USI
Seattle, WA, USA
General Description: The Chief Human Resource Officer is responsible for providing leadership in developing and executing human resource strategies in support of the overall business plan and strategic direction of the organization, specifically in the areas of strategic recruiting, employee relations, employee communications, training and development, performance management and acquisitions. Responsibilities: Strategic Recruiting * Develops and implements a strategic staffing plan for both production and non-production positions that supports the business goals. * Utilize resources to ensure the recruitment of high quality talent consistent with the desired company culture. * Minimize need for external recruiters and consultants and reduce time-to-fill. * Support Corporate-wide staffing initiatives-champions the full utilization of people across the organization. * Ensure compliance with company equal opportunity policy. Employee Relations * Ensures HR processes and programs enhance and support customer initiatives. * Provide proactive employee relations guidance to resolve people issues and ensure the organization's compliance. Provide counsel and assistance with terminations. * Implement company programs and policies that allow USI to attract and retain employees and drive high productivity and morale. * Keep abreast of local and state legislation affecting HR practices and procedures, train management and monitor company policies accordingly to ensure compliance. * Coordinate benefit, compensation and reward & recognition programs. * Assists on other special projects as necessary. Employee Communications * Support company's HR communication efforts in all areas throughout the region. * Provide communication assistance to managers and executives to maximize employee understanding of company business goals, projects and policies. * Set the standard for content of employee communication material including their distribution and timeliness. Training and Development * "Operationalizes" performance management and feedback tools that support business strategies and values. * Facilitates succession planning process at Region and Op Co level including: * Overseeing individual development plans for entire Region with a key focus on the leadership group. * Identifies "rising stars" and ensures gap planning is sufficient. * Fosters intra region and internal company transfers to support development action plans. * Work with managers and employees in monitoring the progression of employee through the organization, providing career counseling and development planning when appropriate. * Identifies regional training and development requirements by conducting needs analysis on organization results, job requirements, operational problems, company plans and forecasts, and current training problems. * Provide leadership, orientation, new manager, and sexual harassment awareness training. * Manage processes to ensure that performance and pay/reward/recognition programs are appropriately linked. Performance Management * Drive performance management for region. * Facilitate goal setting and performance management expectations. * Ensure common review date for all evaluations is in compliance with company standards and that these assessments and subsequent rankings differentiate performance. * Continue to "raise the bar" on performance standards. * Actively manage, coach and act on under performers. Acquisitions * Act as Region HR lead on mergers and acquisitions, serving as, or assisting respective field generalist with due diligence, serving on teams/committees, aiding in decision making, communications, etc. * Work with appropriate generalist and unit leadership to ensure consistent employee communications, smooth integration and transition for affected employees. * Spearhead the assimilation of newly acquired executives. * Conduct talent assessment of newly acquired organizations. Personal and Organizational Skills: * Displays and embodies team orientation, ability to develop, maintain and utilize relationships at all levels. Can work effectively across organizational boundaries to achieve common goals. * Successful track record in managing and motivating a staff. * Superior interpersonal, leadership, verbal/written communication and presentation skills. * Strong project management skills, manages a project to completion, achieving the desired results in a cost efficient manner. * Must have the ability to make recommendations to effectively resolve problems or issues, by using sound judgment that is consistent with business standards, practices, policies, procedures and regulations. * Familiarity with a variety of Training "best practice" concepts, procedures and their implementation. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: * 7+ years as Human Resources Professional, 3+ years of experience in a management role preferred. * BA in HR/Business Administration or related field required. MBA preferred. * Experience in the insurance/financial services industry required. Insurance brokerage experience a plus. * Knowledge of the principles of Human Resources management. * Basic core competencies in Employee Relations, Leadership Development and Recruitment. * Must be authorized to work in the US. #GLDR #LI-KR1 Job ID: 17961 SDL2017
General Description: The Chief Human Resource Officer is responsible for providing leadership in developing and executing human resource strategies in support of the overall business plan and strategic direction of the organization, specifically in the areas of strategic recruiting, employee relations, employee communications, training and development, performance management and acquisitions. Responsibilities: Strategic Recruiting * Develops and implements a strategic staffing plan for both production and non-production positions that supports the business goals. * Utilize resources to ensure the recruitment of high quality talent consistent with the desired company culture. * Minimize need for external recruiters and consultants and reduce time-to-fill. * Support Corporate-wide staffing initiatives-champions the full utilization of people across the organization. * Ensure compliance with company equal opportunity policy. Employee Relations * Ensures HR processes and programs enhance and support customer initiatives. * Provide proactive employee relations guidance to resolve people issues and ensure the organization's compliance. Provide counsel and assistance with terminations. * Implement company programs and policies that allow USI to attract and retain employees and drive high