Summary
Are you seeking a rewarding and challenging career? Join the SBA Office of Inspector General as a Senior Human Resources Specialist (Employee Relations), where you will advise leaders on complex conduct and performance matters, manage disciplinary and adverse actions, and support fair, consistent, and legally supportable personnel decisions.
Duties
This position will serve as a Senior Human Resources Specialist (ER) and, as such will: Serve under the direction and oversight of the Human Resources Officer, providing senior-level employee relations advice and support to OIG executives, managers, and supervisors on complex and sensitive matters involving conduct, performance, leave, attendance, and workplace issues. Manage complex employee relations casers from initial review through final resolution, including disciplinary and adverse actions, performance-based actions, grievances, and probationary or trial-period actions. Conduct comprehensive case analyses by evaluating evidence, applicable laws and regulations, due process requirements, penalty considerations, procedural compliance, and organizational risk, and recommends appropriate courses of action to the Human Resources Officer and management officials. Draft and review proposed and final action notices, performance improvement plans, reprimands, grievance decisions, settlement agreements, case analyses, and other employee relations documents for completeness, consistency, and procedural compliance. Coordinate with OIG Counsel regarding employee relations cases, administrative investigations, third-party proceedings, and the defensibility of proposed personnel actions. Assist the Human Resources Officer in developing and evaluating OIG-wide employee relations policies, procedures, templates, guidance, training, internal controls, and program improvements that promote accountability and consistent application of federal requirements.
Education
For this position you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone -- no substitution of education for experience is permited.
How you will be evaluated
Applicants meeting basic eligibility requirements will be further evaluated based on additional assessments. One of these assessment is USA Hire. Based on your application and your responses to the application questionnaire, you may be presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire system to complete the online assessments. The online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation for the assessment should you have a disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Your USA Hire assessment results will be kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply that require the same assessments. The assessments relate to the following Competencies required to do the work of this position: Employee Relations Oral Communication Problem Solving Writing In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. One of the required assessments for this position is an online assessment that measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. The assessment includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be considered. You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment. All qualified Non Competitive applicants and the best qualified Merit Promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration.