Job: Labor Management Specialist

Jobing Description

Labor Management Specialist
JOB SUMMARY:

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This position is located in the Labor and Employee Relation Branch Administrative services Division, executive support office at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. He/She provides management support to include employee and labor relations services for all shipyard departments

KEY REQUIREMENTS
* Must be registered for Selective Service, see Legal & Regulatory Guidance.
* Suitable for Federal employment as determined by background investigation.
* Selectee may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
* You must obtain and maintain a security clearance

DUTIES:

* Interprets new and established directives, instructions, regulations, etc. for potential impact on program objectives, operating policies, work operations and progress.
* Determines need for new or revised internal instructions, operating policies, procedures, guidelines, etc.
* Recommends and assists in preparation of new or revised instructions.
* Serves as advisor to shipyard managers regarding assigned management studies and employee and labor relations matters to include: grievances leave administration, disciplinary/adverse actions, management investigations, hardships, etc.
* Develops, gathers, reviews data and ensures existing and proposed directives do not contain conflicting, overlapping or duplicate material.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities, as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities, to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience must demonstrate some or all of the following:

GS-9

*Performs management studies and audits;

*Analyze program methods to determine the productivity levels of Employee and Labor relations programs;

*Gather Employee and Labor relations data to present these finding to managements

*Understand employee and labor relation program and policies

OR

* Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree Or LL.B. or J.D., if related.

GS-11

*Administers management support program for the Employee and Labor relations

*Interprets new and established directives, union contracts, instructions, etc. for proposing and administering disciplinary actions dealing with leave issues, security clearance revocation, etc.

*Use knowledge of Employee and Labor relations to provide guidance

or

*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.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: (Insert correct link to OPM qualification standards or IOR such as http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-admin.asp

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE : Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

As part of the application process, you must complete and submit an occupational questionnaire. To preview this questionnaire and determine if your experience matches the skills required for this position, click the following link: View Assessment Questions.

EDUCATION:

Are you using your education to qualify? For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned). See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

REQUIREMENTS:

Generally, current Federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. All qualifications and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume.

Selectee is required to participate in the Department of Defense direct deposit of pay program.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to the Occupational Questionnaire, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and abilities/competencies:

* Management Support

* Labor Relations

* Communication

If, after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified.

Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

BENEFITS:

Department of the Navy offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays and a 401K-type retirement plan.

OTHER INFORMATION:

Relocation expenses will not be authorized.

This position is Temporary Promotion NTE 1 Year, MAY BECOME PERMANENT with out further competition

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.