Classification Specialist


Job Details

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

  • Experience providing recent classification operational services since Hiring Reform 2010 that included communications support/advice, and development of initiatives.
  • Skilled in quality control methodologies; detail oriented.
  • Train and mentor staff; effectively lead a team of Classifiers; complete work within established time-frames.
  • Must have a minimum of eight (8) years of hands-on operational experience in Federal position classification and workforce analysis.
  • Experience is defined as hands on operational experience in Federal position management and classification; writing and classifying PDs for complex Federal organizations.
  • Skill in collaborating with Federal managers and executives to help them navigate the Federal classification process and providing advisory services at a high organizational level with the Federal Government.
  • Must have effective communication skills (phone, email, etc.)
  • Preferred Bachelor s degree.
  • Exceptional writing skills: experience tracking and reporting on classification timelines and deliverables.
  • Interact professionally with high ranking Executives and SES candidates; use a computer to access and retrieve data (i.e., Word, Excel, email applications, and Windows Operating Systems); this includes ability to manage accounts in varying types of email systems, use of shared drives, and search/retrieval of information via Internet.
  • Work independently and effectively in a remote environment without face-to-face contact with customers, supervisor, and peers.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain the government required security check.


Job Description *

YRCI is seeking a full-time Project Supervisor to support our Human Resources Remote Operations Center (HRROC ), located in Reston, VA. YRCI's HRROC is a Shared Service Center that supports multiple Federal agencies and offers a friendly, collaborative team environment with access to training from industry experts!

The Role (Fully Remote):

  • Although the YRCI home office is located in Reston, VA, this position is fully remote.
  • Serve as a contract Lead Classification Specialist over high-profile and high-volume classification activities for a designated HRROC customer.
  • Serves as the primary Point of Contact (POC) for the client Project Manager and Contracting Officer's Representative (COR).
  • Prepare for, and attend, regularly scheduled and ad hoc meetings.
  • Serve as a POC for staff and clients to resolve escalated issues.
  • Direct, motivate, and guide team members toward mission and goal accomplishments.
  • Use knowledge and experience to support the Quality Control process; review work of others, provide constructive corrections and recommendations for improvement as method of on-the-job training for less experienced staffing professionals.
  • Day-to-day problem and issue resolution, including Quality Control (QC).
  • Ensure data integrity of workflow tracking required to pull reports.
  • Responsible for overseeing all aspects on classification activities.
  • Write and conduct performance appraisals.
  • With support from HR and HRROC Management, handle performance and discipline issues.
  • Manage timekeeping and approve Paid Time Off (PTO).

Workflow Analysis, Workforce Restructuring, and Reorganization:

  • Review Agency functional statements and Position Descriptions (PD) to ensure positions are properly aligned; and based on review make recommendations for an efficient and effective reporting structure to accomplish the mission of the unit.
  • Identify possible overlapping duties and make recommendations as to making work economical and effective; review the types, classification, grades, and numbers of positions in comparison to function and workload.
  • Identify span of control for the number of subordinates one supervisor can effectively manage as a significant aspect of organizational design.
  • Based on the above, develop a written analysis of findings and recommendations regarding re-alignment options, including recommended skills mix required to achieve unit objectives.
  • Work with customer Human Resources (HR) staff in effectuating a reorganization, preparing the documents for Congressional notification, drafting Standard Form (SF)-52s for realignment of personnel, write impact statements as necessary, and prepare the personnel organization listing for building the organization in National Finance Center (NFC).
  • Conduct analysis to determine (1) the optimal Senior Executive Service (SES) span-of-control that promotes agency efficiency and effectiveness and (2) the impact on agency activities when detailing employees to vacant SES positions.
  • Develop and implement an action plan to mitigate negative effects shown by the SES analyses; submit a draft report to the Government within 30 days of conducting the analysis.
  • Train HR Specialists within the agency in processes and write Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) that support them.

Position Management and Classification

  • Provide position management advice that considers business operations efficiencies.
  • Specifically, consider the following: combining like work; restructuring supervisory ratios; shifting time and effort from low to high-value work through the elimination of unnecessary requirements; burden reduction; optimization and streamlining; and workload automation.
  • Draft SOPs procedures for position management; train HR Specialists within the agency on management activities for their implementation; deliver draft documents to the Director of HR for review and comments.
  • Review all PDs for the agency; revise as needed to ensure the work described is the work being performed and appropriately graded as determined by the factor analysis.
  • Abolish existing PDs based on review findings when PDs are no longer being used.
  • Provide a well-written evaluation statement with every career ladder or pay-banded position that is classified, to describe how the conclusion was derived; this includes all aspects of classifications (e.g., research, investigation, job analysis, review, writing and rewriting of PDs).
  • Draft SOPs for position classification and conducting desk audits.
  • Work with agency to build a PD library and PD templates that will be used in Monster Government Solutions; upload all PDs into the Monster Government Solutions system.
  • All classified PD will be presented to Agency Hiring Managers for review and concurrence.
  • Develop a tool for tracking the review and updates for PD.





 YRCI

 04/18/2024

 All cities,VA