You will serve as a HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (EMPLOYEE AND LABOR RELATIONS) in the Business and Strategic Planning Office (1200), Business Operations Division (1220) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

You will serve in an advisory capacity to management in all stages of disciplinary/adverse actions and related Employee Relations cases. You will provide input on decisions, which have an impact on overall HR policy at serviced commands. You will serve as a "troubleshooter" or "consultant" to management on all ER/LR issues with overall responsibility for resolving controversial, complex problems. You will provide authoritative technical assistance and solutions on novel and obscure problems/issues. You will coordinate and/or prepare responses to external program review findings and recommendations regarding sensitive issues. You will provide guidance, consultation and staff assistance on all ER/LR matters. You will perform work that includes developing agreements between management and labor organizations, alternative dispute resolutions (ADR), contract negotiations, arbitration hearings, and unfair labor practice (ULP) complaints, etc. You will serve as negotiating team member or chief spokesperson on contract negotiation, mid-term bargaining and impact and implementation of negotiations. You will serve as agency management representative and/or technical advisor in hearing.

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.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

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 in applying the full range of labor and employee relations theories, principles, methods, and techniques. Experience having detailed knowledge of general human resources management principles, the "sunsetted" Federal Personnel Manual and/or its successor documents from OPM, third party case law and related resources (FLRA, MSPB, EEOC, FSIP, etc.) and all human resources regulations with special emphasis in the areas of labor and employee relations and EEO. Experience with creative thinking and ingenuity to provide responsive management advisory services, sound solutions to urgent and complex problems and quality representational services. FOR THE 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 maintain highly effective relationships with and gain confidence and cooperation of supervisor and managers in order to resolve difficult and controversial issues. Experience in written and oral communications to prepare and present finding and recommendations relevant to difficult and controversial issues. Experience in a liaison capacity between customers, command personnel and applicable operations to work customer service issues. 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

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

GS-09: Successfully complete master's degree or equivalent graduate degree or two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree.

GS-07: Successfully complete one full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement.

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.

Contacts

• Address NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD NNSY Portsmouth, VA 23709 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]