HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (LABOR AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS)

Summary

You will serve as a Human Resources Specialist (Labor and Employee Relations) in the Labor & Employee Relations Branch of NAWCTSD ORLANDO.

Duties

• You will provide management consultant services including advice and authoritative policy interpretations on labor and employee relations issues.
• You will perform work that involves program administration, research, and case management in matters related to conduct, performance, attendance, and dispute resolution.
• You will provide advice to all levels of management in regard to the effect of OPM, DoW and Navy regulations on organizations and work processes.
• You will develop and lead training for employees and supervisors on a wide variety of employee relations matters to include performance management systems; discipline; alternative dispute resolution; and/or grievance processing.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the DA-03 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate some or all of the following: 1) Advising management on employee conduct, performance, attendance, leave, telework or remote-work issues, disciplinary or adverse actions, performance-based actions, grievances, administrative inquiries, and dispute-resolution matters; 2) Researching and analyzing complex employee relations cases; identifying root causes and risks; and recommending defensible, consistent, and progressive courses of action; 3) Preparing or reviewing employee relations documents, such as counseling memoranda, letters of requirement, reprimands, grievance responses, proposed or decision letters for disciplinary or adverse actions, settlement agreements, or case files; 4) Advising on, administering, or representing management in negotiated or administrative grievance, arbitration, mediation, Merit Systems Protection Board, or other third-party proceedings; 5) Applying Federal labor-management relations statutes, regulations, collective bargaining agreements, and related case law to support bargaining, contract administration, unfair labor practice matters, impasse issues, or labor-management disputes; 6) Participating in collective bargaining activities, including developing management interests, proposals, counterproposals, negotiation strategies, and written agreements; 7) Delivering management or employee training on employee relations, labor relations, performance management, discipline, grievance processing, or alternative dispute resolution. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.