Total 3 Junior Executive level Human Resources job vacancies in Bethesda, Maryland

Specific duties include:

• Leads a unit or team of employees performing work at the GS-5/6/7 level.
• Provides guidance and technical direction for accomplishing the work of the unit or team.
• Ensures the work assignments of employees in the unit or team are carried out.
• Works with the supervisor in the assignment of functions to team members in order to meet routine and unusual deadlines and priorities.
• Serves as work leader, ensuring the work assignments of employees in the unit are carried out.
• Distributes and balances workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow and/or job specialization. In case of a shortage of personnel due to scheduled or unscheduled leave, responsible for filing in and for distributing the workload to other team members to ensure smooth workflow.
• Ensures the timely accomplishment of assigned tasks, and ensures that each employee has enough work to keep busy. Monitors the status and progress of work and makes day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities.
• Maintains current knowledge and answers questions about other employee's procedures, policies and directives.
• Trains or arranges for the training of team members in the accomplishment of tasks or projects. Gives on-the-job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and practices.
• Monitors and reports on the status and progress of work, checks on work in progress, and reviews completed work to see that the supervisor's instructions on work priorities, methods, deadlines, and quality have been met.
• Obtains assistance and/or need information from the supervisor on problems that may arise or backlogs that cannot be disposed of promptly.
• Checks work in progress or spot checks work not requiring review, and reviews completed work to see that the supervisor's instruction on work sequence, procedures, methods, and deadlines have been met.
• Amends or rejects work not meeting established standards; refers to questions or matters not covered by standards and problems in meeting performance standards to the supervisor.
• Performs the following limited administrative personnel management functions:

1. Approves emergency leave for a few hours or for emergencies.
2. Provides information to the supervisor concerning promotions, reassignment, recognition of outstanding performance, and personnel needs.
3. Informs employees of available employee benefits, services, and work-related activities.
4. Reports to the supervisor on performance, progress, and training needs of employees, and on behavior problems.
5. Resolves simple, informal complaints of employees and refers others, such as formal grievances and appeals, to the supervisor or an appropriate management official.

• Perform a wide range of military HR actions in support of BDE HQs military personnel.
• Maintain a control log whereby leave and passes are tracked.
• Advise BDE on status of assigned HR actions, issues encountered, and recommends solutions, when appropriate.
• Performs mailroom duties to include receiving, sorting, and distributing mail.

• Provides regulatory guidance on all aspects of military personnel operations.
• Coordinates assignment instructions for all incoming and outgoing soldiers.
• Council's soldiers and eligible family members on retirement and separation processing.
• Assists retirement eligible personnel or family members with their elections for the Survivors Benefits Plan (SBP).
• Administers the authorization of benefits under the Former Spouse Protection Act.