Human Resources Specialist (Employee Relations)

Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-14 LEVEL: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. To be eligible for this position at the grade 14 level you must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Demonstrated extensive experience applying advanced labor-management relations, concepts, laws, policies, theories, and practices with a comprehensive understanding of the full range and interrelationships of human resources management programs sufficient to apply new developments to labor relations problems/situations not susceptible to treatment by conventional methods; Authoritative knowledge of collective bargaining/union agreements (e.g., IRS NTEU agreement) in order to advise and assist management in the interpretation/execution of the contract and other agreements; specialized knowledge of principles and methods used in collective bargaining, including complex negotiating strategies, interest/position based bargaining processes, and dispute resolution sufficient to articulate and facilitate management interests; knowledge of oral and written techniques in order to explain, persuade, guide, counsel, question, and respond regarding extremely complex and complicated concepts and situations to a wide variety of people with varying technical expertise, educational background, organizational knowledge and often strongly-held points of view. AND MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the GS-05 grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position you are applying to. Advancement to positions up to GS-05 is permitted if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade held within the preceding 52 weeks. AND TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to “All US Citizens”.
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