Human Resources Specialist ELR (Labor Relations Officer) (Open to both U.S. Citizens and Federal Employees)
What you'd do
The Human Resources Specialist (ER/LR), GS-0201-14 as known as the Labor Relations Officer serves as the principal authority and strategic advisor to leadership on highly complex, sensitive, and agency-wide labor relations matters. The employee leads comprehensive collective bargaining efforts, manages high-risk grievance tracking and resolution frameworks, formulates agency-wide labor policy, and represents the agency before third-party neutrals (FLRA, FSIP, Arbitrators).
Major duties
As a Human Resources Specialist (ER/LR), you will: Serve as FRA authoritative expert on employee and labor management relations, and provides advice and support to the senior leadership on negotiations, impact bargaining, Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs), grievances, and other union management relations. Represent the FRA Administrator and FRA managers and supervisors in investigating grievances; conducting negotiations and meetings of the parties involved; and in the preparation of responses to specific issues. Provide advice and assistance to management, employees and other appropriate individuals on proper techniques, procedures and formats for conducting unusual and negotiated grievances. Promote the resolution of grievances at the lowest possible organizational level. Advises and counsels in the areas of supervisory-employee relations, motivation and morale throughout the FRA. Analyze existing and new training requirements impacting employee and labor relations programs and provides solutions and options for implementation. Be responsible for administering the agency level development, execution, and evaluation of labor relations training/education activities for management. The ideal candidate for this position has expert level knowledge of HR practices, laws, regulations, policies to provide advice and resolve the full range of complex and wide impacting employee and labor relations operational problems. The applicant must have excellent written, verbal and analytical skills, work collaboratively with other and have experience serving as an advisor to all levels of management on employee and labor relations issues.
What you need to qualify
To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the specialized experience requirements. To qualify for the Grade 14, you must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-13, it must include: Experience interpreting federal labor relations statutes statutes (e.g., 5 U.S.C. Chapter 71), Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) precedents OR experience in interpreting and applying the national labor relations act (NLRA), national labor relations board (NLRB) precedents, and interpretation of Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), case law, and Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs). Experience leading briefings, advising management officials, persuading stakeholders, and conducting collective bargaining and/or impact and implementation (I&I) negotiations with labor organizations. Experience drafting formal agency/organization grievance responses, settlement agreements, legal contract language, management proposals, and policy briefs that are clear, concise, and defensible before third parties. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Labor Relations: Knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, case law, principles, and practices related to negotiating and administering labor agreements. Influencing and Persuading: Persuades others to accept recommendations, cooperate, or change their behavior; works with others towards an agreement; negotiates to find mutually acceptable solutions. Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. For all types of consideration, experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For additional information about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=e4 All applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
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