Human Resources Specialist (ELR/Performance Management)
Federal Transit Administration · Department of Transportation
This job in plain English
This is a full-time, permanent Human Resources Specialist job in Employee and Labor Relations with the Federal Transit Administration in Washington, DC. It uses direct hire, may require up to 25% travel, and may close early after 75 applications.
It may close early. This job will close when 75 applications are received, which may be before the closing date of 10/26/2026.
Can you apply?
Yes, if you are a U.S. citizen: this job is open to everyone.
- Displaced federal employeesFederal employees who lost or are losing their job through a reduction in force (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).
- Open to everyoneAny U.S. citizen or national can apply. Some jobs also accept non-citizens; the announcement says so.
Other groups listed above may get extra consideration, for example veterans' preference.
Only U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and those who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply. Federal employees whose job or agency was eliminated, under CTAP or ICTAP, get priority, and veterans' preference does not apply because this is a direct hire.
What you would do
- Analyze complex employee and labor relations issues and give strategic guidance to managers.
- Administer and maintain agency employee and labor relations programs, including negotiating agreements.
- Manage HR programs such as performance management, awards, telework, and leave.
- Oversee and facilitate the agency's drug testing program.
Do you qualify for GS-11 to GS-13?
With experience: For GS-11, you need one year of experience equal to GS-9 that includes researching regulations for performance or discipline cases and helping process routine performance, leave, and telework actions. For GS-12 or GS-13, you need one year of experience equal to the grade below that includes managing HR programs, advising managers on employee relations, or evaluating agency-wide employee and labor relations operations.
With education: For GS-11 only, you can qualify with 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or a mix of graduate education and experience, supported by your resume and transcripts. You cannot qualify on education at GS-12 or GS-13; you must have experience.
How to apply well
What to send:
- Resume, two pages maximum, showing dates, full or part-time status, hours per week, and titles
- Federal series and grade on resume for any federal jobs
- Answers to the assessment questionnaire in full paragraph narrative format
- College or graduate transcripts if qualifying through education
- For CTAP or ICTAP: most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility letter, and most current SF-50
How you will be rated: Applications are first checked for basic qualifications. Those who qualify are rated on knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) through narrative answers, and may be referred to the selecting official. Experience not fully supported by your resume will be disallowed, and incomplete applications will not be considered.
Tips for this job:
- Make sure your resume shows employment dates, full or part-time status, and hours per week for every job, or that experience may not count.
- Start each narrative answer with the exact position title, organization, dates, hours, and series and grade, matching your resume.
- Apply early and check that all documents show in your application, since the job may close after 75 applications and uploads alone do not guarantee inclusion.
Good to know before you apply
Schedule: Full-time, permanent position.
Conditions of employment:
- Must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national
- 1-year probationary period
- Selective Service registration for males born after 12/31/1959
- Government travel card for official business
- Background security investigation and favorable adjudication
- Appointment subject to successful completion of background investigation
We wrote this summary automatically from the official announcement. The announcement on USAJOBS is the only one that counts: read it before you apply.
Job details
- Salary
- $85,447 – $158,322 per year
- Pay scale and grade
- GS-11 to GS-13 · General Schedule
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Appointment
- Permanent
- Work schedule
- Full-time
- Service
- Competitive
- Openings
- 1
- Security clearance
- Not Required
- Travel
- 25% or less
- Drug test
- Not required
- Supervisory
- No
- Occupation
- Human Resources Management (0201)
- Announcement
- FTA.TAD-2026-0002
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