The incumbent serves as a HR Specialist (Labor & Employee Relation), technical advisor to management on the administration and operations of LER programs.

Duties

FV-G Duties: The incumbent is responsible for the full range of employee relations and labor relations programs. The specialist researches and produces a wide range of original, written documents, including legal briefs and other advocacy materials. Other duties include but are not limited to the following: Serves as technical authority and provides counsel and assistance to management about union/management relations and grievances, as well as disciplinary, performance-based and other adverse actions; Recommends appropriate actions and alternatives; provides counsel and assistance to management and employees on all matters arising under the Agency’s Accountability Board program; Provides counsel and assistance in administering a wide number of union contracts; Researches and interprets the Federal Labor Management Relations Statute and Merit Systems Protection Board case law; Facilitates informal resolutions of grievances and ULPs; and Assists the agency advocate in arbitration hearings and other Third Party Proceedings, including but not limited to Pre-arbitration Review (PAR) meetings. Additional duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to, maintaining essential data in the Labor and Employee Information System (LERIS) in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures.

Requirements

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Occasional travel may be required.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• Successful completion of a security investigation may be required.
• Employee will report to FAA facility.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position at the FV-G level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-F or FG/GS-10/11 level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.To qualify for this position at the FV-H level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-G or FG/GS-12 level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.To qualify for this position at the FV-I level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-H or FG/GS-13 level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.Specialized experience includes experience as a Human Resources Professional, Attorney in the area of personnel law, or Union Representative.Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. Applicants should include examples of their specialized experience in their work history.Special Note Concerning Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSAs listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.In addition to the minimum qualifications, the following has been determined to be a selective factor for this position.- Applicants must have experience practicing before a 3rd party at arbitration, judicial hearings, and/or before a law court or judge.This means possession of this criterion is part of the minimum qualifications and is essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants who do not possess this criterion are ineligible for further consideration.

Education

FV-G, H, I: There is no substitution of education for work experience.

Contacts

• Address Federal Aviation Administration ASW Regional HR Services Branch 10101 Hillwood Parkway AHF-S410 Fort Worth, TX 76177 US
• Name: Maryann Shramko
• Phone: 1 (817) 222-5558
• Email: [email protected]