Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Human Resources Specialist (Employee/Labor Relations). You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Sacramento, California This is not a virtual position.

Duties

The primary duties of this position are: Provides advice, assistance and training on discipline, adverse actions, grievances, performance management, leave, retirements, ethics, and related areas such as employee counseling and the Employee Assistance Program. Processes adverse and disciplinary actions, grievances and appeals. Seeks to resolve employee behavioral problems and/or other organizational difficulties. Provides labor relations support to assigned organizations. Collaborates with union officials and management to foster working relationships and partnerships, negotiate contract provisions, and resolve bargaining and employee-union problems. Conducts annual wage surveys for bargaining-board jobs and coordinates with management to negotiate wage rates, overtime, and other premium pay. Applies extensive knowledge of legal, regulatory, policy and procedural program requirements. Conducts legal research and fact-finding to obtain relevant data, analyzes findings, recommends appropriate courses of action, and assists in developing supporting documentation.

Requirements

Qualifications

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume. To qualify at the GS-12, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-11 level in federal service. Specialized experience at this level is defined as: applying employee relations concepts, principles, and practices; knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements and case law (e.g., reasonable accommodation, prohibited human resource practices, and third-party powers and procedures); experience in applying labor relations theories, principles, methods, and techniques to determine management interests and proposals; experience advising employees and management on regulations and processes associated with discipline, adverse actions, grievances and appeals, and performance management; experience negotiating labor contracts and representing management in dealings with union officials. These examples are not all-inclusive. 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; 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Time-In-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower-grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Applicants eligible under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) are not required to meet time-in-grade restrictions in order to be considered. You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors if applicable, by 07/28/2023.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Contacts

• Address Div of Human Resources Bureau of Reclamation 2800 Cottage Way Sacramento, CA 95825 US
• Name: BOR CA Great Basin Human Resources Office
• Phone: 916-978-5476
• Email: [email protected]