Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Human Resources, Management Talent Management Directorate, CBP Hiring Center. Additional selections may be made beyond the total number of vacancies specified using this vacancy announcement. Further selections may also be made for additional organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above.
As a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Human Resources Specialist (Classification) within the Classification Branch, you will support CBP's hiring mission by classifying General Schedule and Federal Wage System positions, reviewing position descriptions, conducting desk audits, maintaining position data, and assisting with position management activities.
This position starts at a salary of $55,012.00 (GS-07, Step 1) to $87,482.00 (GS-Gs-09, Step 10) with promotion potential to $126,859 (GS-12 Step 10). GS Salary: Visit this link to view the locality pay tables by geographic area. If you do not see your geographic area listed, select the "Rest of United States" pay table. Some positions fall under a special pay rate depending on the series, grade level and location of the position.
Please visit this link to view special pay rate charts. As a Human Resources Specialist (Classification) within the Classification Branch, you will perform duties such as the following: Classifiing position descriptions using Office of Personnel Management (OPM) classification standards by making determinations on the proper pay plan, title, series and grade level for General Schedule (GS) positions.
Assisting higher graded specialists, interpreting classification issuances, directives, regulations, laws and procedures Developing how to how to prepare evaluations reports of findings. Assisting higher graded specialists, making auxiliary determinations that rarely would result in controversy to classified positions. Receiving on the job training on several human resources software programs to assess information, record and enter data on positions
Please see the Qualifications and Required Documents sections for more information if education is applicable to this position.
Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages.
The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-9 and GS-11.
(When crediting education that requires specific course work, prorate the number of hours of related courses required as a proportion of the total education to be used.) More information on this qualification standard is located here.
cbphiring-applicantinquiry@cbp.dhs.gov · 855-500-3722
This position is with Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.
The posted pay range is $55012 – $87482/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-06.
There are 2 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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