ENTRY LEVEL

Description: These competencies identify the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for a trainee position while receiving training designed for development with work performed under close supervision.

I. Personnel Management

II. Advisory Services

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Ability to interpret and apply guidelines, regulations, and policies

Knowledge and understanding of personnel management principles, concepts, and techniques to perform limited analyses and solution development of personnel problems

Basic knowledge of classification principles

Basic knowledge of staffing procedures

Basic knowledge of Federal and NPS time and attendance procedures

DEVELOPMENTAL LEVEL

Description: These competencies identify the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for an advanced trainee/specialist for a unit. Work is performed as an advanced trainee with higher delegation of authority and with limited review.

I. Personnel Management

II. Advisory Services

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of the principles, concepts, and methodology of personnel management and ability to apply them to a variety of personnel functions

Knowledge of applicable principles and concepts of classification, pay, staffing, employee relations, and employee development in order to locate, interpret, and apply them to operating assignments and problems

Ability to perform basic negotiation techniques to participate in management/labor negotiations

FULL PERFORMANCE LEVEL

Description: These competencies identify the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities to perform duties in three or more specialized series in personnel for a unit. Work is performed under full delegation of authority.

I. Personnel Management

II. Advisory Services

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of organizational needs to develop and implement position management principles

Knowledge of position classification standards and FWS job grading standards to evaluate positions

Knowledge of laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to pay and leave administration to carry out pay and leave procedures

Knowledge of legal, regulatory, and procedural requirements in the appointment, reinstatement, promotion, etc. for all types of positions

Knowledge of laws, regulations, and procedures relating to employee rights and benefits to advise employees and management

Knowledge of performance appraisal system to advise on its use as a management tool

Skill in effectively communicating, verbally and in writing, with persons at different levels of the organization to explain procedures, policies, rules that are of a legal or technical nature

Knowledge of labor relations programs and issues in relation to management/labor partnerships

Ability to interpret and analyze laws, regulations, and policies in relation to management/labor relations

Ability to analyze work force composition to coordinate and implement an effective Affirmative Action Plan

Ability to represent the agency before a third party, such as the Merit Systems Protection Board