Summary About the Position: Serves as advisor and consultant on the position classification program including position management considerations to US Army Medical Command, and Regional Medical Command, program managers, other management officials, leadership and supervisors. Duties Responds to issues involving projects/problems that require guidance, collaboration, and advice and/or policy interpretation. Plans and conducts special projects or studies to identify and resolve problems or issues. Develops data for management on significant HR issues and concerns in the area of position management, and classification. Prepares, classifies, evaluates, and develops standardized position descriptions to support US Army Medical Command initiatives, impacting all RMC and major subordinate commands. Keeps apprised of classification issues and of frequent and rapid fluctuations in major mission assignments, of trends and changes in classification concepts and philosophies, and of changes developing in procedures, techniques, and implementation. Conducts policy reviews to evaluate efficiency, effectiveness, and applicability of current, revised, or new policies ensuring consistency, and relevance application. Qualifications Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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. Specialized Experience Requirement: One year experience interpreting position classification standards; resolving position classification and position management problems; providing advisory services on position classification human resources management issues; and advising on changes in personnel program policies. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12). Education Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.