Summary You will serve as a HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (EMPLOYEE & LABOR RELATIONS) in the US FLEET FORCES COMMAND HR SERVICES BRANCH (1102.6), LABOR AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD. Responsibilities You will provide assistant to management on all matters relating to labor and employee relations. You will serve as a point of contact between labor organizations and management. You will provide authoritative technical assistance and solutions to problems/issues. You will coordinate and/or prepare responses to external program review findings and recommendations regarding sensitive issues. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications GS-09 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience assisting legal representatives of management in the technical aspects of personnel administration during formal hearings, grievances, and appeals. Experience applying labor relations theories, concepts, practices, laws, rules, regulations, precedents, and procedures. Experience assisting management in the negotiation of labor relation matters. Experience performing complex fact-finding, analytical, and problem-solving methods and techniques. Experience in written and oral communication to prepare and present findings and recommendations relevant to difficult and controversial issues as related to L/ER instructions and guidance. GS-07 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience establishing and maintaining highly effective relationships with and gain confidence and cooperation of supervisors and managers to resolve difficult and controversial issues. Experience in applying complex fact-finding, analytical and problem-solving methods and techniques. Experience being liaison capacity between customers, command personnel and applicable operations to work customer service issues. Experience in written and oral communications to prepare and present finding and recommendations relevant to difficult and controversial issues. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0200/human-resources-management-series-0201/ 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: GS-09 master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related GS-07 1 full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information. Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined well qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
