HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (EMPL REL/LABOR REL)

Full Job Description

You will serve as a HR SPECIALIST (LR/ER) in the HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE, TOTAL FORCE DIRECTORATE of COMNAVREG MIDLANT NORFOLK.

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered.

Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position.

Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

To qualify for the GS-13: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Using a knowledge of labor relations laws, policies, regulations, precedents, Human Resources Management principles, Federal Civil Service statutes, regulations, and administrative law sufficient to develop Command policies and guidance; 2) Conducting probing and analysis to identify obscure or underlying causes affecting the agency regarding misconduct or poor performance.

3) Communicating agency wide labor relations policies and procedures to commands; and 4) Utilizing negotiation techniques in order to gain acceptance from management and union officials on implementation of recommendations, program goals and objectives, recommended enhancements and improvements resulting from labor and employee relations and related projects.

NOTE: This information must be supported in your resume to be considered for this position.

To qualify for the GS-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Using Employee and Labor Relations concepts, principles, laws and regulations to serve as a consultant to management in the areas of Labor and Employee Relations; 2) Assessing potential impact and precedent-setting implications of pending employee/labor disputes; 3) Developing new or modified HR work methods, approaches or procedures for delivering effective HR services to clients; 4) Advising management regarding negotiability determination and participating in negotiation sessions; 5) Providing advice and assistance to legal representatives of management in the technical aspects of personnel administration during formal hearings, grievances, and appeals.

NOTE: This information must be supported in your resume to be considered for the position.

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 authoritative advice to all levels within the command on specific and command-wide issues that impact Employee Relations functions and programs related to conduct, performance, attendance, and dispute resolution.
• You will develop management interests and respond to union interests, which can have a significant impact on production, involve large number of employees, involve interrelated issues and can be of considerable cost if unresolved.
• You will serve as Chief Spokesperson in representing the Command and advise negotiating committee members on the interpretation and applicability of arbitration decisions and precedent decisions to local situations.
• You will conduct extensive research, investigate, and analyze facts to identify obscure or underlying causes of misconduct or poor performance that are systematic problems in the agency.
• You will propose solutions to a broad range of HR Labor issues that are characterized by their importance, and severity and for which previous studies and established techniques are frequently inadequate.