Federal Human Capital Management

We utilize a systemic process to identify gaps in the current workforce and the mission and human capital needs of the future. We conduct in-depth reviews of organizational data, analyzing workforce size, demographics, critical skills, employee trends, and contractor utilization. Using this data, we model future workforce scenarios aligned with your strategic priorities. We identify staffing and skill gaps, as well as surpluses, and develop targeted strategies with actionable roadmaps to address both short-term and long-term needs.

We provide analysis and assessment on optimal organizational design. We offer consult on alignment of the organizational and position structures with the strategic mission and objectives of the organization. We review and analyze your organization’s mission, functions, strategic objectives, work processes, and workloads; we make recommendations on the skills mix (occupational types, grade levels, and numbers of positions in each occupational category) required to achieve strategic objectives. We identify functional interrelationships, workflow and work process bottlenecks and inefficiencies and offer solutions with improved work process and workflow reengineering. We develop organizational structures and staffing models that facilitate efficient and effective achievement of strategic objectives.

We offer consulting services in development of strategies, policies and programs that motivate and empower employees with a sense of purpose, accomplishment and alignment to your organization mission.

Our team supports human capital strategic planning with change management strategies and clear communication plans, using advanced data visualizations to provide leaders with the insights necessary for informed decisions.

We offer targeted or holistic program evaluation to ensure audit preparedness. Benefit from our customized evaluation and audit services to meet specific needs of your agency. Taken advantage of our informed audits and empirical assessments. We utilize workforce data, customized surveys, and program performance data to deliver a comprehensive assessment of your program’s effectiveness.

• Perform classification analyses, desk audits, and review position duties to prepare and revise Position Descriptions (PDs), evaluation statements, and related advice.
• Analyze and propose updates to outdated classification standards, including preparing formal requests to the OPM.
• Facilitate focus groups to assess classification standards, document impacts on operations, and recommend changes based on the OPM rules and regulations.

• Collaborate with SMEs and hiring managers to create job analyses, assessments, and vacancy announcements using USA Staffing Upgrade.
• Review candidate qualifications, apply preferences, and produce certificates of eligible candidates.
• Support recruitment processes, including strategic meetings, applicant reviews, and maintaining complete hiring documentation.

• Extend employment offers and draft tentative and final offer letters in line with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) compensation policies.
• Process employment records per the OPM guidelines.
• Use HRIS and USA Staffing systems for onboarding and reporting purposes.

• Provide expert Employee Relations (ER) and Labor Relations (LR) services, including guidance on disciplinary actions, labor agreements, grievances, and compliance with laws, regulations, and policies.
• Advise and support management on union and employee rights, performance management, mediation, arbitration decisions, and developing solutions for complex labor-related issues.
• Conduct training on discipline, labor policy, and rights while preparing reports, analyzing programs, and addressing inquiries from unions, employees, and other stakeholders.

• Provide counseling and assistance with retirement planning, benefits, and required paperwork.
• Facilitate retirement planning sessions, benefits presentations, and workforce restructuring support (e.g., VERA/VSIP, RIF).
• Process and manage personnel actions for retirement, disability, death cases, and Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act (FERCCA) corrections.

• Manage investigative packages, background investigation processes, and fingerprint requests while ensuring compliance with the OPM guidelines for higher-level investigations.
• Prepare administrative directive (AD) requests for reciprocity, public trust, and national security investigations, ensuring alignment with national security standards.
• Analyze relevant information using the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and the OPM adjudicative guidelines to assess both favorable and unfavorable data.