human resources specialist - Morgan, United States - Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Description

Summary Who may apply:

Veterans Employment Opportunities Act eligibles; Eligible Priority Placement Program DoD Military Spouses Preference (MSP) applicants, eligible PPP applicants, and Eligible Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan applicants.

Responsibilities Serves as a senior-level labor and employee relations specialist responsible for providing the full range of labor and employee relations advisory services and support to federal agency supervisors, managers, and executives.

Advises supervisors and managers on all aspects of employee relations, including formal and informal disciplinary actions, performance issues, leave, hours of work, pay, and other related matters.

Provides guidance for journey-level and developmental-level level labor and employee relations specialists providing one-on-one and group training, and reviewing and editing work products.

Prepares all documents associated with employee relations actions, ensuring compliance with applicable statutes, regulations, agency policies and instructions, case law, and collective bargaining agreements.

Determines employee grievance, complaint and appeal rights in various situations. Serves as a technical advisor in sensitive labor or employee relations issues.

Serves as an expert witness for the agency on labor and employee relations matters before the Merit Systems Protection Board, Federal Labor Relations Authority , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or the courts.

Prepares and delivers training to supervisors and managers on labor and employee relations matters.

Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-11) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

Specialized experience is defined as providing a range of advisory services to managers and supervisors regarding complex or controversial civilian labor or employee relations issues to include grievances, performance management, conduct, or disciplinary matters; investigating specific issues, interpreting and applying labor and employee case law, Executive Orders, regulations, policy and negotiated agreements to provide comprehensive guidance to managers in support of employee and labor relations programs.

Time-in

• Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement.

Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-11 or higher grade in Federal Service. Education There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at this grade level. Additional Information The duty station of this position is outside of the commuting area of the home organization. Telework is a discretionary workplace arrangement and must be reevaluated annually per agency policy.

You may be required to travel to your site of record, or other mission related locations as mission dictates; applicable TDY regulations would apply.

You or your supervisor can cancel a telework agreement based on performance, conduct, or change in mission requirements.

If a TW agreement is cancelled or not renewed, you may be required to report for duty at the DFAS location of record; report date and conditions will be coordinated with your supervisor.

Moving expenses will not be paid. If you are unable to apply online, view the following link for information regarding Alternate Application. We may use this announcement to make a temporary promotion. For some positions, the temporary promotion may be made permanent without further competition. Selections are subject to restrictions resulting from the DoD Program for Stability of Civilian Employment. A one year probationary or trial period may be required. We may use this announcement to fill additional vacancies within 120 days of the closing date. This position is Exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act. Travel requirement is Occasional. This position is not covered by a bargaining unit.


Retired Civil Service Employee:

Employment of retired Federal employees receiving an annuity is subject to the requirements of the Department of Defense (DoD) policy guidance.

(See DoD Instruction , Volume 300, at )