Human Resources Assistant OA

  • CSOSA
  • Washington, District of Columbia
  • Full Time
Human Resources Assistant OA

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Office of Human Resources

Summary

The position is loced in the Office of Human Resources which provides a comprehensive program th covers position management and classificion, personnel staffing and recruitment, pay administrion, compension and benefits, performance management, labor and employee relions, and retirements.

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Summary

The position is loced in the Office of Human Resources which provides a comprehensive program th covers position management and classificion, personnel staffing and recruitment, pay administrion, compension and benefits, performance management, labor and employee relions, and retirements.

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Overview

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

05/18/2026 to 06/01/2026

Salary

$51,957 - $75,059 per year

Pay scale & grade

GS 6 - 7

Locion

1 vacancy in the following locion:

Washington, DC

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

Yesas determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required

Not required

Relocion expenses reimbursed

No

Appointment type

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Competitive

Promotion potential

8

Job family (Series)

0203 Human Resources Assistance

Supervisory stus

No

Security clearance

Other

Drug test

Yes

Position sensitivity and risk

Modere Risk (MR)

Trust determinion process

Suitability/Fitness

Financial disclosure

No

Bargaining unit stus

No

Announcement number

OHR-26-12964893-MP-VW

Control number

869706400

This job is open to

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Federal employees - Competitive service

Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.

Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants.

Veterans

Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference

Military spouses

Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty.

Individuals with disabilities

Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A.

Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista

Individuals who have served least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA.

Special authorities

Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring ph.

Clarificion from the agency

Stus Candides (Merit Promotion and VEOA Eligibles): Applicions accepted from current and former competitive service Federal employees, and people eligible under special hiring authorities such as the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA), Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA), Disabilities Program, etc.

Duties

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Provides technical support in maintaining and ensuring the accuracy of employee and position da in the Nional Finance Center personnel/payroll system.

Applies a working knowledge of Human Resources rules, procedures, and standardized methods to support staffing, payroll, benefits and personnel processing activities.

Codes and processes personnel and payroll actions; reviews submitted actions for accuracy and completeness.

Computes service compution des, calcules pay and determines salary, processes employee awards, and provides employment verificions.

Monitors error and suspense reports, identifies discrepancies, and inities corrective actions or eleves issues to HR Specialists as needed.

Verifies personnel actions for accuracy, resolves routine processing issues, and uploads and maintains documents within the Electronic Official Personnel Folder.

Requests and reviews prior federal service records from former agencies and the Personnel Records Center to ensure completeness and accuracy.

Assists with the job offer and onboarding process, including preparing offer documents, coordining and conducting new employee oriention, and supporting employee benefits and payroll processing.

Reviews organizional, position, and incumbent da reports and inities updes to ensure position and employee informion remains accure and current.

Responds to routine employee and supervisor inquiries reled to personnel da, HR systems, and processing requirements; refers complex issues to HR Specialists.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional

Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable

Background security investigion, drug test, and favorable adjudicion

May be required to successfully complete a one year probionary period (unless already completed).

Time-in-grade requirements must be met within 30 calendar day of the closing de of this announcement

CSOSA uses E-Verify, if you are selected for this position, the documention th you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System.

Bargaining Unit Stus: Not Eligible

All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments directly deposited into a financial institution of their choosing.

This is not a virtual or remote position; you must live within or be willing to reloce within a commutable distance of the duty locion which is Washington D.C. (District of Columbia).

Qualificions

You may qualify the GS - 06 level, if you fulfill one of the following qualificion requirements:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service performing clerical or technical support duties in a Human Resources office. Specialized experience includes processing personnel actions in an automed HR system, reviewing HR documents for accuracy; assisting with onboarding tasks such as coordining new hire paperwork and oriention; maintaining personnel records and dabases; and responding to routine benefits and payroll inquiries.

You may qualify the GS-07 level, if you fulfill one of the following qualificion requirements:

A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service performing technical HR support work. Specialized experience includes processing personnel and payroll actions, reviewing requests for compliance and accuracy; conducting new employee oriention; calculing salary determinions; upding HR da and correcting errors; providing informion on the employee benefits program and process benefit enrollments and changes; providing technical assistance on HR systems and personnel da; and responding to routine benefits and payroll inquiries and identifying discrepancies. OR

B. SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE : The experience requirements for the GS-7 level may be met by completion of one (1) year of gradue level educion (18 semester/27 quarter hours) in a position-reled field of human resources management. If you would like to use your educion to qualify for this position, you must provide an unofficial transcript with the applicion.

Successful applicants for this position must be able to type least 40 words per minute.

Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement.

To be eligible for the GS-06 position, applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-05 or higher in the Federal service.

