Kimaney Brown

I am a seasoned project manager with experience managing a variety of hiring project services agreements including Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) examining services agreement; Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) 21st Century Cures services agreement, and Senior Executive Service (SES) Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) Review, services agreement. When I am not providing direct oversight, I am providing senior consultative HR and examining support to other Staff Acquisition projects. My project management style involves collaborating, administering, and providing advice to teams and agencies on a broad spectrum of examining subject matter and financial management, such as:

• Providing consultative advice and operational support for the full range of examining functions including onboarding.
• Collaborating internally (with other SA employees) and externally with current customer agencies to help develop HR staffing solutions.
• Applying research, knowledge, and expertise in federal hiring and staffing to devise and implement practical and cost-effective strategies for recruitment challenges.
• Analyzing data and metrics to provide the customer financial fitness and forecasting reports (project status, data, and financial analysis).
• Estimating and coordinating resources to fulfill commitment to customer needs and agreement.
• Preparing and proposing a plan of action using financial analyses and burn-down charts.
• Establishing and maintaining rapport with internal and external customers to maintain effective relationships (e.g., customer outreach and trusted technical consult).
• Applying thoughtful and polished writing skills to create detailed and easy to understand products in final draft form for broad and high-level audiences.
• Articulating decisions in writing (using appropriate research and HR sources).
• Participating in quality assurance reviews of recruitment case work to ensure compliance and adherence to the Delegated Examining procedures and Merit System Principles.
• Reviewing work of HR colleagues to provide HR system and policy coaching, constructive feedback, and to provide direction in resolving errors to ensure compliance with policies, laws, and regulations.
• Mentoring and coaching new project managers and HR Specialists on examining services projects and providing on-demand assistance to ensure comprehension of project management principles and federal HR policies.

As an HR Specialist I performed the full range of examining functions using the USA Staffing talent acquisition system, which included:

• Identifying hiring flexibilities; conducting job analyses, identifying competencies, and creating vacancy announcements.
• Reviewing applications for ICTAP/CTAP, veterans' preference, qualifications, eligibilities, and other requirements.
• Rating and ranking applicants; creating certificates of eligible; and auditing certificates.
• Interpreting and applying HR practices, regulations, and precedents to provide comprehensive HR management advisory and technical services.
• Performing a full range of recruitment administrative services such as pay setting and determining the legal nature of action and authority to process personnel actions.
• Developing and delivering briefings and correspondence to hiring managers to foster understanding and acceptance of findings and recommendations.
• Advising management on recruitment strategies, sources, and recruitment, relocation, and retention incentive programs.
• Applying pay-setting and compensation guidance to recruitment, relocation, and retention incentives.
• Providing guidance on merit system principles, prohibited personnel practices, and the development and use of valid selection criteria.
• Establishing and maintaining effective relationships to gain confidence and cooperation of management on difficult issues dealing with staffing their organizations.
• Initiating extensive research and analyses to draft and resolve complex actions including regulatory services and formal complaints and inquiries.
• Utilizing automated systems to perform recruitment actions, publish vacancy announcements, and process personnel actions (e.g. Defense Civilian Personnel Data System [DCPDS], USA Staffing, Onboarding Manager, etc.)
• Utilizing various classification references and automated tools to ensure positions meet classification requirements and standards.
• Assisting with making determinations in the proper crediting of factor levels and allocation of grade levels to positions.
• Communicating grade distinctions to management with supporting criteria and justification.
• Determining correct classification by comparison to existing standards related to the work.
• Utilizing automated personnel programs to input, correct, and retrieve data and initiate action documents.

As an HR Specialist I performed the full range of examining functions using the USA Staffing talent acquisition system, which included:

• Analyzing, selecting, and applying U.S Office of Personnel Management (OPM) qualification standards to prepare placement products, issue referral certificates, construct position analysis, and develop evaluation plans.
• Evaluating position descriptions to formulate quantitative assessments for employment.
• Verifying applications are commensurate with assessment results and applicable regulations to certify eligibility for employment.
• Performing recruitment administrative services such as pay setting and determining legal nature of action and authority to process personnel actions.
• Applying pay-setting and compensation guidance to recruitment, relocation, and retention incentives.
• Exploring potential candidate sources including reassignment, reinstatement, and utilize priority placement programs to fill vacancies.
• Initiating extensive research and analyses to draft and resolve complex actions including regulatory services and formal complaints and inquiries.
• Applying OPM/competitive examining or Merit HR practices and regulations to resolve specialized recruitment and placement problems and provide authoritative decisions.
• Providing advice to management on various types of appointments and their appropriate application in both competitive and excepted services.
• Developing presentations of specific actions regarding difficult issues to educate peers.
• Establishing and maintained effective relationships to gain confidence and cooperation of management.
• Performing complex fact finding, analytical, and problem solving methods and techniques to resolve problems related to qualification determinations and rating and ranking applicants.
• Utilizing automated systems to perform recruitment actions, publish vacancy announcements, and process personnel actions (e.g. Defense Civilian Personnel Data System [DCPDS], USA Staffing, Onboarding Manager, etc.).