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Summary You will serve as a HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (EMPLOYEE BENEFITS) in the Workers' Compensation Department of the Fleet Human Resources Office of FLEET HRO NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD. Responsibilities You will counsel employees and provides follow-up services for employees who have submitted claims to the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP). You will resolve complex injury compensation issues through coordinated efforts with employees, supervisors, managers, OWCP, and attending physicians You will review injury data and analyze chargeback reports to identify injury trend and erroneous charges and initiate appropriate corrective action. You will develop and deliver FECA training to serviced commands to include supervisors, managers, and employees. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience applying the provisions of the FECA program sufficient to evaluate program trends, draw conclusions, and recommend actions. Experience counseling on retirement, health benefits, life insurance, and providing general support to employees, supervisors, and managers with personnel management theories, principles, laws, rules, regulations, and procedures sufficient to identify interrelated problems, draw conclusions, and recommend appropriate courses of action knowledge. Experience using HR personnel systems to appropriately code and process benefits actions, prepare retirement annuity estimates, and deposit/redeposit calculations. Experience preparing and presenting oral written findings and gain acceptance of difficult/sensitive corrective actions, and or develop and deliver program training. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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 that translates directly to paid employment. Education Successful completion Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or Successful completion 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or Possession of an LL.M., if related or A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.