Human Resources Gen 3
This position supports multiple sites and locations. Deploys and administers HR programs, policies, practices and processes. Develops and/or implements integrated HR initiatives and solutions to advance organizational objectives. Tracks and analyzes staffing and diversity strategy performance and recommends or implements corrective solutions. Partners with leadership to implement workforce strategies to meet organization objectives. Conducts employee investigations, serves as an employee advocate as well as counsel to management, tracks and monitors case activities. Provides resolution to the HR Service Center on elevated issues. Actively participates in strategic and operational decision making. Provides advice and counsel to management to align and integrate HR strategies to the business strategies. Participates in business proposals representing HR strategies and objectives to align with future business pursuits. Understands the business of the customers and builds collaborative integrated solutions focused on specific business challenges. Collaborates with HR teammates, industry partners, and customers to develop relationships, address employee challenges, proactively recommend solutions and present solutions to leadership.
Competencies
General• Adaptability
Understands changes in own and others' work and situations; may be asked to explain the logic or basis for change to less experienced employees; actively seeks information about changes affecting own and fellow employees' jobs. Treats changes and new situations as opportunities for learning or growth; focuses on the beneficial aspects of change; speaks positively about the change to fellow interorganizational employees and occasionally to external customers. Quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with changes in the work environment; readily tries new approaches appropriate for new or changed situations; does not persist with ineffective behaviors.
• Building Trust
Demonstrates honesty; keeps commitments; behaves in a consistent manner. Shares thoughts, feelings, and rationale so that fellow work group members, other internal employees and customers understand personal positions. Listens to others and objectively considers others' ideas and opinions, even when they conflict with one's own. Treats people with dignity, respect, and fairness; gives proper credit to others; stands up for deserving others and their ideas even in the face of resistance or challenge.
• Coaching/Teaching
Clarifies expected behaviors, knowledge, and level of proficiency by seeking and giving information and checking for understanding. Provides instruction, positive modeling, and opportunities for observation in order to help fellow work group members, internal employees and occasionally external customers develop skills; encourages questions to ensure understanding. Gives timely, appropriate feedback on performance; reinforces efforts and progress. Establishes good interpersonal relationships by helping fellow work group members, internal employees and occasionally external customers, feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions.
• Customer Focus
Makes customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops and sustains productive customer relationships; uses information to understand customers' circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs; periodically becomes involved in sharing information with customers to build their understanding of issues and capabilities; considers how actions or plans will affect customers; responds quickly to meet customer needs and resolve problems; assists higher graded employees and/or project team leaders in implementing ways to monitor and evaluate customer concerns, issues, and satisfaction and to anticipate customer needs.
• Diversity Awareness
Establishes relationships with and learns more about people of other cultures and backgrounds; continually examines own biases and behaviors to avoid stereotypical responses. Exhibits sensitivity to the perspectives and interests of people from different cultures; shows respect for decisions and actions that reflect cultural concerns and expectations; maintains focus on success and on effectively handling cross-cultural challenges; does not give up easily; works hard to overcome cultural barriers and deals constructively with challenging situations; consistently demonstrates flexibility in adapting personal style to cultural norms across situations.
• Project Management
Experienced in creating comprehensive project schedules identifying time frames for key project milestones. Directs and manages more complex project schedules; independently identifies project resource requirements, may collaborate with others on the most complex projects assigned or assist more experienced employees in complex large scale projects. Ability to accept, direct and perform responsibilities and work assigned tasks as a project team member in support of the overall project; leads and directs the activities and resources of assigned projects and supports higher graded employees in more large scale and complex projects.
Technical• HR Information Systems
Complete knowledge of HR information systems (e.g., self-service systems, automated request tools) including how to write queries and comply with process documentation requirements.
• Human Resource Policies
Complete knowledge of company HR policies and procedures and how they relate to local, state, and federal labor laws and regulations.
• Labor/Employment Laws
Complete knowledge and understanding of federal and state labor/employment laws, regulations, procedures, and standards as they apply to one's job responsibilities.
• Organizational Development
Complete knowledge of organizational development dynamics/principles (e.g., mitigate resistance to change, whole systems thinking and design, organization design and effectiveness).
Basic Qualifications For ConsiderationDo you meet the criteria described in the 'Typical Education / Experience' section of this requisition?
Do you have experience working as a Human Resource Generalist?
Do you have experience working with project management software, Microsoft applications, and / or other technical skills and knowledge associated with HR systems and tools?
Typical Education/Experience
Bachelor's and typically 6 or more years' related work experience, a Master's degree and typically 4 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Other Job related information
Position requires a high level of collaboration, project management experience, and excellent verbal and written communication skills. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated abilities to learn and understand the business and participate in critical business decisions. Quickly build working together relationships with all levels of management, HR peers and representatives from the HR central functions. Experience and success in influencing others, challenging status quo thinking across multiple levels of leadership, taking initiative, conducting root cause analysis and developing creative solutions is strongly desired. Must be able to see the larger implications when developing approaches, options, alternatives and solutions to challenging issues. Strong time management skills, ability to prioritize requests amidst competing demands, and the ability to be flexible required. Must be proficient with project management software, Microsoft applications, and/or other technical skills & knowledge associated HR Systems and Tools. Prefer knowledge of Human Resources Management Systems (HRMS) and HR Reporting Systems.
- Business Unit Defense, Space&Security
- Division Global Services & Support
- Program Gs&S Staff
- Job Type Non-Management
- Experience Level Career/Experienced
- US Person Status Required? Yes
Closing Date: 02/20/2012
