Human Resources Specialist (Employee Relations/Labor Relations)

at  US Defense Health Agency

EDUCATION

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

• Advise managers about appropriate disciplinary or other corrective techniques responsive to a range of conduct and performance problems.
• Explain rules and procedures to employees and management to help them understand rights and obligations.
• Develop or assist in developing written policy and guidelines for use by local management in such matters as developing individual employee appraisal plans, completing appraisal forms, reappraising employees, and providing counseling and training.
• Conduct extensive probing and analysis to identify obscure or underlying causes of misconduct or poor performance.
• Conduct studies to develop management interests and respond to union interests at the bargaining table.
• Represent management in unfair labor practice and representation hearings before the Federal Labor Relations Authority and in impasse proceedings before the Federal Services Impasses Panel.
• Serve as spokesperson of a management negotiating committee involved in contract, midterm, or appropriate arrangement negotiations, as required.
• Serve as principal point of contact on labor-management matters of overall concern to established bargaining units at the local level.