You will serve as a SUPERVISORY HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (LABOR AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS) in the Labor and Employee Relations Department, Production Resource Division of the Fleet Human Resources Office of FLEET HRO NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

You will provide a full range of labor and employee relations service. You will provide assistance to Production managers and supervisors regarding employee relations where issues typically involve extremely difficult situations. You will provide overall advice and assistance on employee relations, discipline, adverse actions, grievances, performance management and recognition, employee counseling, and related functions. You will serve or participate as the Command representative on hearings before arbitrators Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) investigator, and any other third party dispute requiring representation. You will provide assistance to managers and supervisor in carrying out their mission with the constraints of applicable laws, regulations, and policy. You will develop and recommend plans, policies, and procedure for local administration of Department of Navy (DON) labor relations program, and ensure documentation of DON, FFC and local policies and procedure to management and staff officials. You will supervise employees engaged in advising management on the interpretation and application of negotiated agreements.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.
• This position may require occasional travel.

Qualifications

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: Experience providing advanced legal and regulatory principles, concepts, practices, analytical methods, consultative skill, experienced judgment skills and techniques of Employee Relations and Labor Relations sufficient to plan, organize, and conduct research of complex legal problems that involve major areas of uncertainty in approach, methodology, or interpretation to identify appropriate courses of action; Experience providing and developing authoritative advisory services, and policy interpretation of employee and labor related issues, and coordinate with Command attorneys, other HR functions, FFC/DON LER functional experts; Experience applying, broad labor relations concepts, principles, and practices, including non-traditional collaborative approaches to labor relations, labor-management partnership, alternative dispute resolution, interest-based bargaining, and facilitation; Experience providing staff advisory services on Command-wide issues pertaining to the potential impact of negotiations and third-party decisions concerning management rights as defined in statute and other local negotiated policies or agreements; Experience assessing potential impact and precedent-setting implications of pending disputes before third-party authorities; resolve the most difficult unfair labor practice charges and complaints; arbitration of grievances; resolution of negotiability issues; and conformance of labor agreements with applicable laws; Experience applying, advanced employee relations laws, regulations, principles, precedents, and policy sufficient to function as a subject matter expert concerning employee relations. Experience analyzing and solve particularly complex, unique, and sensitive problems and issues, such as those involving apparently conflicting laws or other requirements and those involving vague and untested areas of case law, where policy decisions and case strategy guidance have impact throughout the Command and FFC; Experience applying skills in oral and written communications sufficient to provide advice and guidance to serviced activities and other interested parties, and is highly skilled at routinely interact with high-ranking individuals. 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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address FLEET HRO NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD FFC HRO Portsmouth, VA 23701 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]