Job Opening: HR SPEC (LABOR REL/EMPL REL)

Summary You will serve as a HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (LABOR RELATIONS/EMPLOYEE RELATIONS) in the Fleet Civilian Personnel Programs Office of DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. Vacancies will be filled at the following locations: Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, HI: SALARY TABLE 2024-HI (opm.gov) *A Cost-of-Living-Allowance of 8.90% will be added to the stated salary and subject to change. Bremerton, Kitsap, WA: SALARY TABLE 2024-SEA (opm.gov) Broadway Complex, San Diego, CA: SALARY TABLE 2024-SD (opm.gov) Responsibilities You will serve as an authority on labor relations matters for customer commands and as a member of management teams to negotiate collective bargaining agreements. You will be responsible for making recommendations that strongly influence managements position in negotiations, disputes with unions, employee grievances, and other industrial problems. You will advise all levels of supervisors in achieving positive discipline and in studying and analyzing the human relations aspect of the discipline problem. You will recommend strategies and procedures that ensure effectiveness and assures compliance of actions taken, remaining alert for changes, as conditions require. You will provide technical advice to employees and supervisors concerning hours of work, leave and absences, and pay administration. You will provide technical advice to employees and supervisors concerning interpretation and application of Fair Labor Standards Act, political activity, medical evaluation examinations, and Standards of Conduct. You will present training to supervisors. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Qualifications for the GS-12 Grade Level 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: Researching and analyzing employee or labor relations processes and procedures; advising managers on a wide variety of management-employee relations matters such as performance and conduct issues, grievances, appeals, or labor-management partnership; preparing draft agreements or appeals correspondence; and resolving disputes arising out of the disciplinary process. Qualifications for the GS-11 Grade Level 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: Providing technical advice to management, unions, or employees on common issues or problems; researching and evaluating basic facts, laws and precedents concerning management, labor, and employee relations cases; performing fact finding to gather information in connection with cases or complaints. 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: For the GS-11 Education may be substituted for specialized experience as follows: - Successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; -OR- - Successfully completed three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree; -OR- - Successfully completed an LL.M. degree that is related to the position being filled; -OR- - 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. Additional Information Salary is based on geographical location and subject to change with the annual local wage surveys in accordance with the provisions of 5 CFR Part 532. This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/ FedCivAnnuitants.pdf Pay retention may be granted when certain conditions are met. Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed. If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed. Eligible DoD career or career conditional employees shall be granted statutory return rights to their former position for a period of 5 years if continuously employed in a foreign or non-foreign area provided by Executive Order 10895 and DoDI 1400.25, v 1230. Employees that do not exercise their return rights within five years are no longer eligible for return rights and will be treated as a local hire. Certain incentives (i.e., Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. Applicants rated ineligible on this vacancy announcement need to reapply and update their application package to be considered on future vacancies. Applicants selected and hired on this vacancy announcement need to reapply to be considered on future vacancies filled through this announcement. Referral Lists will be issued on an as needed basis as vacancies occur. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the referral cut-off date. Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF- 50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/workingin-government/unique-hiring-paths/ federal-employees/careertransition/. Benefits Link http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Benefits/Pages/Default.aspx