Classification Specialist - Citrus Heights - Small Business Administration

Description

Summary

You will serve as a Classification Specialist for the Small Business Administration (SBA), People Operations Disaster Division - PODD. This position provides expertise in position classification, position management, and organizational design for SBA's Disaster Enterprise.

Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 180 days from the closing date.

Duties

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As a Classification Specialist at the GS , some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Classification and Position Management:
  • Analyze and evaluate complex classification issues, ensuring compliance with Office of Personnel Management (OPM) standards.
  • Develop, review, and certify position descriptions across various occupational series and grade levels up to GS-15.
  • Conduct desk audits and recommend authoritative solutions to improve position management.
• Organizational Design and Consultation:
  • Collaborate with senior leadership to implement organizational realignments and workforce planning initiatives.
  • Provide expert guidance on position management, organizational restructuring, and the development of mission-critical structures.
  • Interpret and apply Federal HR regulations, offering innovative solutions to address classification and position management challenges.
• Advisory and Strategic Planning:
  • Advise managers on classification appeals, regulatory compliance, and effective workforce strategies.
  • Conduct special studies to evaluate the effectiveness of HR programs and recommend strategic improvements.
  • Maintain and update organizational charts and mission/functional statements to reflect operational needs.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Favorable background investigation required.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• This is not a bargaining unit position.
• Mandatory Overtime: In order to respond quickly and efficiently to disaster survivors, substantial compensated overtime hours may be required during heightened disaster activities.

Qualifications

Experience: To receive credit, you must indicate the month and year as well as the average hours worked per week for each employer. Average work hours must be stated on the resume to quantify each period of work experience or that experience will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. You must address the specific specialized experience required for each grade level of this position on your resume or application or you will be rated "Ineligible" for that grade level.

GS-13: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Experience must include:

• Utilizing expertise of federal position management, classification principles, concepts, practices, and techniques to provide classification and position management advice and consultative services to customers.
• Interpreting and applying federal classification standards to determine appropriate pay plan, occupational series, title, grade level and Fair Labor Standards Act coverage for supervisory and non-supervisory positions in the general schedule and federal wage system.
• Conducting desk audits and preparing reports on findings.
• Leading organizational design projects, including realignments and workforce planning.
• Analyzing and resolving complex classification and position management related issues and preparing detailed evaluation reports.

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's Qualifications website:

Human Resources Management Series

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Federal status applicants must meet both Time-In-Grade AND experience requirements by the closing date of this announcement. However, if you have separated from the Federal Government for at least 52 weeks, you are not subject to the Time-in-Grade requirement.

TIME-IN-GRADE: If you are a current career or career-conditional federal employee applying for promotion under Merit Promotion you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in positions at the next level lower than the position being filled.

All qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on 02/25/2026

Education

Education may not be substituted for experience for this position.

Additional information

Reasonable Accommodation Requests: If you have a disability (physical or mental) covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended and Americans with Disabilities Act 1990, that would interfere with completing the USAHire Assessments, you will have the opportunity to request a reasonable accommodation (RA) in your online application. Requests for RA for the USAHire Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation must be received prior to starting the assessments. Decisions on requests are made on a case-by-case basis. After notification of the adjudication of your request, if you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USAHire Assessments. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the invitation, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need an RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) helps "surplus" or "displaced" federal employees improve their chances of finding a new job in their current agency (intra-agency, i.e. SBA employees only). Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) applies to employees who have been or will be involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position (score of 85 or better) based on your responses to the assessment; 3) the position to which you are applying MUST BE in the Local Commuting Area of the position of record from which you are being displaced; and 4) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. Click here for more information. You MUST submit a copy of your separation notice or other proof of eligibility.

EEO Statement: The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor.

Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. For additional information visit

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities: For more information on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements: Persons with Disabilities - Schedule A Special Hiring Authority for Veterans Special Hiring Authority for Certain Military Spouses Other Special Appointment Authorities - Subpart F

Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) -VEOA allows eligible veterans to apply and compete for positions announced under merit promotion procedures when the hiring agency is recruiting from outside its own workforce. To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed three (3) or more years of continuous active military service. If you are applying for a Merit Promotion announcement and wish to be considered under VEOA, you must submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214, in addition to any other required documents listed on this announcement.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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