Compensation and Leave Program Manager

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. Specialized Experience for the GS-14, you must have one year (full 52 weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: 1. Providing technical advice and guidance on federal compensation and pay and leave administration programs.

Examples may include applying policies and procedures related to pay-setting, pay adjustments, premium pay, special salary rates, pay retention, wage surveys, or other federal compensation programs; AND 2. Researching, interpreting, and applying federal compensation laws, regulations, and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance to resolve pay administration issues and ensure compliance with applicable requirements; AND 3.

Contributing to the development, evaluation, or implementation of human resources policies, procedures, or program improvements related to federal compensation, pay administration, leave administration, or other human resources programs; AND 4. Providing technical guidance and recommendations to management or human resources officials on compensation or pay administration matters.

Examples may include analyzing compensation issues, preparing recommendations, explaining pay policies and regulations, or providing information to support management decisions. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.

To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé. TIME-IN-GRADE: In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-14, you must have been at the GS-13 level for 52 weeks.

TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a non-temporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.

As a Compensation and Leave Program Manager, you will: Perform Department-wide policy and program development, coordination and technical assistance in the compensation area and other assigned human resources program areas. Analyze workforce and organizational information to indicate trends; identifies problems; and develops solutions/responses to findings. Perform in-depth research, prepares responses and recommends modification to draft legislation and regulations.

• Identify areas needing improvements/changes and develop regulatory or legislative proposals for inclusion in Departmental submissions to 0MB, OPM, GAO, etc.
• Provide authoritative advice and guidance to Treasury bureaus on the administration of assigned programs.
• Assist senior management in resolving especially difficult, sensitive or urgent matters requiring special tact, consideration or attention.

Conduct research into legislative history, regulatory coverage, precedent setting cases, etc., and prepare talking papers, recommendations and/or reports for supervisor or other senior Departmental officials to use in making decisions.