Human Resources Assistant

This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), within either the Recruitment & Placement or Benefits & HR Processing team of the Department of Energy's BPA Human Resources Service Center. Depending on the team you join, you'll either serve as a guide for applicants, ensuring all hiring actions are accurate and compliant with federal regulations, or you will manage key employee data-such as pay actions, promotions, and benefits-to support our dedicated workforce).

Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application.

External Application Link(s)

26-BPA-50575-12913450=DE https://www.usajobs.gov/job/861483500

Open & Close date: Open: 03/17/2026 Close: 03/26/2026

LOCATION(s) Portland, OR

SALARY: $43,892 to - $63,605 per year

Duties

Power the Future: Be the Human Connection Behind Public Service!

Role

Bonneville Power Administration is at the forefront of the Pacific Northwest's energy landscape, and our mission is powered by our people. As a Human Resources Assistant, you will be a critical part of the team that builds and supports our dedicated workforce. You will provide essential services that directly impact the careers and well-being of every employee, ensuring BPA can continue to deliver clean, reliable energy to the region. In this role, you will specialize in one of two key areas:

If you join our Benefits & HR Processing team, you will:

• Ensure the integrity of our workforce data by processing and finalizing official personnel actions, such as promotions and new appointments, serving as the final quality check.
• Act as an HR detective, investigating complex employee histories to resolve retroactive pay or benefits issues in collaboration with legal and employee relations experts.
• Serve as a pay and compensation specialist, analyzing and applying complex regulations to solve payroll discrepancies and guarantee every employee is paid accurately and on time.
• Welcome new employees by managing their onboarding process, helping them navigate and enroll in critical benefits like retirement, health insurance, and other valuable programs.
  
  

If you join our Recruitment & Placement team, you will:

• Act as the central support hub for our staffing program, providing clear and timely information to applicants and managers about hiring processes, application status, and diverse job opportunities.
• Become the team's specialist on our automated HR systems, providing expert advice and guidance to ensure hiring actions are processed smoothly and efficiently.
• Serve as a guardian of compliance by interpreting and applying federal regulations and internal policies to prepare official hiring actions for final approval.
• Meticulously craft and review recruitment communications, ensuring every detail is accurate and professional to provide a best-in-class experience for candidates and hiring teams.
• Design or draft training courses and curricula, including all training materials, references, manuals, job aids, etc, based on deep understanding of adult learning theory, valid design principles and rigorous design methodologies.
• Consult with stakeholders to perform full instructional design and development from needs assessments through recommendations and implementation of instructor-led or E-Learning training.
• Leads the design of and serves as a subject matter expert in internal training evaluations.
• Develop, facilitate, and provide training courses as required.
• Complete needs assessments to assess current culture, work environment, and identifies factors affecting organizational effectiveness and operations.
• Write course descriptions, course marketing information, etc. to be used in advertising training courses.