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Duties

WHAT IS THE Human Capital Office DIVISION? A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas: Human Capital Office of Human Resource Operations Labor/Employee Relations and Negotiations The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. Incumbent serves as the Service's representative in negotiations/discussions with national representatives of National Treasury Employee Union (NTEU) for issues having significant service-wide impact. Serves as primary resource for senior executives and managers in matters of current interest and provides expert and authoritative technical advice on a wide variety of highly complex and potentially sensitive labor relations problems and issues. Carries out high level discussions with representatives of policy-making agencies as well as representatives from Treasury, Agency-Wide Shared Services (AWSS), and other agencies concerning significant labor relations issues, development of labor relations legislation and regulations, and the application of precedent to difficult problems. Serves as an expert labor relations specialist having mastered the specialized knowledge of federal sector labor relations laws, precedents, regulations, and practices. Responsible for labor and employee relations strategic plans. Identifies management's short and long term objectives, develops agency policy, and formulates recommendations for a labor relations program strategy that will support the accomplishment of those objectives.

Requirements

Qualifications

Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement: GS-14: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Knowledge of executive orders, regulations, principles, practices, and techniques of labor relations, and knowledge of objectives, principles, policies, and procedures of personnel management to provide integrated solutions to labor/ employee relations problems/issues. In addition, you must have experience negotiating collective bargaining/ union mid-term changes and/or bargaining over matters with a large union representation of employees (i.e., NTEU); knowledge of labor management relations statutes and/or executive orders and the ability to use it as a framework in recognition, consultation, and negotiation with labor organizations; knowledge of current issues, problems, and procedures in federal and non-federal sector labor relations to develop policy and provide a wide range of advisory services and a high level of consultative support; experience utilizing communication techniques, both orally and in writing, sufficient to explain, persuade, guide, counsel, question, and respond regarding complex and complicated concepts and situations to a wide variety of people with varying technical expertise, and educational backgrounds. AND MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the GS-05 grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position you are applying to. Advancement to positions up to GS-05 is permitted if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade held within the preceding 52 weeks. AND TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens". For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

Education

For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.
A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click here (Section 3, Explanation of Terms) or here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.

Contacts

• Address HCO OHRO - Labor/Employee Relations and Negotiations 1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
• Phone: 866-743-5748