Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. USAJOBS is seeking a Human Resources Specialist focused on employee and labor relations. The role involves providing HR services, including leadership consulting, advice, and customer service related to employee relations and labor relations within an integrated healthcare network.
Responsibilities
- Provides technical guidance, advice and counseling to management officials and supervisors to address issues with workforce-related conduct and performance
- Develops strategies to respond to employee-related issues
- Prepares appropriate agency responses to employee relations matters
- Provides consultation on associated program areas, such as reasonable accommodation and leave management
- Delivers training for management and employees on a variety of employee relations topics. Incumbent prepares a variety of correspondence on behalf of the agency to address complex employee relations matters including, disciplinary and adverse actions, settlement agreements, and congressional correspondence
- Provides services to an integrated healthcare network, ensuring strict adherence to all contractual and regulatory timeframes
- Advises management officials at all levels of the network, including senior leaders, about appropriate disciplinary or other corrective techniques in response to a range of conduct and performance problems
- Explains rules and procedures to employees and management to help them understand rights and obligations while maintaining and encouraging objectivity in situations that may be charged with emotion and involve assumptions
- Resolves disputes and evaluates events and/or identifies aggravating or mitigating factors relevant to the case
- Conducts and Advises on ER matters, all proposed adverse actions, coordination and oversight, including OAWP, DAB, AIB, fact findings, grievance examiner, state licensure reviews, suitability, Drug Free Workplace, Workplace Violence Prevention Program, and third-party hearing representation
- Must also apply a high degree of insight and technical competence to recognize and accomplish management objectives without sacrificing fundamental principles
- Must have the stature, foresight, maturity, and ability to negotiate and reach amicable solutions to complex and controversial problems
- Provides services to an integrated healthcare network, ensuring strict adherence to all contractual and regulatory timeframes
- Develops management strategies to respond to labor issues
- Prepares appropriate agency responses to labor-related matters
- Offers technical guidance, information and assistance to management and senior leadership officials on sensitive, serious, and controversial labor relations issues regarding employees in a wide variety of administrative and clinical occupations with substantial differences in working conditions, entitlement, and occupational practices and policies
- Provides technical and consultative guidance, including actions of a disciplinary or adverse nature, grievances, demands to bargain, impasse proceedings, local bargaining, unfair labor practices, performance management and recognition, employee counseling, appeals, complaints, drug testing and related functions
- Provides management with interpretation of policies, procedures, and collective bargaining agreements
- Analyzes changes to regulations and policies to determine the impact on the labor relations program; determines need for impact and implementation or full bargaining at the appropriate level (local, network, or national bargaining)
- Represent management at arbitrations and in situations involving proceedings before other third-parties, as appropriate
- Other related duties as assigned
Skills
- You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
- Subject to background/security investigation
- Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
- Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement
- The BASIC REQUIREMENT for the HR Specialist GS-0201 series is presumed met if found qualified at the GS-0201-7 level and above
- To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria: Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience or Specialized Experience
- Qualifying education for the GS-0201 series includes courses and programs in HR, HR development, HR management, business, business management/administration, industrial relations, labor relations, industrial psychology, organizational psychology, organizational development, management, organizational behavior, pre-law/law, legal studies, health care management/administration, public administration, public policy, human services, leadership and/or humanities
- A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education
Benefits
- A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
- As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
- Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.
- VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service.
- This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave.
- Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
- You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- Telework: Ad hoc telework authorized
- Virtual: This is a virtual position.
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