ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST

You will serve as a ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST in the EMPLOYEE RELATIONS of NAVWARSYSCEN PACIFIC SAN DIEGO CA. Before applying, you're encouraged to learn more about federal human resources careers by visiting the HR Career Compass at: www.OPM.gov/HRCareerCompass. You will provide advice and assistance in the areas of discipline, adverse actions, grievances, employee counseling, and related functions. You will be involved in issues such as morals, discrimination and fraud that require special treatment due to the sensitivity of the issues and time constraints. You will provide advice, technical assistance, and policy guidance to management concerning the most difficult and sensitive disciplinary and adverse actions at the Command. You will gather background information, interprets facts and events, and/or identifies aggravating or mitigating factors relevant to the case; and does extensive probing and analysis to identify obscure or underlying causes of misconduct. You will select the appropriate range of penalties to ensure consistent and progressive discipline throughout the organization, advises managers, and prepares formal disciplinary actions. You will research and apply administrative decisions to analyze and craft defensible solutions to problems that are less well defined and where precedent cases and guidelines are not always directly applicable. You will collaborate with management to define the issues associated with the most complex, difficult problems, determining applicable precedents, laws or regulations, identifying the most effective approach, creating innovative methods etc. You will serve as the technical advisor and/or as activity representative at hearings before such bodies as MSPB, EEOC, advisor in U.S. Courts. Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band NO-04 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Serving as a technical expert advising management on complex disciplinary and adverse actions; recommending alternatives to formal discipline (e.g. ADR efforts); analyzing misconduct and performance issues; identifying mitigating factors; and/or evaluating disciplinary trends to ensure consistent penalties. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.