Program Specialist (Physician Recruiter)

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/10/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year (1) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Example of the specialized commonly include, but are not limited to: planning, organizing and implementing a health care delivery system recruitment program; applying HR policies, laws and regulations to develop program/protocols that standardize work in filling vacancies; applying data analytics in conducting physician salary surveys, meeting performance metrics, evaluating dashboard metrics, developing reports, track and trend progress and using performance improvement techniques identifying and managing various pay plans/tables/tiers, occupational series, incentives; managing a complex program for a medical school affiliated medical center; and facilitating presentations, conducting education classes and negotiating salaries. Preferred experience; Physician Recruitment. Physical Requirements: Regular and recurring work performed involves sitting at a desk, and/or attendance at conferences/meetings. Some physical demands evolve from stressful and protracted negotiations as the liaison with all services and in putting together customized recruitment packages that will successfully place a physician in needed positions within the medical center. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.