HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (LABOR RELATIONS/EMPLOYEE RELATIONS)

You will serve as a HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (LABOR RELATIONS/EMPLOYEE RELATIONS) in the FLEET HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE NORFOLK of FLEET HRO NORFOLK.

You will serve as an advisor to management in all stages of disciplinary and adverse actions, Employee Relations and provide input on decisions which have an impact on overall HR policy at serviced commands. You serve as a “troubleshooter" or "consultant" to management on all Employee and Labor Relations (ER/LR) issues, resolve controversial, complex problems, provide authoritative assistance and solutions to novel and obscure problems/issues. You will coordinate and/or prepare responses to external program review findings and recommendations regarding sensitive issues and assist the supervisor in conducting internal assessments of the ER/LR functional program. You will be developing agreements between management and labor organizations, alternative dispute resolutions (ADR), contract negotiations, arbitration hearings, unfair labor practice (ULP) complaints, etc. You will advise managers on union organizing and recognition, establishment of the management negotiating teams, evaluate and prepare responses to grievances, train and prepare managers to effectively deal with labor organization representatives. You will provide technical assistance to employees and managers on all aspects of ER problems/issues, relating to leave, hours of work, medical issues, performance issues, and pay (as applied under 5 USC and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). You will serve as a negotiating team member or chief spokesperson on contract renegotiation, midterm bargaining, and impact and implementation negotiations. You will serve as an agency management representative and technical advisor in hearings before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Virginia Employment Commission (VEC), and grievance arbitrators.