Human Resources Specialist Temp NTE 1 Yr/Mbe/Mbp

Duties

WHAT IS THE HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICE DIVISION?

A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions

Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:

Human Capital Office of Human Resource Operations Labor/Employee Relations and Negotiations

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.

• As a top senior expert, serves as personal advisor to and/or representative of top-level management in the most sensitive/controversial discussions and negotiations with representatives of the NTEU (National Treasury Employees Union). Receives and acts on labor organization requests for bargaining unit contract negotiations. Conducts Impact and Implementation (I & I) analysis and bargaining as appropriate.
  
  Develops strategies to incorporate Service-wide policies in negotiations with impacted NTEU chapters. Reviews existing local program guidance/management issues and develops long/short range plans for negotiations with NTEU chapters and works with management to integrate strategies developed with the local management agenda.

• Serves as the authoritative resource in the field to top-level management for all phases of the employee and labor relations programs. Provides expert employee and labor relations interpretations and decisions to senior HR supervisors and managers to resolve disputes and interpret facts, events, and/or identifying aggravating or mitigating factors relevant to cases.
  
  Explains ambiguous rules and procedures and helps support customers by understanding their rights and obligations; maintains and encourages objectivity in situations that may be charged with emotion and involve assumptions; resolves disputed facts, including those which require expert level determinations for which previous studies and established techniques are frequently inadequate. Advises management about appropriate disciplinary or other corrective techniques to respond to a full range of conduct and performance issues. Advises management officials and supervisors on the performance management program, giving specific directions as needed on procedural and complex procedural and regulatory requirements for annual and other appraisals; explains requirements for developing, modifying, and issuing performance plans; preparing performance improvement plans; and initiating performance-based actions.

• Utilizes legal research methods, information gathering techniques, and analytical skills sufficient to locate, interpret, and analyze for applicability and appropriateness, precedent and substantive decisions, and/or legal opinions that various courts and administrative bodies have rendered. Maintains expert knowledge of employee and labor relations practices and policies through extensive review of FLRA (Federal Labor Relations Authority), FSIP (Federal Service Impasses Panel), OPM (Office of Personnel Management), OGC (Office of General Counsel), and MSPB (Merit Systems Protection Board) issuances and decisions, the contract, case law, policies, and precedents. Develops and issues Service-wide program guidance relative to changes in case law, policy, and strategy.

• Receives, researches, analyzes, and coordinates allegations of Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs) and resolves when possible. Receives and reviews requests for petitions from labor organizations.
  
  Independently conducts and/or serves as project leader of a team in the study of major and highly complex/controversial employee and labor relations' issues including grievances, misconduct, poor performance, unfair labor practice charges, MSPB appeals, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaints, Office of Special Counsel (OSC) cases, settlement agreements, adverse actions, information sharing, contract interpretation, training, and preparation and conduct of contract bargaining. Develops and recommends improvements in policy, negotiated contracts, and negotiating techniques. Analyzes top management plans and initiatives to identify issues that affect Service-wide policies and/or are precedent-setting in nature. Prepares proposed changes in program policies for agency consideration.

• Participates in high-level technical discussions with representatives from HCO, Workforce Relations Division, Embedded Human Resources, GLS (General Legal Services), Treasury, and/or other agencies concerning significant program issues, development of regulations, and the application of precedent/unique approaches and strategies to extremely difficult problems and situations. Acts as a technical advisor for the IRS at formal and informal proceedings, developing the IRS's position and, when necessary, represents the IRS along with legal staff before administrative adjudicative bodies.

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Conditions of Employment

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD):

PD99122

Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.

• Telework Eligible Positions: Telework eligible positions do not guarantee telework.
  
  Employees must meet and sustain IRS telework eligibility requirements (e.g., reporting at least twice a pay period to your assigned Post of Duty (POD)) and supervisor's approval to participate in the IRS Telework Program. Employees must also be within a 200-mile radius of their official assigned post-of-duty (POD) while in a telework status. As a reminder

• If you are selected for a position, you are responsible for reporting to your designated POD (location) on the negotiated start date or as directed by management.

• A 1-year probationary period is required (unless already completed).

• Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.

Qualifications

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:

GS-13 QUALIFICATIONS: To be eligible for this position at the grade 13 level you must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position includes: Demonstrated experience applying a full range of labor relations and employee relations law, theories, principles, and practices with an understanding of the full range interrelationships of human resources management programs sufficient to provide integrated solutions to labor and employee relations problems/issues; in depth knowledge of IRS/NTEU Agreement (or other collective bargaining/union agreements) in order to advise and assist management in the interpretation/execution of the contract and other agreements; extensive knowledge of principles and methods used in collective bargaining, including negotiating strategies, interest/position based bargaining processes, and dispute resolution sufficient to articulate and facilitate management interests; knowledge of communicative techniques in order to meet and deal tactfully and persuasively with others to resolve issues which are often controversial and sensitive in nature and to maintain harmonious relationships with all parties. Expert skills in consulting and facilitation techniques and methods.

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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.

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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".

For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

Education

A copy of your transcripts or equivalent documentation is required for positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying based on education or a combination of education and experience. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

If the position has specific education requirements and you currently hold, or have previously held, a position in the same job series with the IRS, there is no need to submit a transcript or equivalent at this time. Applicants are encouraged, but are not required, to submit an SF-50 documenting experience in a specific series. A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S.

Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements.

You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.

Additional information

• We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Additional jobs may be filled.

• The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the minimum locality pay up to maximum locality pay for all duty locations listed. The range will be adjusted for selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.

• This is a non-bargaining unit position.

• Tour of Duty: Dayshift 6:00am

• 6:00pm

• Alternative work schedule, staggered work hours or telework may be available.

• In the event that a building is closed due to rent management, new hires may be placed in a local commuting location.

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