a classification appeal.
• Experience building and governing a position description library.
• OPM Delegated Examining (DEU) Certification.
• SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) or HRCI Professional in Human Resources (PHR).
• Prior experience supporting a Federal HR office of comparable scale.
• Working proficiency with USA Staffing, Monster Government Solutions, Workday, or NFC systems.
• Experience supporting scientific, engineering, or other technical occupational series.

Company Description

Everyone at Crowned Grace International is a Leader. Our culture rests on a simple standard: the right people, doing the right thing, delivering the right results. Seven values carry it:

• Integrity and Trust - you tell the truth about status.
• Credibility - you can show your work, and your numbers hold.
• Accountability - you own the outcome.
• Continuous Improvement - you fix the cause, not just the symptoms.
• Action Orientation - you move and escalate a blocker the day you find it.
• Caring - you remember there is a person on the other side of every transaction.
• Marketplace Ministry - you treat the work as stewardship, not a transaction.