Human Resources Specialist (ER/LR)

Offices, Boards and Divisions; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 102,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Offices, Boards and Divisions in Washington, DC seeks a Human Resources Specialist (ER/LR) to advise management on employee conduct, disciplinary actions, attendance issues, and performance-based actions. The role includes guidance on federal labor relations programs and collaboration with unions and agency leadership.

GS-0201-12/13, you will draft notices, analyze trends in discipline, and support grievance and appeal processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in employee relations and labor relations guidance to leadership.
• Experience drafting disciplinary and adverse actions, performance-based actions, and notices.
• Ability to advise on grievances, appeals, and dispute resolution procedures.

Responsibilities

• Advise and assist management on employee conduct and disciplinary actions.
• Draft disciplinary and adverse notices that comply with law and procedures.
• Provide guidance on performance-based actions and collective bargaining agreement requirements.
• Evaluate trends and maintain statistics on disciplinary actions.
• Counsel employees on rights and dispute resolution timelines.

Skills

Employee relations expertise

Labor relations expertise

Policy guidance

Management advisement

Job description

• Hiring Agency: Offices, Boards and Divisions

This position serves as a Human Resources Specialist (ER/LR) providing guidance to management officials regarding employee conduct, disciplinary and adverse actions, attendance issues, alternatives to formal discipline, probationary and trial periods, and performance-based actions. This position may also provide guidance regarding applicable matters related to Federal Labor Relations programs.

Key Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities for a Human Resource Specialist, GS-0201-12/13 generally include, but are not limited to, the following: GS-0201-12: Serves as an Employee Relations (ER) and Labor Relations Specialist (LR) on programs including policy guidance and advice to senior leadership, program managers, other management officials and supervisors.

Responsible for implementing labor relations programs, providing policy guidance and advice to leadership, program managers, other management officials, and supervisors. Provides advice and assistance to supervisors, employees, and HR in a wide variety of employee relations matters such as performance issues, conduct actions (disciplinary and adverse actions), grievances, appeals, etc.

Advise and assist supervisors in establishing and maintaining employer-employee relationships that contribute to satisfactory productivity, motivation, morale, and discipline. Writes disciplinary and adverse notices and non-disciplinary notices that are technically sound, based on merit, and complies with law, regulation, and applicable procedures.

GS-201-13: Advises management regarding, and prepares draft, performance-based actions and adverse or disciplinary actions that are technically sound, based on merit, and comply with law, regulation, and applicable collective bargaining agreement. Recommends procedures pertaining to reasonable standards of conduct for employees and equitable disciplinary measures for infractions of the employment relationship.

Evaluates trends to formulate and issue guidance to universally impose like penalties for like offenses of misconduct. Maintains and analyzes statistics on disciplinary actions. Reviews regulations and administrative instructions pertaining to all phases of grievances, appeals, and disciplinary and adverse personnel actions. Formulates and prepares responses to inquiries from unions, members of Congress, OPM, agency officials, employees, and other interested parties.

Provides advice, counseling, and technical and policy guidance to employees concerning their responsibilities and rights, the procedures and timeframes under various avenues of dispute resolution, including administrative and negotiated grievance procedures, appeals to the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) or the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (DOJOIG).

May serve in the role of agency representative, as a technical advisor, or as an expert witness in third-party hearings when required. Provides advice to employees, supervisors, and managers on the policies and requirements of the Drug-Free Workplace Program, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and leave administration.

Develops and conducts training on discipline, to include employee rights, management rights, employee representative rights, and consideration of substance abuse and dependency.

Requirements & Education

For the GS-12/13 grade level, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone. No substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Offices, Boards and Divisions, Department of Justice.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $102415 – $158322/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-05.

How many openings are available?

There are 3 openings for this position.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.

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