ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

You will serve as a senior labor and employee relations specialist in the LABOR AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS BRANCH of the HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION in the CORPORA TE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT of NCWC Dahlgren Division.

The Secretary of Defense has ordered a department-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. This position is subject to the DoD hiring freeze.

Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption.

For the NT-05: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level NT-04 (GS-11/12) in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector providing expert management advisory services on conduct, performance, or labor-management functions and work practices to address a wide range of issues consistent with Federal employee and labor or employee relations laws and regulations.

This includes experience and skill in formal writing, drafting disciplinary letters and grievance responses; facilitating management inquiries; researching and analyzing case law to make recommendations; compiling and synthesizing information, briefing or training others; and communicating effectively with various levels of leadership.

For the NT-04: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the NT-03 pay band (GS-09/10 equivalent) in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector providing management advisory services on conduct, performance, or labor-management functions and work practices.

This includes experience and skill in formal writing; drafting disciplinary letters; researching and analyzing case law to make recommendations; compiling and synthesizing information; and communicating effectively with customers.

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. Major Duties:

• You will provide advice and technical support to managers on a variety of employee and labor relations issues.
• You will support management fact-finding inquiries and administrative investigations and write disciplinary letters.
• You will develop training, briefings, and technical documents in support of the LER function.
• You may negotiate with the unions in matters involving the collective bargaining agreement, changes in working conditions, and grievance resolution.
• You may train and mentor junior specialists and provide expert, legal sufficiency review of junior specialists' work.