productivity and morale. * Keep abreast of local and state legislation affecting HR practices and procedures, train management and monitor company policies accordingly to ensure compliance. * Coordinate benefit, compensation and reward & recognition programs. * Assists on other special projects as necessary. Employee Communications * Support company's HR communication efforts in all areas throughout the region. * Provide communication assistance to managers and executives to maximize employee understanding of company business goals, projects and policies. * Set the standard for content of employee communication material including their distribution and timeliness. Training and Development * "Operationalizes" performance management and feedback tools that support business strategies and values. * Facilitates succession planning process at Region and Op Co level including: * Overseeing individual development plans for entire Region with a key focus on the leadership group. * Identifies "rising stars" and ensures gap planning is sufficient. * Fosters intra region and internal company transfers to support development action plans. * Work with managers and employees in monitoring the progression of employee through the organization, providing career counseling and development planning when appropriate. * Identifies regional training and development requirements by conducting needs analysis on organization results, job requirements, operational problems, company plans and forecasts, and current training problems. * Provide leadership, orientation, new manager, and sexual harassment awareness training. * Manage processes to ensure that performance and pay/reward/recognition programs are appropriately linked. Performance Management * Drive performance management for region. * Facilitate goal setting and performance management expectations. * Ensure common review date for all evaluations is in compliance with company standards and that these assessments and subsequent rankings differentiate performance. * Continue to "raise the bar" on performance standards. * Actively manage, coach and act on under performers. Acquisitions * Act as Region HR lead on mergers and acquisitions, serving as, or assisting respective field generalist with due diligence, serving on teams/committees, aiding in decision making, communications, etc. * Work with appropriate generalist and unit leadership to ensure consistent employee communications, smooth integration and transition for affected employees. * Spearhead the assimilation of newly acquired executives. * Conduct talent assessment of newly acquired organizations. Personal and Organizational Skills: * Displays and embodies team orientation, ability to develop, maintain and utilize relationships at all levels. Can work effectively across organizational boundaries to achieve common goals. * Successful track record in managing and motivating a staff. * Superior interpersonal, leadership, verbal/written communication and presentation skills. * Strong project management skills, manages a project to completion, achieving the desired results in a cost efficient manner. * Must have the ability to make recommendations to effectively resolve problems or issues, by using sound judgment that is consistent with business standards, practices, policies, procedures and regulations. * Familiarity with a variety of Training "best practice" concepts, procedures and their implementation. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: * 7+ years as Human Resources Professional, 3+ years of experience in a management role preferred. * BA in HR/Business Administration or related field required. MBA preferred. * Experience in the insurance/financial services industry required. Insurance brokerage experience a plus. * Knowledge of the principles of Human Resources management. * Basic core competencies in Employee Relations, Leadership Development and Recruitment. * Must be authorized to work in the US. #GLDR #LI-KR1 Job ID: 17961 SDL2017
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Washington, DC, USA
* Videos * Duties Help ## Duties ### Summary This position is located in the Office of Field Operations, Field Management Staff, located in Washington, DC. Learn more about this agency ### Responsibilities As Deputy Chief, assists in the planning, development, and direction of Staff programs pertaining to ATF's main-mission programs. With the Chief, conducts long-range planning in order to anticipate and respond to changes in legislation, funding levels, and program goals. Incumbent employs technical expertise, combined with knowledge of planning and analysis principles, to formulate concepts, implement procedures, develop criteria for evaluation, and evaluate results of Directorate programs and operations. Serves as a technical expert (from a regulatory perspective) on matters pertaining to operations affecting the industries regulated by the Bureau. Serves as an advisor to the Assistant Director, Deputy Assistant Directors and the Chief, Field Management Staff on major issues pertaining to the Directorate. Coordinates with Chief Counsel's office regarding legal issues affecting Directorate programs (especially regulatory issues) and provides input to clarify these issues. As directed by the Assistant Director (Field Operations) monitors or oversees special projects conducted by the directorate involving complex intra and interdepartmental coordination. Identifies actual or potential problem areas within Field Management Staff's programs and develops plans to resolve them in compliance with pertinent legal, regulatory, Departmental, and ATF guidelines. ### Travel Required Occasional travel - Occasional Travel is required. ##### Supervisory status Yes ##### Promotion Potential 15 * #### Job family (Series) 1801 General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, And Compliance Series * Requirements Help ## Requirements ### Conditions of Employment * Top Secret Clearance required. * Pass drug screening and subject to random drug test. * Time in Grade requirement must be met by the closing date of the vacancy * Must successfully complete a background secuirty investigation * New supervisors must successfully complete a 1-year probationary period. * U.S. Citizenship is required. The time-in-grade requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement. The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of the announcement. ### Qualifications To qualify for the GS-15: You must have at least one year of specialized experience at, or equivalent to, the GS-14 Federal grade level. Specialized