[Hiring] Senior DEU Certified Staffing Specialist @C2 Technologies

Role Description

C² Technologies seeks a Senior DEU Certified Staffing Specialist to support federal recruitment and staffing operations for one of our dynamic clients. This senior-level position provides comprehensive, cradle-to-grave federal staffing support as well as strategic guidance and consultation throughout the recruitment and hiring lifecycle.

• Provide end-to-end federal recruitment and staffing support throughout the hiring lifecycle.
• Conduct job analyses and consult with hiring managers regarding recruitment strategies, position requirements, and hiring options.
• Draft and develop Job Opportunity Announcements (JOAs).
• Research, interpret, and apply Office of Personnel Management (OPM) qualification standards when reviewing and rating applications.
• Conduct qualification reviews, rating and ranking, and candidate eligibility determinations.
• Utilize federal appointing authorities, including Direct Hire Authority, Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA), Schedule A, Schedule B, Schedule D, and 30% or More Disabled Veteran authorities.
• Review military documentation, including DD Form 214 and Department of Veterans Affairs documentation, to determine applicable veterans' preference.
• Prepare and issue merit promotion and delegated examining certificates.
• Provide selection guidance and support candidate selections across organizational or component lines.
• Prepare initial and final job offers and support employee onboarding and new employee orientation activities.
• Code personnel actions in accordance with the OPM Guide to Processing Personnel Actions.
• Maintain recruitment and staffing case files in accordance with applicable case file management requirements.
• Provide guidance to management regarding recruitment, placement, workforce planning, and staffing issues.
• Analyze workforce trends and assist with forecasting changes in workforce requirements.
• Support the development and implementation of promotion procedures consistent with agency merit promotion requirements.
• Assist with implementing agency-wide workforce downsizing and reshaping policies and strategies.
• Integrate strategic hiring flexibilities to address recruitment and retention challenges.
• Recommend innovative strategies to address job turnover, underrepresentation, workforce downsizing, recruitment challenges, and workforce planning needs.
• Prepare routine and ad hoc staffing, recruitment, and workforce reports.
• Research federal human resources policies, regulations, procedures, and related workforce information as required.
• Support established hiring goals while maintaining compliance with federal staffing requirements, merit system principles, and applicable policies.

Qualifications

• Master's degree and a minimum of 10 years of federal staffing experience.
• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 12 years of federal staffing experience.
• No degree and a minimum of 14 years of federal staffing experience.

Requirements

• Comprehensive cradle-to-grave federal recruitment and staffing experience.
• Extensive experience performing federal staffing functions with minimal supervision or direction.
• Hands-on experience managing the federal hiring process from end to end.
• Demonstrated experience conducting job analyses and strategic recruitment discussions with hiring managers.
• Experience developing Job Opportunity Announcements.
• Experience conducting qualification reviews, rating and ranking applicants, and issuing certificates.
• Experience preparing initial and final job offers and supporting onboarding activities.
• Demonstrated knowledge of OPM qualification standards, federal appointing authorities, veterans' preference, and merit promotion procedures.
• Experience applying the OPM Guide to Processing Personnel Actions.
• Recent experience, preferably within the last three years, performing all phases of the federal staffing lifecycle strongly preferred.
• Must hold an active Delegated Examining Unit (DEU/DE) Certification.
• Active Public Trust clearance required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Paid Annual Leave (PAL) and 11 paid federal holidays.
• Employer-paid life insurance.
• Supplemental insurance for accident, critical illness, and hospital care.
• Short-term/long-term disability coverage.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).