Title: Federal Employee Relations Specialist
Location: Onsite - Arlington, VA
We are looking for passionate, experienced Employee Relations Specialists who thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
At GovStrive, we are committed and passionate about helping our federal clients improve their HR organizations’ operational effectiveness and customer service, while ensuring compliance with federal regulations. We help them transform their processes, data and systems to make better decisions for their organization and function more efficiently and cost effectively – all while supporting agency missions.
Join a growing team of dedicated professionals that will challenge you to do the best work of your life.
As a member of the Managed Services team the Employee Relations Specialist will apply their knowledge of labor and employee relations principles, policies and best practices in support of a labor-management program.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• 5 years of experience in Federal HR Employee Relations

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree
  GovStrive offers a culture that supports work-life balance and invests in our employees’ development and personal growth. GovStrive offers a comprehensive benefits package, including PTO, healthcare, matching 401K, flexible hours, and a collaborative work environment.

• Participate in and provide advisory support for litigation activities, identifying potential risks or considerations.
• Represent the organization before various administrative panels (e.g., EEOC, MSPB).
• Identify potential legal risks and/or considerations and recommend mitigation strategies and tactics.
• Provide legal sufficiency analyses of pending performance and disciplinary/adverse action cases. This requires experience with federal employment law, including recent case law interpretation, relevant CFR and USC provisions, and collective bargaining agreement interpretation and application.
• Assist managers with disciplinary and performance-based actions in accordance with Title 5 of the CFR and aligned with established procedures.
• Provide support and guidance to Employee and Labor Relations (ELR) personnel on emerging trends and best practices related to performance and disciplinary management.
• Guide ELR subject matter experts (SMEs) in enhancing current processes specific to this initiative. This includes transforming SME content into a user-friendly, digital format.
• Assist ELR SMEs in the design and development of data dashboards specific to this initiative.
• Provide updates to senior leadership regarding performance and disciplinary actions.
• Offer strategic guidance to ELR and senior management on trends and emerging practices related to performance and disciplinary management.