experience for the position is defined as experience which must demonstrate that you possess appropriate experience in the qualities of successful supervision (manage resources such as; plan, organize and prioritize; lead others; communicate orally and in writing; relate to others; negotiate and collaborate). Have a thorough knowledge of the full range of procedures, regulations, and practices pertaining to investigative research and analytical studies in support of the industry operations mission, i.e., experience of analytical and evaluative methods and techniques in order to identify statistical trends, prepare reports and identify leads; experience with database systems and interrelationships of Federal, State and local database systems in order to research data, determine trends and compile statistical information. ### Education ### Additional information **The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)**provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and (for scored examining) score 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at: **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. See . **EEO Statement:**The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability (physical and mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, retaliation, or other non-merit based factors. **Reasonable Accommodation Statement:**ATF provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the job application and hiring process, and you meet the eligibility requirements listed above, please notify the human resources specialist listed on the vacancy announcement, or contact the ATF?s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at . The decision on granting a reasonable accommodation is handled on a case-by-case basis. **?**Federal Regulations state no ATF employee, his/her spouse, or his/her minor child shall have, directly or indirectly, any financial interest, including compensated employment, stock, or proprietary interest in the alcohol, tobacco, firearms or explosives industries. You should be aware that you may be asked to relinquish any ownership of or interests in the alcohol, tobacco, firearms or explosives industries before a determination can be made whether access to ATF information, information technology systems, and/or facilities can be authorized.**?** Read more ### How You Will Be Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. Your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are basically qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the online assessment questionnaire. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job. If you are found to be among the top candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. The assessment questionnaire is designed to measure your ability in the following competencies: * Leadership skills to provide guidance and obtain cooperative support. * Knowledge of the Federal, State and local laws, regulations, court decisions, administrative rulings, policies and procedures and expert knowledge of the operations, practices and processes of the regulated industries (primarily firearms and explosives). * Expert negotiation, liaison, advisory, oral and written skills. * Knowledge of analytical and evaluative methods plus a thorough understanding of how regulatory programs pertaining to industry operations are administered. * Advanced management and organizational principles and practices. **This vacancy is in conjunction with the Industry Operations Investigator Career Plan ATF O 2311.5A, Paragraph 16, page 11 dated December 8, 2014.** **PROMOTION TO GS-1801-15. GS-1801-15 positions include: Division Chief, Deputy Division Chief, Chief of Staff or Deputy Chief of Staff, Chief Field Management Staff or Deputy Chief Field Management Staff and Director, Industry Operations. The following eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement to compete for GS-1801-15 positions.** **a) Minimum of eight years of service as an ATF Industry Operations Investigator.** **b) Completion of one year HQ service.** **c) If the GS-1801-14 Industry Operations Investigator is applying to a HQ GS-1801-15, prior HQ time is not required.** **d) Completion two years as an area supervisor.** **e) Effective with this Order:** **1. GS-1801-15 supervisors who have not met the Area Supervisor requirement and desire reassignment to a GS-1801-15 DIO position, will be required to step down to fulfill GS-1801-15 eligibility requirements.** **2. IOIs who have previously served in the Area Supervisor assignment, but for less than two years, may not need to return to the Area Supervisor position to fulfill the two year requirement.** **3. IOIs who are currently serving in the Area Supervisor position will need to fulfill this requirement.** **To preview questions please click here.** Read more ### Background checks and security clearance ##### Security clearance Top Secret ##### Drug test required Yes * Required Documents Help ## Required Documents * Resume showing relevant experience (cover letter optional). * Most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, which shows your grade, career or career-conditional tenure and, a separate award SF-50 dated within the last 3 years, if applicable. * CTAP/ICTAP documentation, if applicable. ..... click apply for full job details
* Videos * Duties Help ## Duties ### Summary This position is located in the Office of Field Operations, Field Management Staff, located in Washington, DC. Learn more about this agency ### Responsibilities As Deputy Chief, assists in the planning, development, and direction of Staff programs pertaining to ATF's main-mission programs. With the Chief, conducts long-range planning in order to anticipate and respond to changes in legislation, funding levels, and program goals. Incumbent employs technical expertise, combined with knowledge of planning and analysis principles, to formulate concepts, implement procedures, develop criteria for evaluation, and evaluate results of Directorate programs and operations. Serves as a technical expert (from a regulatory perspective) on matters pertaining to operations affecting the industries regulated by the Bureau. Serves as an advisor to the Assistant Director, Deputy Assistant Directors and the Chief, Field Management Staff on major issues pertaining to the Directorate. Coordinates with Chief Counsel's office regarding legal issues affecting Directorate programs (especially regulatory issues) and provides input to clarify these issues. As directed by the Assistant Director (Field Operations) monitors or oversees