HR Specialist II (Policy Writer)

Statement of Work (SOW)

PURPOSE: The United States Capitol Police (USCP) is seeking professional services from qualified vendors with extensive experience in a full array of human resources services/programs, human capital management services related to the Officer of Human Resources (OHR), and professional acquisition and contract support related to the Office of Acquisition Management (OAM).

BACKGROUND: The United States Capitol Police (USCP) is responsible for protecting Congress, its legislative processes, members, staff, visitors, and facilities from crime, disruption, and terrorism.  The Office of Human Resources (OHR) provides a full array of human resources and human capital management services to USCP for both sworn and civilian employees.  These services include both operational and programmatic functions in areas such as staffing and position classification, employee/labor relations, benefits and retirement, compensation, personnel action and payroll processing, human capital strategy, and policy program development, and human capital strategic functions such as workforce planning, organizational development, performance management. 

Place of Performance: USCP located on the 7th floor of the Fairchild Building, 499 South Capitol Street, SW, Washington, DC 20003.

Period of Performance: one (1) year base starting in August 2025 and four (4) Option years.

Schedule: Work shall be performed during normal business hours from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday–Friday.  Business may be conducted on Holidays, e.g., Columbus Day, Presidents’ Day, and Veterans’ Day.

Requirements:

• Consultant role providing human capital policy development and internal control implementation. 

• Experience as an HR Specialist in the Executive or Legislative Branch is highly preferred. 

• At least six (6) years of experience supporting a federal agency with the comprehensive development and writing of special studies, cases, and white papers. 

• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities.

• Excellent writing skills with specific attention to detail, a writing sample will be required. Excellent analytical and research skills. 

• Excellent customer service skills.

• Must be able to innovate and suggest novel approaches to address Human Capital goals and objectives. Proficient in Excel, Visio, MS Project, and PowerPoint.

Duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assist OHR management with the inventory of current policies and procedures.  Map OHR processes to identify policies, workflow, process flow, assigned accountability, and internal controls.  Asses the completeness and adequacy of existing policies, processes, procedures and policies; and recommend remedial action where necessary.

• Make recommendations for development of new policies, processes, and procedures; and assist with their development and implementation to include associated collateral materials.  Assist with the creation of a documented, standardized, repeatable process for periodic testing on OHR internal controls; including process evaluation and remedial action.

• Tracks policy and standard operating procedures (SOPs) development.

• Develops and implements internal audit protocols to measure the effectiveness of and accountability to existing policies and SOPs. Makes recommendations for improvement to eliminate gaps or inconsistencies to bring OHR into compliance.

• Researches and develops position papers and human capital process changes.

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