Supervisory Human Resources Specialist (Employee Relations/ Labor Relations) Temp. Promotion/ Detail

Full Job Description

This position serves as the Supervisory HR Specialist of the Employee and Labor Relations (ER/LR) Division of the Network's Human Resources (HR) Management Office.

Temporary Promotion/Detail Not to Exceed One Year: May be extended to additional periods with the possibility of permanent placement as determined by agency policy; or may end prior to one year as determined by network need.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/13/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.

If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement.

In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Experience serving as a senior staff advisor/supervisor or technical expert in BOTH Employee Relations and Labor Relations; resolve issues that had potential bargaining unit impacts; developing and arguing arbitration, Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), and unfair labor practice cases on behalf of the Medical Center; providing a wide range of advisory services to managers relative to disciplinary and adverse actions, grievances, appeals, unfair labor practices, contract violations, workforce/work environment factors; independently resolving issues on the application of negotiated agreements and Federal Labor Relations Authority decisions, resolution of grievances, and arbitration proceedings; establish guidelines and performance expectations for staff; plan and conduct ER and LR program reviews to evaluate program effectiveness; develop work improvement plans; direct and provide oversight of a team engaged in special studies affecting major programs and/or policies.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Communication Employee Relations Human Resources Management Labor Relations Technical Competence Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; 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.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities.

Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The work is mainly sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work.

However, there is also daily walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items such as papers, books and small objects.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Major Duties:

Duties for this position include but are not limited to: Plan, implement, coordinate and review all Employee and Labor Relations program activities to ensure conformance with OPM, VA, VHA, VISN 6 and Medical Center objectives.

Provide advice, consultative service and guidance to all supervisory levels throughout the VISN on human resources management principles, techniques, and acceptable personnel practices.

Provide advice consultative service and guidance on statutory, regulatory, and procedural requirements from agencies/organizations such as the Merit System Protection Board, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Inspector General, Joint Commission, and other bodies.

Responsible for internal control and operation of service activities and for the planning, directing and managing of the VISN 6 Employee and Labor Relations Division.

Ensure national policy and program updates, changes, announcements, etc. are implemented in the VISN, including all necessary trainings occur for proper implementation.

Evaluate the HR employee relations program and review and analyze the effects of proposed and actual changes to policies and guidelines.

Provide advisory services to program managers on significant issues, such as establishing criteria, formulating projects, or researching or analyzing a variety of unusual conditions, problems, or questions.

Review performance and conduct related actions and provide guidance. Communicate agency-wide labor relations policies and procedures to management VISN-wide.

Serve as a team member in planning, organizing, and directing team efforts in conducting major evaluations of VISN employee and labor relations program operations and comparable studies.

Plan, organize, direct, coordinate, review, and evaluate the work of subordinate HR staff. Identify training needs and directs or provides for training.

Counsel employees on behavior and initiates disciplinary actions if required.

Work Schedule: Mon-Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Telework: Ad-hoc, as determined by VA policy Virtual: Selectee will remain at their current duty station.

The final salary determination will be based on the selectee's physical location. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Human Resources Specialist (Employee Relations/ Labor Relations) Temp.

Promotion/ Detail/PD99979S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required