To be eligible for the GS-07 position, applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-06 or higher in the Federal service.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Educion

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documention to support your educional claims. Unless otherwise sted: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All merials must be submitted by the closing de of the announcement.

PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergradue course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of gradue educion is considered to be the number of credits hours your gradue school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your gradue school's definition of one year of gradue study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as sisfying the requirement for one year of full-time gradue study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, :

Additional informion

Reasonable Accommodion (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended th would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online applicion. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire CompetencyBased Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualificions of the position, after notificion of the adjudicion of your request, you will receive an email invition to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudicion decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodion for Online Assessments . ( )

If you are an eligible Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant, you may apply for special selection over other applicants for this position. Individuals who have special priority selection rights under the CTAP or ICTAP must be well qualified for the position. To be well qualified, applicants must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the vacant position and meet the mid-level (scoring between 85 and 89) of the ring criteria for all factors or the established cutoff score. CTAP/ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separion notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separion; an agency certificion th you cannot be placed after injury compension has been termined; an OPM notificion th your disability annuity has been termined; OR a Military Department or Nional Guard Bureau notificion th you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456. Additional informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is : .

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill future vacancies for identical positions within the next year.

Relocion expenses are not authorized.

Only experience and educion obtained by the closing de of this announcement

You must meet all qualificion requirements within 30 days after the closing de of this announcement and before placement in the position.

CSOSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the Human Resources Office.

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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

How you evalued

You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the applicion questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position.

You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):

Accountability

Attention to Detail

Customer Service

Decision Making

Flexibility

HR Informion Systems

Integrity/Honesty

Interpersonal Skills

Learning

Personnel and Human Resources

Reading Comprehension

Reasoning

Self-Management

Stress Tolerance

Teamwork

The USA Hire Assessments includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment.

Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on an assessment may also result in your removal from considerion.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

Review our benefits

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

Required documents

Required Documents

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You must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes:

-Your responses to the Online Occupional Questionnaire (This is completed automically during the apply online process).

To apply for this position,

- Your 2 page resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment and duties performed.

- Other supporting documents:

- Cover Letter, optional

- College transcript(s), if qualifying based on educion

- Most recent SF-50, "Notificion of Personnel Action" showing you are/were in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held (if applying as a stus candide with current or former Federal Service)

- DD-214, SF-15 Form and VA letter, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty from Veterans for considerion under Veteran hiring authorities. .

- Noncompetitive appointment authority documention, if applicable

- Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program Documention, if applicable (e.g. Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.)

If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and will not be considered any further.

How to Apply

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Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows:

Click the Apply Online button.

Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention.

Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de.

If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice.

Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials.

Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended.

Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link.

Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused.

Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources .

To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed.

To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion.

Agency contact informion

Vanessa Willis

Phone

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Address

CSOSA

800 North Capitol Street NW Suite 700

Washington DC, DC 20002

US

Next steps

Based on your applicion and your responses to the applicion questionnaire, you may be presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire system to complete the online assessments. The online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion for the assessment should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended.

Your assessment results kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply th require the same assessments.

To be considered for the position, you must meet all qualificions, including meeting or exceeding the cut score on the required assessments.

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Required Documents

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You must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes:

-Your responses to the Online Occupional Questionnaire (This is completed automically during the apply online process).

To apply for this position,

- Your 2 page resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment and duties performed.

- Other supporting documents:

- Cover Letter, optional

- College transcript(s), if qualifying based on educion

- Most recent SF-50, "Notificion of Personnel Action" showing you are/were in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held (if applying as a stus candide with current or former Federal Service)

- DD-214, SF-15 Form and VA letter, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty from Veterans for considerion under Veteran hiring authorities. .

- Noncompetitive appointment authority documention, if applicable

- Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program Documention, if applicable (e.g. Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.)

If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and will not be considered any further.

How to Apply

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Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows:

Click the Apply Online button.

Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention.

Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de.

If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice.

Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials.

Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended.

Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link.

Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused.

Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources .

To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed.

To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion.

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Agency contact informion

Vanessa Willis

Phone

...

...

Address

CSOSA

800 North Capitol Street NW Suite 700

Washington DC, DC 20002

US

Next steps

Based on your applicion and your responses to the applicion questionnaire, you may be presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire system to complete the online assessments. The online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion for the assessment should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended.

Your assessment results kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply th require the same assessments.

To be considered for the position, you must meet all qualificions, including meeting or exceeding the cut score on the required assessments.

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Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/18/2026 to 06/01/2026 Salary $51,957 - $75,059 per year Pay scale & grade GS 6 - 7 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC Remote job No Telework eligible Yesas determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 8 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number OHR-26-12964893-MP-VW Control number 869706400
Job ID: 522162329
Originally Posted on: 5/22/2026

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