You will serve as a HR SPEC (EMPLOYEE RELATIONS/LABOR RELATIONS) in the LABOR AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT AT THE FLEET HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE, PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD of FLEET HRO PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

You will provide labor relations and employee assistance to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. You will assist negotiator or member/technical advisor for management in contract negotiations, mid-term negotiations, and conduct post-negotiations agreement training for management. You will assist with negotiating or advising on highly difficult or complex issues. You will research fact, legal precedents, and define legal and factual parameters/issues of cases.

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

To Qualify for the GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 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 communicating labor relation policies and procedures to management and staff of the local organization. Experience relating existing precedents to specific issues in justifying management's views. Experience advising management about appropriate disciplinary or other corrective techniques that are responsive to a range of conduct and performance problems. Experience conducting extensive probing and analysis to identify the root cause of an employee's misconduct or poor performance. Experience comprehending laws, rules, regulations, precedents, and policies. To Qualify for the 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 conducting extensive probing and analysis to identify the root cause of an employee's misconduct or poor performance. Experience comprehending laws, rules, regulations, precedents, and policies. Experience in fact finding, analyzing, negotiating, investigating, advocating positions, communicating, persuading, and consulting. Experience work requiring the identification and resolution of major problems or controversial issues, which is acceptable to management and third parties. Experience utilizing the basic principles and practices of Human Resources specialization as well as referring to applicable materials and manuals. 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 or 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

Education Requirement at the GS-11 Level:
Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
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Successful completion of three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
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LL.M., if related
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A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience

Education Requirement at the GS-09 Level:
Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree
-OR-
Successful completion of two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree
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Possession of an LL.B. or J.D. that is related to this position being filled. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/
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A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.

Contacts

• Address FLEET HRO PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD FLTHRO Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, ME 03804-5000 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]