HR Specialist (Employee & Labor Relations)

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé. Specialized experience: For the GS-12, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: – Experience preparing corrective or disciplinary actions; AND – Experience assembling and preparing written legal or human resources case documents; AND – Experience presenting arguments and legal or human resources case documents. Specialized experience: For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: – Interpreting, analyzing, and applying a body of Human Resources (HR) rules, regulations, policies, and case law to formulate and present arguments and advisory opinions; AND – Communicating with colleagues, customers, and management to provide recommendations or resolve issues and advise management. Interacting in emotional situations concerning sensitive matters; AND – Preparing written documents on discipline and performance-based actions. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: – Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, OR – 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, OR – LL.M., if related OR You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. Specialized experience: For the GS-09, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: – Applying a body of Human Resources (HR) rules, regulations, policies, and practices to gather facts and draw conclusions and recommend solutions to problems; AND – Communicating with colleagues, customers, and management to provide recommendations or resolve issues; AND – Preparing written documents sufficient to present arguments and assemble legal and case documents. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: – Master’s degree or equivalent, OR – 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, OR – LL.B. or J.D., if related. OR You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions. In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-12, you must have been at the GS-11 level for 52 weeks. For the GS-11, you must have been at the GS-09 level for 52 weeks. For the GS-09, you must have been at the GS-07 level for 52 weeks.
PLEASE NOTE: Based on the current hiring restrictions, selectees may be subject to additional approvals prior to an offer being extended. Located at Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Human Resources Operations Division, Workforce Relations Branch. As an HR Specialist (Employee & Labor Relations), you will perform a variety of duties in accomplishing the objectives of the Workforce Relations Branch.