You will serve as a Human Resources Specialist (Labor and Employee Relations) in the Civilian Workforce Management division of COMMANDER - NAVAL INSTALLATIONS.

Duties

You will develop, implement and evaluate long-range plans and specific projects to accomplish delivery of labor and employee relations programs and services. You will provide expert technical guidance regarding a wide range of complex, highly sensitive and controversial labor and employee relations issues to include DON LR/ER policy, program development and field operations issues. You will conduct briefings on policy, concerns and/or status at meetings or conferences. You will develop training material and user manuals on LR/ER topics. You will provide advice and guidance as it relates to performance awards as applicable per annual higher level guidance. You will ensure that data cals are completed in a timely manner, follow-up in taskers until completion and update the tracking mechanisms with the latest status.

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.

Qualifications

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 broad knowledge of labor relations laws, policies, regulations, precedents, advanced Human Resources Management principles, Federal Civil Service statutes, regulations, and administrative law sufficient to develop Command policies and guidance; 2) Conducting extensive 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; 3) Utilizing negotiation techniques in order to gain acceptance from management and union officials on implementation of study recommendations, program goals and objectives, recommended enhancements and improvements resulting from labor and employee relations and related projects and complex studies; and 5) Designing complex special projects (i.e., labor and employee relations, planning or wide scale changes in mission, workforce reductions, reorganizations, geographic work shifts, changes in skills and technology, events that profoundly affect the Command) to develop and evaluate proposals and initiatives to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Command Performance. 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; and 5) Providing advice and assistance to legal representatives of management in the technical aspects of personnel administration during formal hearings, grievances, and appeals. 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 COMMANDER - NAVAL INSTALLATIONS 716 Sicard Street SE Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20374-5140 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]