special projects conducted by the directorate involving complex intra and interdepartmental coordination. Identifies actual or potential problem areas within Field Management Staff's programs and develops plans to resolve them in compliance with pertinent legal, regulatory, Departmental, and ATF guidelines. ### Travel Required Occasional travel - Occasional Travel is required. ##### Supervisory status Yes ##### Promotion Potential 15 * #### Job family (Series) 1801 General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, And Compliance Series * Requirements Help ## Requirements ### Conditions of Employment * Top Secret Clearance required. * Pass drug screening and subject to random drug test. * Time in Grade requirement must be met by the closing date of the vacancy * Must successfully complete a background secuirty investigation * New supervisors must successfully complete a 1-year probationary period. * U.S. Citizenship is required. The time-in-grade requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement. The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of the announcement. ### Qualifications To qualify for the GS-15: You must have at least one year of specialized experience at, or equivalent to, the GS-14 Federal grade level. Specialized experience for the position is defined as experience which must demonstrate that you possess appropriate experience in the qualities of successful supervision (manage resources such as; plan, organize and prioritize; lead others; communicate orally and in writing; relate to others; negotiate and collaborate). Have a thorough knowledge of the full range of procedures, regulations, and practices pertaining to investigative research and analytical studies in support of the industry operations mission, i.e., experience of analytical and evaluative methods and techniques in order to identify statistical trends, prepare reports and identify leads; experience with database systems and interrelationships of Federal, State and local database systems in order to research data, determine trends and compile statistical information. ### Education ### Additional information **The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)**provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and (for scored examining) score 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at: **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. See . **EEO Statement:**The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability (physical and mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, retaliation, or other non-merit based factors. **Reasonable Accommodation Statement:**ATF provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the job application and hiring process, and you meet the eligibility requirements listed above, please notify the human resources specialist listed on the vacancy announcement, or contact the ATF?s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at . The decision on granting a reasonable accommodation is handled on a case-by-case basis. **?**Federal Regulations state no ATF employee, his/her spouse, or his/her minor child shall have, directly or indirectly, any financial interest, including compensated employment, stock, or proprietary interest in the alcohol, tobacco, firearms or explosives industries. You should be aware that you may be asked to relinquish any ownership of or interests in the alcohol, tobacco, firearms or explosives industries before a determination can be made whether access to ATF information, information technology systems, and/or facilities can be authorized.**?** Read more ### How You Will Be Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. Your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are basically qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the online assessment questionnaire. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job. If you are found to be among the top candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. The assessment questionnaire is designed to measure your ability in the following competencies: * Leadership skills to provide guidance and obtain cooperative support. * Knowledge of the Federal, State and local laws, regulations, court decisions, administrative rulings, policies and procedures and expert knowledge of the operations, practices and processes of the regulated industries (primarily firearms and explosives). * Expert negotiation, liaison, advisory, oral and written skills. * Knowledge of analytical and evaluative methods plus a thorough understanding of how regulatory programs pertaining to industry operations are administered. * Advanced management and organizational principles and practices. **This vacancy is in conjunction with the Industry Operations Investigator Career Plan ATF O 2311.5A, Paragraph 16, page 11 dated December 8, 2014.** **PROMOTION TO GS-1801-15. GS-1801-15 positions include: Division Chief, Deputy Division Chief, Chief of Staff or Deputy Chief of Staff, Chief Field Management Staff or Deputy Chief Field Management Staff and Director, Industry Operations. The following eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement to compete for GS-1801-15 positions.** **a) Minimum of eight years of service as an ATF Industry Operations Investigator.** **b) Completion of one year HQ service.** **c) If the GS-1801-14 Industry Operations Investigator is applying to a HQ GS-1801-15, prior HQ time is not required.** **d) Completion two years as an area supervisor.** **e) Effective with this Order:** **1. GS-1801-15 supervisors who have not met the Area Supervisor requirement and desire reassignment to a GS-1801-15 DIO position, will be required to step down to fulfill GS-1801-15 eligibility requirements.** **2. IOIs who have previously served in the Area Supervisor assignment, but for less than two years, may not need to return to the Area Supervisor position to fulfill the two year requirement.** **3. IOIs who are currently serving in the Area Supervisor position will need to fulfill this requirement.** **To preview questions please click here.** Read more ### Background checks and security clearance ##### Security clearance Top Secret ##### Drug test required Yes * Required Documents Help ## Required Documents * Resume showing relevant experience (cover letter optional). * Most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, which shows your grade, career or career-conditional tenure and, a separate award SF-50 dated within the last 3 years, if applicable. * CTAP/ICTAP documentation, if applicable. ..... click apply for full job details
