Summary About the Position: This is a position with the United States Army Reserve Civilian Human Resources Service Center located in Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. Responsibilities Serve as a senior Human Resources (HR) Specialist performing operational assignments involving Employee Relations and Labor Relations. Apply a full range of HR methods, principles, practices and evaluative methodologies sufficient to advise on and resolve the full range of operational problems. Advise managers on appropriate disciplinary or other corrective techniques responsive to a range of conduct and performance problems. Advise on agency-wide labor relations policies and procedures to management and staff of the local organization or organizational segments serviced. Explain rules and procedures to employees and management to help them understand rights and obligations while maintaining and encouraging objectivity in situations that may be charged with emotion and involve assumptions. Prepare written communication sufficient to develop and deliver briefings, project papers, status/staff reports, and correspondence. Develop written policy and guidelines for use by local management. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes Providing technical advice and guidance to managers and employees on conduct, due process rights, grievances, leave, and performance; Prepare for negotiating collective bargaining agreements and/or Impact and Implementation bargaining; Preparing written correspondence, reports and/or documentation pertaining to employee relations programs including disciplinary/adverse action correspondence, settlement agreements, performance improvement plans and labor/contract proposals; Trains supervisors and management officials on employee/labor relations matters, including forms of communication and counseling necessary to maintain effective relations between management and the workforce; Providing information to employees concerning their responsibilities, rights, the procedures and time frames under various avenues of dispute resolution, including administrative grievance procedures, the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaints systems, and appeals to the MSPB. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Employee Relations Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Labor Relations Learning Oral Communication Problem Solving Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Written Communication Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11). Education Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct deposit of pay is required. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a(n) Human Capital & Resource Management Positions Career Field position. Salary includes applicable locality pay. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest. The selecting official has requested a competitive and noncompetitive candidate list for this vacancy. If you are eligible for the noncompetitive list, you will be evaluated on basic and/or minimum qualifications, as applicable. While required to answer the assessment questions, non-competitive candidates will not be evaluated against the competitive rating & ranking criteria. The selecting official may select from any of the candidate lists.